Lukabulla

Hi Everyone ,
Was out and about over the weekend with my Nikon 300s / 18 -135
Was very hot and vry sunny day ..

The shots I took during the afternoon , look to me not quite right colors .
Look a bit flat and unusual skin tones ..
Tried to adjust WB and others in raw Prog .. but this is the best I can get ..

Its the first time this has happened as the usual colors are brilliant .
Was very hot and sunny .. Could perhaps the sensor got hot and caused the deviation ?

Any Clues ?

Cheers

jeryh Loc: Oxfordshire UK

Looks to me that you have a strong been cooler cast, from the roof of the tent; If you have photoshop, go into curves, and adjust the colour balance, then contrast, and see how that works.

jeryh Loc: Oxfordshire UK

Correct to my last; should read Green colour cast ', rest of reply OK !

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Lukabulla .... You want clues and do not give camera setting clues, editing program clue [except WB] and yet you ask for clues as tho UHH is a seance, toying with the supernatural.

It is the UHH addiction to shooting in the dark that will give you 8 pages of "perhaps" info without you giving any details... OR... giving people a downloadable image so they could play with the image to give you the color energy you asked about.

So, my suggestion is that you give us some information rather than asking for mind reading. My first guess is that the spice added to the food caused your problem. [certainly not]

Camera settings ... do you have your camera set to give "vivid" images? I use vivid all the time since I like crisp [perhaps exaggerated, over spiced] colors.

BebuLamar

I guess that you used the flash and the color of the flash is not the same as ambient.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Please create a <reply> and attach an original example JPEG from the session, being sure to store the attachment. This allows us to read the camera settings and tell you specifically the camera configuration and ideas to address. This will provide a much better analysis than guessing from a thumbnail view of an example image.

Lukabulla

I thought I did send the Original ..
Got it from files .. around 300k

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

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Steve Perry Loc: Sylvania, Ohio

It's too blue and the cool cast has sucked all the life out of it :)

I did a quick adjustment using the photoshop technique shown in my video here:

https://backcountrygallery.com/got-white-try-this-color-balance-trick/

I used the plain edge of the white plate as my color target, the result is below (only took a second, so it's really easy to fix). Also, not sure if this is just as you remember since I wasn't there, but I bet it's close :)

Steve Perry Loc: Sylvania, Ohio

By the way, you can do a similar thing in Lightroom using the white balance eye dropper and clicking the rim of the white plate if it's more your style than PS.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

You are under a green canopy and it seems you used a flash - you have three different colors of light in your image - not very easy to resolve, but if you have Photoshop, you may want to try this:

Open the image in Photoshop.
Duplicate the image by Menu-Image-Duplicate. This will create a copy of the image and name it as such.
"Unpin" the duplicate by grabbing the top of the frame and dragging it to the center of the editing area in Photoshop.
With the copy still selected go to Menu-Filter-Blur-Average. This will average all the color in an image. If there is no cast it will be gray. If there is a cast, it won't be gray.
Select the original image, making sure you can still see some of the averaged copy. Go to the Layer Palette and click on the Create an Adjustment Layer Icon at the bottom of the palette - it looks like a Half Moon. Then select Levels (or Curves) from the flyout menu.
Make sure the original image is still selected. With the new adjustment layer targeted, click on the middle of the three eyedroppers. Your cursor will become an eyedropper. Use the eyedropper to sample the blurred image. If there is a color cast, it will go to neutral.

At this point you can delete the blurred reference layer.

I used this approach for your image. The advantage is that you don't need a reference in the image to use as a white balance sample - if there is no white or gray, my method still gets you real close. Also, you can adjust the amount of adjustment by targeting the background layer and adding a second adjustment layer directly above it using Filter as an adjustment type. You can then use a standard warming (or cooling) filter to make subtle adjustments to the white balance and tint.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

There is no available metadata. Looks⁹ like color casts from canopy or other surroundings. Also seems underexposed. If you check the "store origina" box, the downloaded image can have accessible data which helps in troubleshooting.

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billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I like to set my camera to VIVID for such work. You can also adjust in Photoshop. It appears it was taken very early in the morning, has a lot of blue cast in it.

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

I think it’s a reflection of the green tent that’s creating the cast. Easily fixed in LR or PS.

spraguead Loc: Boston, MA

A few things I'm thinking.
1) Looks like the subjects are under a 10' pop-up tent. With the thin fabric being green it is acting as a green filter. Look at the photo I have attached where subject was under a red pop-up tent.
2) Light looks a bit flat, and filtered through the tent roof, so it's not going to have a lot of snap and contrast.

Try processing in LR or PS to get a bit more contrast to the light and adjust the color cast.

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