6. USE AUTO–WHITE BALANCE

For the same reasons as just described, you should also put set your camera on auto-white balance. Throughout any lengthy day-lit scene, color temperature will likely shift. In the case of sunrises and sunsets (perhaps the most popular time-lapse subject matter), it will shift dramatically from cool to warm or vice versa. So auto-white balance is crucial to capturing these scenes well.

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