Its funny. The preview thumbnail looks like the flower should be. It does look like i underexposed on these, so there in may be part of my problem. I was underexposed a bit on the yellow ones, and they look fine.
I have a show today, but the first part of next week looks good, weather wize, so i'll play a bit Dave On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They look pretty good on my laptop. These results could certainly be improved > considerably in post. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=red-flower-0 >> 125.jpg >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
