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Pelagimagic,
The white balance is the key. Wether you key in your white balance while shooting or in post production, it has to be set correctly. An good way to set the while balance is with a grey card. Take a single shot with a grey card in the frame and then take a shot without it. In post production, adjust the color balance or white balance to set it so that the grey color is accurate. Once complete match those adjustments to the shot taken without the grey card.
Other items of note which you may have already considered:
-Use a tripod if available. If not, place the camera on a stack of books or boxes.
-Use a timer feature or remote release if available (prevents any camera shake)
-Of course.... do not use a flash (kind of self explanatory, but I wanted to mention it)
I noticed while working with a couple of people who shot with Nikon (2 different DSLR models), that the camera had a very hard time using the auto white balance feature when shooting under actinic lighting. Canon's auto white balance seemed to have better out of the box results.
Good luck.
btw... Don't you have a B&B in St. Augustine? ...or maybe it was someone else.
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