I got a Nikon P900 and have been learning the camera. This morning I took some close photos of flowers on our back deck. I was disappointed in the color rendition. I took this one and it came out more red than the deep, almost maroon red that is actually is. I'd post a picture of it's true color but the camera won't take it. Any suggestions here would be appreciated. This flower should be a deep red. Thanks
If I remember rightly the P900 doesn't shoot raw so you're stuck with how the camera interprets captures for jpeg images. If Auto WB isn't giving you what you want, you'll have to find a manual choice that's more suitable. Check that you haven't left WB set to something like Cloudy. For the following edit I decided that the WB was way too yellow so I gave it a large shift to the left, and I followed that up with a smaller Tint shift to the left. Since I don't know what the flower looked like in real life the edit is a guess.
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Wingpilot wrote:
I got a Nikon P900 and have been learning the camera. This morning I took some close photos of flowers on our back deck. I was disappointed in the color rendition. I took this one and it came out more red than the deep, almost maroon red that is actually is. I'd post a picture of it's true color but the camera won't take it. Any suggestions here would be appreciated. This flower should be a deep red. Thanks
Perhaps just a bit over exposed?
I see that the settings were f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/40 second. That 1/40 second shutter speed seems slow for bright scene like that. It seems like it could be over exposed.
Do you have a light meter? You could take an incident light reading at the flower.
Wingpilot wrote:
I got a Nikon P900 and have been learning the camera. This morning I took some close photos of flowers on our back deck. I was disappointed in the color rendition. I took this one and it came out more red than the deep, almost maroon red that is actually is. I'd post a picture of it's true color but the camera won't take it. Any suggestions here would be appreciated. This flower should be a deep red. Thanks
If you have camera on vivid, change to neutral or standard.
Hope this helps.
The Color Balance adjustment in Photoshop CC can correct coloration of an image.
Using the Curves Adjustment tool in Photoshop CC, you can set the black point and the white point precisely.
These settings might help.
Note that if you set White Balance to Auto, then the camera system will take account of the scene and render what I call "a best guess" at the true color.
For my part, I memorize the color of the subject and then later in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CC, I try to match the subject color to my memory of it.
I once used a technique for achieving the best color rendition in camera, by setting the camera to spot metering.
Then I took a reading of the subject with only it covered by the spot. All the colors then came eerily close to their true coloration.
For each of the adjustments and settings I've referred to here you will have to consult tutorials on the Internet.
Look for simple explanations. None of what I've touched on is complicated or difficult.
Good luck.
Wingpilot wrote:
I got a Nikon P900 and have been learning the camera. This morning I took some close photos of flowers on our back deck. I was disappointed in the color rendition. I took this one and it came out more red than the deep, almost maroon red that is actually is. I'd post a picture of it's true color but the camera won't take it. Any suggestions here would be appreciated. This flower should be a deep red. Thanks
I agree, the image looks overexposed. Try shooting shutter priority at a faster shutter speed, 1/125 to 1/250.
These settings could skew color in the captured image.
Especially cloudy on a sunny day.
R.G. wrote:
If I remember rightly the P900 doesn't shoot raw so you're stuck with how the camera interprets captures for jpeg images. If Auto WB isn't giving you what you want, you'll have to find a manual choice that's more suitable. Check that you haven't left WB set to something like Cloudy. For the following edit I decided that the WB was way too yellow so I gave it a large shift to the left, and I followed that up with a smaller Tint shift to the left. Since I don't know what the flower looked like in real life the edit is a guess.
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Checked the exif data: WB is set to Cloudy weather for this photo.
CO wrote:
I see that the settings were f/6.3, ISO 200, 1/40 second. That 1/40 second shutter speed seems slow for bright scene like that. It seems like it could be over exposed.
Do you have a light meter? You could take an incident light reading at the flower.
By the rule of 'Sunny-16' in a bright day like this, if ISO at 200 with f6.3, the shutter speed should be 1/1000.
R.G. wrote:
If I remember rightly the P900 doesn't shoot raw so you're stuck with how the camera interprets captures for jpeg images. If Auto WB isn't giving you what you want, you'll have to find a manual choice that's more suitable. Check that you haven't left WB set to something like Cloudy. For the following edit I decided that the WB was way too yellow so I gave it a large shift to the left, and I followed that up with a smaller Tint shift to the left. Since I don't know what the flower looked like in real life the edit is a guess.
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I see the improvement. Actually, the leaves on that particular plant aren't green green, but rather a grey green, and the flower itself is is a very deep maroon color. I may have to play around with setting the WB manually. And yes, the P900 only shoots in JPEG, so exposure has to be correct in the camera, as there isn't a lot you can do in post.
Architect1776 wrote:
Perhaps just a bit over exposed?
Can't say. I was shooting in aperture priority, ISO 200, and WB set to "cloudy." I took two others with WB set to AWB and they came out less yellowish, but the flower itself came out with a pinkish red cast.
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