Photos washed out!
Nov 14, 2019 14:30:13 #
Gene51 wrote:
All of your images suffer from either camera motio... (show quote)
Thanks for sharing, Gene.
Nov 14, 2019 14:35:28 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
Adjust them in post. You just need to buy a progr... (show quote)
What program do you recommend, Jeep daddy. I do have Photoshop CS6 and ACDsee Professional 2018.
Nov 14, 2019 14:44:29 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
I just learned something today. I have a friend who owns the 24 megapixels D7100, with a Nikon 28-300mm lens. He has taken very good photos with that combination. Someone, on a previous thread, said the photos were taken 5 years ago. By now, he should have corrected those mistakes? PP also helps too.
Nov 14, 2019 15:30:42 #
I set my exposure compensation -1/3 stop. You might try it. This is for sunny and well lit scenes.
Nov 14, 2019 15:45:44 #
mas24 wrote:
I just learned something today. I have a friend who owns the 24 megapixels D7100, with a Nikon 28-300mm lens. He has taken very good photos with that combination. Someone, on a previous thread, said the photos were taken 5 years ago. By now, he should have corrected those mistakes? PP also helps too.
If I had the resources of time, equipment, and training ; I would not find it necessary to make the original post.
Nov 14, 2019 16:55:53 #
Dziadzi wrote:
Fellow hoggers, I am at a loss as to why many of my photos appear to be washed out, i.e. lacks color, photos look pale. If you have any ideas as to why I am not getting vibrant photos, nor crisp pictures. Please feel free to critique. Thanks in advance. BTW, I shoot a Nikon D7100, with an assortment of lenses (depending on the venue).
As an after thought, does my issue have anything to do with "exposure compensation"?
As an after thought, does my issue have anything to do with "exposure compensation"?
I tweaked with the "gamma" and came up with this, see attachment also I will post the pic with EXIF. I see that the flash fired. It fired at 1/15 sec. Normal is 1/60th. You sure you didn't tweak with something on your menu system. Check out my attachments. Dropping the gamma a little helped on the closeup.
Temporary solution might be to do a compensation of minus one stop until you figure things out.
Good luck, Alan
Nov 14, 2019 19:06:12 #
Sometimes on the fly we don't have a chance to review our settings - life moves constantly around us - also our eyes see things a bit differently and our sight is often more enriched - colors seem more vibrant - and yes auto settings although relatively a time and life saver when you're shooting quick - I know my skills are still pretty weak with newer cameras although I had years of experience with photo editing and graphic design so I can fairly easily bring some of that vibrancy back - get a better contrast balance without burning out your highlit areas.
If you have editing software - learning to utilize that at the same time you (and I) learn to better control the settings of our cameras.
After all you can only correct and compensate so much if the information was just not captured well enough in the shot.
If you have editing software - learning to utilize that at the same time you (and I) learn to better control the settings of our cameras.
After all you can only correct and compensate so much if the information was just not captured well enough in the shot.
Nov 14, 2019 20:01:44 #
Jerry G wrote:
You have your exposure comp set to +2 causing over exposure. You need to reset your exposure comp to 0 or do a reset to factory settings.
Agree
Nov 14, 2019 20:10:16 #
uhaas2009 wrote:
Agree
I think you're on to something. I'm thinking something funny's going on inside your camera and it needs to be reset to factory settings. If you're intimidated about doing the reset are you near a competent photo shop?
Nov 14, 2019 20:11:06 #
The color samples you posted appear
normal for the lighting evident by the
lack of hard shadows. Soft light gives
soft colors. Crispy light, crispy colors.
This principle predates photography.
Might explain the plethora of useless
advice from photo geeks .....
normal for the lighting evident by the
lack of hard shadows. Soft light gives
soft colors. Crispy light, crispy colors.
This principle predates photography.
Might explain the plethora of useless
advice from photo geeks .....
Nov 14, 2019 20:15:48 #
no12mo wrote:
I tweaked with the "gamma" and came up with this, see attachment also I will post the pic with EXIF. I see that the flash fired. It fired at 1/15 sec. Normal is 1/60th. You sure you didn't tweak with something on your menu system. Check out my attachments. Dropping the gamma a little helped on the closeup.
Temporary solution might be to do a compensation of minus one stop until you figure things out.
Good luck, Alan
Temporary solution might be to do a compensation of minus one stop until you figure things out.
Good luck, Alan
PS. couldn't read EXIF. Here's a better image of it
Nov 14, 2019 20:46:31 #
no12mo wrote:
PS. couldn't read EXIF. Here's a better image of it
Thanks for your input.
Nov 14, 2019 20:51:55 #
Charlie C wrote:
Press the +- button on top and check the exposure compensation setting. Should be set to zero.
I'm betting that's the problem.
Nov 15, 2019 00:53:35 #
You got many good suggestions from very knowledgeable contributors. I on the other hand think using “auto/auto” might be good for you if you have a once-in-a-lifetime photo-opt. Just saying. 😌
Nov 15, 2019 12:09:37 #
Lots of very professional comments.
SO, here's one from a rookie, who also has a Nikon:
Shoot just a few clicks (vertical lines on meter) to the left... Underexpose. You'll get used to how many for different situations. After thousands of tries, that's the number one key on my Nikon... It's a little older, but what works works.
SO, here's one from a rookie, who also has a Nikon:
Shoot just a few clicks (vertical lines on meter) to the left... Underexpose. You'll get used to how many for different situations. After thousands of tries, that's the number one key on my Nikon... It's a little older, but what works works.
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