The way I look at it is that WB adjustment is something that
completely removes the character of the light (at least in terms of
colour). Now you can decide whether that's a good thing or a bad
thing. For instance, if you're shooting under fluorescent lighting
then you probably don't want the sickly green cast that you typically
get. But if you're going to the effort of shooting at certain times
because of the colour of the light then WB adjustment can work against
you, it will try to balance that nice warm yellow-red light to be white.
Now in mixed circumstances, you can get other results. For instance,
if you have dark clouds that are just starting to clear as the sun
sets, you tend to have a really cool blue sky with nice warm light. If
you balance off the sky you'll get a fairly grey sky and a super
yellow light. If you balance off the light, you'll get a super blue
sky but white light. If you leave it to a standard colour temperature
(like you'd have with a daylight balanced film), you'll capture the
characteristics of the light.
So use what you think works for the circumstances. Or, as mentioned,
shoot RAW and adjust it all later.
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