Blue Branches: This is first time posting, I hope it works.I have a question about a couple of pictures taken recently. Taken with Nikon D3100, 18-55 kit lens. If you notice the tree...

jcsnell Loc: SW Ohio

This is first time posting, I hope it works.I have a question about a couple of pictures taken recently. Taken with Nikon D3100, 18-55
kit lens. If you notice the tree branches in background are blue. Is this just a reflection from the sky? I have noticed the same thing on others, but they are the same type of photos with a blue sky. Greatly appreciate ideas or suggestions.
First shot of bridge ISO 200-F10- 1/125-WB brite sun
Second shot of leaves ISO-200-F6.3-1/60-WB brite sun

johnske Loc: Townsville

It helps if you post the originals so we can zoom in for a close look. It appears to be chromatic abberation (aka CA), it may help if you use an even smaller aperture in bright sunlight

artBob Loc: Near Chicago

Even the cast shadows are blue. I suspect, ta da!, too much saturation, but do not know why these shots have it.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

johnske wrote:

It helps if you post the originals so we can zoom in for a close look. It appears to be chromatic abberation (aka CA), it may help if you use an even smaller aperture in bright sunlight

Ditto.

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

Did you do any post-processing? Or are these the originals? If the originals, check your camera settings.

jcsnell Loc: SW Ohio

These are straight out of camera, no post processing except to crop. If it is chromatic abberation as johnskesuggested why would it not show up in other shots? I have other shots taken the same day
that are fine. The only shots that this seems to show up in are ones with a lot of sky and small details like tree branches.

GHK Loc: The Vale of Eden

jcsnell wrote:

This is first time posting, I hope it works.I have a question about a couple of pictures taken recently. Taken with Nikon D3100, 18-55
kit lens. If you notice the tree branches in background are blue. Is this just a reflection from the sky? I have noticed the same thing on others, but they are the same type of photos with a blue sky. Greatly appreciate ideas or suggestions.
First shot of bridge ISO 200-F10- 1/125-WB brite sun
Second shot of leaves ISO-200-F6.3-1/60-WB brite sun

Very strange; you can get blue casts from the sky, but they only show in shadows and not to this extent. How old is the camera; if it's still under guarantee I'd get it looked at.

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

Do you have the camera set to VIVID in the colour settings? Just making sure we get a yes or no on all possible adjustments in camera before going any further with suggestions.

jcsnell Loc: SW Ohio

Camera is set on vivid. I usually have it set there. Took some shots yesterday and tried to duplicate the others. They turned out fine, no blue cast to background, but it was somewhat cloudy.

GHK Loc: The Vale of Eden

jcsnell wrote:

Camera is set on vivid. I usually have it set there. Took some shots yesterday and tried to duplicate the others. They turned out fine, no blue cast to background, but it was somewhat cloudy.

This could be the answer. 'Vivid' almost certainly works by increasing saturation. I would definitely stop using it anyway because it offers inadequate control over what is happening. Shoot normally; then, if you feel the image needs brightening, do it in Photoshop, first by applying Curves to make appropriate changes of contrast, then, if necessary, With Hue and Sat which is best applied to a target colour rather than the whole range.

artBob Loc: Near Chicago

GHK wrote:

quote=jcsnell Camera is set on vivid. I usually h... (show quote)

I agree.

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

I thought that was what your problem was. You always need to give us all the info when asking questions because setting things outside the standard setting will always affect some scenes in a different way than others. Just like in post production, not all photos/subjects will work with a set sharpening or saturation or contrast adjustment.

Therefore, leave your setting as they were for standard images and then selectively adjust things all over or in areas of an image to achieve what you are after.

treslek Loc: London

It,s your white balance setting,s I had the same problem as you can see in the attached pic.

jcsnell Loc: SW Ohio

Looks exactly like mine. Considering what others have said, what was you WB set at? What was your picture control set on?
My WB was sunshine (I usually have mine set on auto) and have picture control set on vivid. I think I will go back to auto on the WB,

Sheila Loc: Arizona or New York

Have had similar results with D200 and D300s at certain times of day. If I set my white balance on daylight, the results had too much blue. I found more pleasing results using shade or cloudy settings for those times. Have found myself using these settings more often than daylight settings.

I use standard rather than vivid settings. If you have a variety of greens in your picture such as different foliage, the colors can be absolutely unreal if you are using vivid and daylight settings.