I've considered picking up a white balance card (even creating custom color profiles for my camera) but my laziness still exceeds my desire for accuracy. Of course, it's just a hobby for me.
My own low-effort strategy when out and about taking close-ups at a show or greenhouse is to take a lot of cell phone pictures along the way. The colors on my cell pics are usually trash, but this gets me the labels (often white) and a variety of other colors I can still use as reference later when fiddling with the white balance on my "real" photos. It's crude, but provides a useful sanity check if I'm processing RAW files months later.
I find it easier with my new mirrorless EVF camera too; in part because I can see as I take the shot how far off the WB is and adjust, and probably because the auto-WB feature is better than on my ancient DSLR.
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Originally Posted by Roberta
Another technique that yields wonderful results in macro photography of small flowers especially, is stacking.
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I've done this at home to get the entirety of a cattleya bloom in focus while maintaining nice bokeh on the background, but, Uhg!
When not in such controlled conditions I just set my focus on a spot I like and call the rest of the blur my "artistic touch" =)
Hybrid Mode
