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Which profile should you use to set a white balance for infrared photography? The profiles in the free Infrared Profile Pack are key to achieving a good white balance in your infrared images. The pack includes two profiles for each camera, a negative 50 temperature shift and a negative 100
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temperature shift. These negative values represent a downward shift in color temperature, which is required for white balancing the lower color temperatures of infrared light. Which one should you use? For images shot with a 550 or 590 nanometer filter, use Infrared Temp -100 as these filters
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need the most temperature shift. For images shot with a 720 nanometer filter, I use Infrared Temp -50. These images still require a temperature shift, but just not as much. If I use a 665 nanometer filter, which falls in the middle of the other filters, I can use either one. If you're using
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an 830 nanometer or greater filter, you don't need these profiles. You can use any monochrome profile, such as Adobe Monochrome, a camera monochrome profile, the profiles in the B&W profile group in Lightroom, or any other monochrome profile included with your editor. For color infrared images,
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when using your picker to set a white balance, the color neutral elements of your image should be free from a color cast, regardless of which of the two profiles you're using. If the temperature value is too close to 2,000 or too close to 50,000, then you might not have a good white
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balance. Switch to the other profile and try again. Ultimately, the numerical value of the temperature slider is less important than the ability to separate your colors.
