sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

These are beautiful shots, Ron, and I don't see any problems with the red.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Thanks Sue... :D

R.G. Loc: Scotland

I realise you're after advice for shooting red flowers, but from what I've seen on this and other threads, there's no cure-all and about the best thing you can do is optimise the lighting.

However, there are a few things you can do in PP to help things along. The object of the exercise is to optimise the light levels and get as much contrast in the required part of the luminosity spectrum - in this case it's the lower half. To that end I lifted the shadows and used a generous amount of Blacks to keep the bottom end of the luminosity spectrum well-anchored. I used moderate amounts of Contrast and Clarity but found that it was easy to overdo either one, so I exercised restraint.

In addition I used a fair amount of edge-oriented sharpening, using enough masking to include the edges of the petals but not their texture (I think it picked up on the edge sharpening that your jpeg already had).

By way of an experiment I used split toning to deliberately introduce some blue into the shadows, and it did seem to help quite a bit. I also used positive Vibrance and negative Saturation to enhance the colour contrast.

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bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

I dont know if anyone said this yet, but Ive had some luck
using a reflector on red flowers. I try and bounce some extra light into them. some times it works other times , Its worse....

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

That's because reds have always been an issue for digital cameras. That's just life.

The only way that I know of to make it any better is to

1.) Slightly underexpose the shot

2.) Slightly lower the saturation

3.) Never shoot in direct harsh light; use a scrim or something like that.


Or...in my case...shoot film :) Problem solved.

ppenrod Loc: Salt Lake City

A suggestion if I may. I have noticed that Nikon tends to "bleed" Red, especially for flowers. I will usually mask the flower and pull back the red channel, then apply unsharp mask to recapture the fine detail, and it seems to work. There really is no "filter" per se, I have seen that solves the problem. Using a simple workflow seems to help quite a bit.

Redron Loc: Fairfield. California

Hi
Red flowers I cannot seem to do. Other flowers are OK but Red I don't know why.
Here is an off red i did Its actual two pictures put together.
I need to find out how to do red
ron

Alby144 Loc: Northern Nevada

You may have to try manual focus...unless you have a vision problem like I do.

Gary13 Loc: Detroit, Michigan USA

I have a Fuji X-T10 and have this exact problem shooting red. I bought the Fuji because the sensor is designed to deliver accurate color. The reds are not matching the actual red color and no amount of white balance adjustment or any other camera adjustment will yield even marginal results. Using Fuji's RAW or .jpg and post processing in Photoshop has not improved the color.
I don't have the answer but I'm in your corner. What camera are you shooing with? You may have posted it, but I didn't see it.

EyeDeal

That was my opinion...maybe some (portable macro) light on the subject so the background doesn't look more lit than the subject.
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ewforbess Loc: San Antonio, TX

I think Bob is onto something. I brought out the petal definition significantly using Affinity Photo by adding a B/W layer and changing the blend mode and adjusting the effects of the reds on your shot.

Good luck, and keep 'em coming!

suci Loc: Texas

Ron; make that 464001 queries about this.