Difference in colors of pictures taken 1 sec apart: Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is...

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is a deep red colored clay. Most of the shots taken close together turned out like this.....one is a much darker color than the other. thanks

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

For one thing, the exposure is darker. Maybe it's because of the horse changed position. I think the reduced exposure accounts for the different colors.

marthamcc

Do you have the metering in spot?

Leitz Loc: Solms

flbeachgirl wrote:

Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is a deep red colored clay. Most of the shots taken close together turned out like this.....one is a much darker color than the other. thanks

You'll probably get better answers if you post this in the Photo Gallery. :)

marthamcc

Do you have the metering in spot?

bdo Loc: Colorado

flbeachgirl wrote:

Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is a deep red colored clay. Most of the shots taken close together turned out like this.....one is a much darker color than the other. thanks

What was your exposure mode (metering)? It looks like you metered off different areas, which would give you different exposures, but I can't tell from the pictures furnished. Spot metering, especially, will give you differing exposures like this.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

flbeachgirl wrote:

Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is a deep red colored clay. Most of the shots taken close together turned out like this.....one is a much darker color than the other. thanks

Assuming fluorescent lighting is being used what you are seeing may be the result of flicker. Fluorescent lights cycle off and on in around 1/120 of a second I believe. A faster shutter speed might help but you may not be able to achieve that if the environment is not bright enough.

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

marthamcc wrote:

Do you have the metering in spot?

I'm pretty sure I was in evaluative metering.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

flbeachgirl wrote:

Why are the colors so different in these two photos. They were taken 1 second apart. The arena lighting is horrible and the dirt is a deep red colored clay. Most of the shots taken close together turned out like this.....one is a much darker color than the other. thanks

I agree that the exposures are different. Was white balance on auto?

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

mwsilvers wrote:

Assuming fluorescent lighting is being used what you are seeing may be the result of flicker. Fluorescent lights cycle off and on in around 1/120 of a second I believe. A faster shutter speed might help but you may not be able to achieve that if the environment is not bright enough.

I don't think it is fluorescent lighting but I'm not 100% sure. I do know it is really hard to get a shutter speed much higher than I used, which was 1/640, that was with an ISO of 10000

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

flbeachgirl wrote:

I don't think it is fluorescent lighting but I'm not 100% sure. I do know it is really hard to get a shutter speed much higher than I used, which was 1/640, that was with an ISO of 10000

What camera body are you using?

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

wdross wrote:

I agree that the exposures are different. Was white balance on auto?

Yes, white balance was on auto........I tried different settings but got horrible results..

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

mwsilvers wrote:

What camera body are you using?

Canon 5D MKII with 70-200 2.8 lens

flbeachgirl Loc: Pensacola, FL

flbeachgirl wrote:

Canon 5D MKII with 70-200 2.8 lens

Sorry.........I was using my Canon 5D MKIII not II

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

flbeachgirl wrote:

I don't think it is fluorescent lighting but I'm not 100% sure. I do know it is really hard to get a shutter speed much higher than I used, which was 1/640, that was with an ISO of 10000

Perhaps, the lighting is not fluorescent, but what I'm seeing in those two images only taken a second apart. barring any other change to the lighting or your settings, is consistent with fluorescent flicker.