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Here is an example of what i get from a red flower. The reds look way over saturated, the middle of the flower is a peach colour, but you can barely see that colour at all. I get this alot with red tulips and sometimes red flowers on a christmas catus. Dave On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 3:46 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> noted: >> In the days of film it was well-known that blue flowers would often >> photograph with a magenta cast. I don't remember the reason, but >> perhaps something similar holds these days on digital sensors for red >> - at the opposite end of the spectrum. > > Google "anomalous reflectance" -- IIRC, morning glories are the worst > culprits; some modern fabric dyes do it too. That was the first thing > I thought of when I saw the subject line, but the complaint seemed to > be more about focus than colour-shift, so I left that out of my reply. > > Then again, if the camera picks up IR and the flowers fluouresce in IR, > that would explain "muddled colours" _and_ the softness ... I think? > > -- Glenn > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
