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Awfully burned


Awfully burned
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Copyright: JeanLoup Castaigne (jloup) (88)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-12
Categories: Macro
Camera: NIKON D 70, AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/2500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-07-19 11:41
Viewed: 581
Points: 0
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Hi everyone. This is more to learn than to show a picture. It was 2pm, very sunny, certainly not the best time to take pictures. Nevertheless I took some not too bad pictures on that day. But for the flowers in red. The red are just burned. This picture was shot in aperture mode, using f2.8 but I got roughly the same results using f16 (see workshop). I saved in raw, no treatment was made but reducing the size.

You are all very good at manipulating images. I know it’s not possible to transform a bad picture into a good one. What I like to understand is
1. what to do to minimize the risk those burned color to appeared ?
2. what can I do to reduce the red saturation (but Hue/saturation/Red) ?

Your help will be appreciated
Wolfie

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To Shutter2Think: thanks for the helpjloup 1 07-22 05:22
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Hi Wolfie,
I don't have this camera, so, I can only give you my best guess. I'm guessing that there should be a setting on your camera that controls how colors are handled--"natural," "b&w," "sepia," or "vivid." If you can, I'd suggest putting it on "natural" if it's on "vivid." Also, I would suggest exposing a shot, manually. I know for my camera (Canon 20D), it has a tendency to overexpose about 2 stops. I'm guessing your camera might not be dead accurate on exposure, too...and this might also be affecting the richness of your reds. However, some cameras can't reproduce certain colors very well...often times, it's the reds and blues that there's an issue with. Anyhow, hope that helps you a little.
Take care.
Richard

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