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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 297031" data-attributes="member: 9240">Reds always seem to blow out first among various colors.&nbsp; I suspect its placement at one end of the visible spectrum is part of it as I would expect sensors to be tested most at the edges - much as Dave said when he pointed to a sensor shortcoming.Rather than desaturate I tend to pull back highlights first and then add back color as needed in Lightroom.&nbsp; One thing you may want to start doing in situations like this is to use the RGB Histograms in your camera during image review with the Highlight function turned on.&nbsp; It will show you where you have light information blown out, and if it's color specific you'll see a hard line on the right side of the Red histogram (or whatever specific color is blown out), and flashing where you've lost the details.&nbsp; If you haven't deleted the image off the card, set your image review options to include this and flip through to that screen and see if it's showing you it's blown out.&nbsp; If it's not, and you have access to either Photoshop or Elements, take the image into there for your light adjustments and do a levels adjustment on the red channel alone varying only the midpoint.&nbsp; If the red channel is blowing out, set your exposure compensation to -0.7 EV and then look to brighten the parts of the photo that aren't blown out.&nbsp; It's easier to fix that than it is to find details where you don't have any.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 297031, member: 9240"] Reds always seem to blow out first among various colors. I suspect its placement at one end of the visible spectrum is part of it as I would expect sensors to be tested most at the edges - much as Dave said when he pointed to a sensor shortcoming. Rather than desaturate I tend to pull back highlights first and then add back color as needed in Lightroom. One thing you may want to start doing in situations like this is to use the RGB Histograms in your camera during image review with the Highlight function turned on. It will show you where you have light information blown out, and if it's color specific you'll see a hard line on the right side of the Red histogram (or whatever specific color is blown out), and flashing where you've lost the details. If you haven't deleted the image off the card, set your image review options to include this and flip through to that screen and see if it's showing you it's blown out. If it's not, and you have access to either Photoshop or Elements, take the image into there for your light adjustments and do a levels adjustment on the red channel alone varying only the midpoint. If the red channel is blowing out, set your exposure compensation to -0.7 EV and then look to brighten the parts of the photo that aren't blown out. It's easier to fix that than it is to find details where you don't have any. [/QUOTE]

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