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How to make colors pop?
Aug 20, 2011 15:58:51   #
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Hi,

Just one question for now with many more to come I am sure!
How do you get colors to pop? Does this come from the ISO or aperature?

Thanks.
Dranny.

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Aug 20, 2011 18:32:36   #
sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant
 
well in the old days it used to come from film. Now if you slightly underexpose it will give more ohmph to colors. Or you can change hue and saturation in whatever post processing program you use.

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Aug 20, 2011 20:01:53   #
henrycrafter Loc: Orem Utah
 
Try color enhancement filters.
Sunpak has some good ones that are not too expensive

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Aug 21, 2011 01:28:17   #
DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca
 
Not sure what camera your using but proper white balnce is a must. Also many camera's such as my Canon's have built in color shift settings that help. Another trick - use your flash even when you don't think you need it. Otherwise use post processing using Photoshop or other editing tool to adjust hue, saturation, contrast etc.

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Apr 18, 2024 10:27:36   #
brentrh Loc: Deltona, FL
 
Post edit

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Apr 18, 2024 10:29:42   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
brentrh wrote:
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Apr 18, 2024 17:27:56   #
Baywoof Loc: Texas
 
It depends. If you're shooting jpegs, like others have mentioned shoot a half or one stop underexposed and try to improve with and editor. If you can, shoot in RAW. That way you will have more dynamic range to play with in post production to adjust colors, lighting and the "pop" you want.

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