Why is the water green?
Aug 1, 2015 20:34:34 #
Is it because of the reflection of the foliage? It just didn't seem to be that green when I was there.
Aug 1, 2015 20:53:58 #
Aug 1, 2015 20:54:09 #
It's the reflection and light coming from the green canopy. Your mind corrects it for you. I have a shot of a spring in Florida, the water is completely green, but it's not. It was in a canopy of trees. It had "green light" illuminating it.
Aug 1, 2015 21:44:28 #
Longshadow wrote:
It's the reflection and light coming from the green canopy. Your mind corrects it for you. I have a shot of a spring in Florida, the water is completely green, but it's not. It was in a canopy of trees. It had "green light" illuminating it.
Thanks Longshadow. That is what I thought.
Aug 1, 2015 22:16:34 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
When I was a kid we were on a fishing boat and had engine trouble about 2 miles out on Lake Superior. About dark they still couldn't get it started, and sent up a signal flare. Suddenly the water all looked red. Never could figure that one out - it had been blue all day long.
Aug 1, 2015 22:29:25 #
Aug 2, 2015 00:58:28 #
I think the green coloring is caused by the reflection from the vegetation and from algae growing on the rocks. If you have ever tried walking across a stream like that you will usually find the rocks to be slippery.
Greenguy33 wrote:
Is it because of the reflection of the foliage? It just didn't seem to be that green when I was there.
Aug 2, 2015 00:58:43 #
That's what happens when you (or your camera's settings) boosts the image's color saturation. Greens end up looking greener than what you actually saw.
Aug 2, 2015 02:05:41 #
rook2c4 wrote:
That's what happens when you (or your camera's settings) boosts the image's color saturation. Greens end up looking greener than what you actually saw.
Unless you live in Oregon... then you have to turn down the saturation or folks will think it's too green to be real... :-)
Aug 2, 2015 03:08:18 #
Aug 2, 2015 05:56:44 #
Aug 2, 2015 05:59:47 #
RWR wrote:
When I was a kid we were on a fishing boat and had engine trouble about 2 miles out on Lake Superior. About dark they still couldn't get it started, and sent up a signal flare. Suddenly the water all looked red. Never could figure that one out - it had been blue all day long.
:)
Aug 2, 2015 06:00:57 #
Greenguy33 wrote:
Is it because of the reflection of the foliage? It just didn't seem to be that green when I was there.
Nice work :thumbup:
Aug 2, 2015 06:01:19 #
mdorn wrote:
Unless you live in Oregon... then you have to turn down the saturation or folks will think it's too green to be real... :-)
Thanks. I did turn down the saturation. Nothing had much of an effect.
Aug 2, 2015 06:01:36 #
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