The balance is not off, so it can't be put back :-)
If you enjoy yellow, the balance if fine. I'm not saying that the camera didn't accurately record the color temperature of the light that was there. I'm saying that everything there was yellow. For some people this image is fine. But if the viewer were actually with you when you were shooting, they would not have seen a such a yellowy world. That's because we know that sky and water are blue ect. and our brains shift the color balance for us. (If you need 'proof' put on some red sunglasses for a while. At first the world is all red, but eventually your brain compensates for the red shift.) Imagine just for argument's sake that your weren't into birds. That instead you enjoyed photographing people. This yellow color would not flatter your subjects at all.
I somehow doubt that if you did what you just said with film, that
you'd get a nice warm soft feel. If so, kindly prove it.
Mate, I'm not interested in spending my shooting hours demonstrating a technique that photographers use all the time. How else do wedding photographers get white dresses on film at sunset/rise? The blue bias of tungsten film eliminates much of the yellow cast, and records the low contrast (hence softer) light created by the weakening rays of the sun. This coupled with the long shadows associated with this time of day, give the viewer the feeling of a rich warm sunset and yet the colors are what the viewer expects. My comments were offered as a suggestion, not as a challenge to your image or your camera's abilities. I would learn very little from proving this point to you. However, you might enjoy playing with this yourself, or not ;-)
Take Care,
Shawna
http://lightwriting.net
