Saturation . . . especially greens
Posted on: Fri, 05/09/2008 - 8:53pm
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Saturation . . . especially greens
I'm shooting jpg xfine on the A700. Indoors, under strobes, color is fabulous. Expose properly and the color rendition is breathtaking.
But I'm getting some strange stuff outdoors, particularly green areas under soft, cloudy light. Greens seem over saturated.
I do minimal post processing, using Elements 4. (I have this itch for CS, but am not fully driving Elements, for Pete's sake *grin*) Most frames are simply put through levels, the left and right side of the histogram boxed and midrange moved just a tad to the right to boost contrast. Doing that is getting me technicolor greens.
Any suggestions, either on camera settings or post?
Thanks,
d
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Hi Daryl,
That seems pretty strange behaviour. I wasn't aware of the A700 having a tendency to 'boost' greens, it's not something I have seen mentioned before. Wha WB are you using- that may make a difference? Also do you use the creative styles, the Autumn mode is supposed to boost greens and reds, if you are using them that my be the issue?
As for any PP ideas, well you could try shooting RAW if you are not, and if you are well you could tweak the green saturation and luminance is post production. If you are shooting JPG then in Elements you can selectively de-saturate just the greens. Hopefully that would be an option- not ideal, but hey.....
HTH and maybe someone with an A700 could comment, anyone else noticed it?
Cheers
Andrew
Daryl,
Do yourself a favor and download Elements 6.0...It's basically Photoshop "light." I have the previous versions of elements 3-6 and Photoshop 7.0.
For photo processing there isn't much you can't do with the latest version of Elements...or workarounds...
This book is good...shows you how to use all of the "photo" techniques in Elements...
http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Elements-Digital-Photographers-Voices/dp...
Dwayne
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Sony A700/Minolta 5D...and other stuff
To be able to troubleshoot, take a photo outdoors when it's cloudy in raw. Better yet, take a few shots and adjust the white balance like Andrew said. The lower the color temperature, in a cloudy setting, I have noticed greener grass. However, the warmer it is, the yellow-ish the grass came out, even if it was saturated. Tinker around the white balance setting. Use an index card to take your first shot before you make the temp warmer. Either way, let us know.
--Kiran
Sony Alpha 200, 18-70mm kit lens, 50mm f/1.7, 70-210 f/4 beercan (as of 07/05, whooo!!!)