View attachment 28423 This one isn't so bad, but did not get the definition in the feathers I got with other colored birds in the same light and same settings. Some were much worse.
I actually shoot in raw, not jpeg. Still see reds and yellows blow out - most often with birds.
How are you processing your Raw files?I actually shoot in raw, not jpeg. Still see reds and yellows blow out - most often with birds.
How are you processing your Raw files?
Don't underestimate the effect of an uncalibrated monitor. I just looked at your photo on 4 different monitors (Mac, Dell Laptop, 20" Acer monitor, 24" HP Monitor) and got 4 VERY different looks on the red.
Would help if we had some EXIF information on the photo as well. There are lots of factors that can impact these things. Would also be good to see an unmodified jpeg taken straight from RAW file of the problem shots to get a feeling of what you're dealing with.
Also get used to using the color-specific saturation and luminoscity tools in Lightroom. Click on the eye dropper, click and hold on the blown out color and drag up and down to increase/decrease the saturation or luminoscity of that specific color (it may move a pair of sliders if it's not pure). Very quick and easy way of re-establishing balance to the photo.
Be careful if you have other normal reds in the photo apart from the over saturated reds, as this will make them even weaker. If you have other reds that do not need de-saturating, ( I can only explain this with CS5 as thats what I use ) a fast way is to use the quick magnetic tool to isolate the over saturated subject, and then go IMAGE tab > Adjustments > Hue / Sat and de-sat from there. The isolation achieved by the quick magnetic tool will ensure only that portion of the photo will de-sat