Not showing true color

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MagicalGeckos

New member
Okay, i am shooting with
Nikon D200
Lens
-Sigmadg 28-70mm
Sigma dg 70-300mm

I take photos indoors of reptiles. The oranges esp. are not showing up true..
the only thing that does is black and white colors.

any ideas?

also what would be a few killer lenses to uses for this type of photogrphy??

here are a couls examples of what is shoot(photos may not be from my nikon)


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BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

Senior Member
Natural light, indoor lighting or flash?

RAW or JPEG?

How are you setting you white balance?

Any color profiling turned on or are you in Standard mode?

Questions, questions, questions...


It looks like you're using flash, and flash can definitely wash out colors.
 
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MagicalGeckos

New member
Natural light, indoor lighting or flash?
indoor lighting + flash (its not tha the color is getting washed the oranges and reds esp. are showing up much more than they should)
RAW or JPEG?
fine jpeg
How are you setting you white balance?
auto
Any color profiling turned on or are you in Standard mode?
Sstandard
 
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Dave_W

The Dude
It's difficult to say whether or not these photos are showing the expected colors unless you have calibrated your monitor. It could be that when we view them over the internet, they're spot on. One quick and dirty way to tell is it may be a monitor issue is to look closely at the images in the camera's LED window. Zoom in and see if the color looks any different in-camera compared to your monitor screen. But mind you, this is far from an accurate read on whether or not your monitor is seeing the colors properly. Most OS's will come with a monitor calibration software that while not perfect can get you pretty close. re you running a Mac or PC?

Monitors are all so different and even small changes in the gamma of a monitor can really do a number on its ability to render colors accurately.
 
Marcel

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
MagicalGeckos said:
Here is 1 for sure form the nikon that showed improper color.
the oranges are almost yellow in person
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This particular photo seems underexposed. The paper under the reptile should be white and now it's grey. You probably forgot that the camera does not know what colour is what you are shooting. The camera light meter is thinking the paper or average should be 18% grey. So it's underexposing the scene. It's up to the photographer to interpret the scene and correct the meter accordingly.
 
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JohnB

Senior Member
ok, in the picture above, what were settings? It's hard to help you if we don't know the settings.

If it was at f/22 then as Marcel noted above the picture is underexposed; try it at f/5.6 or some lower number. Try it at different settings and see which one works.
 
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MagicalGeckos

New member
OKay here is an example.. with the 5.6 it did help the color a lot..
nikon 5.6 a... iso 100 yellows are still a bit orange
DSC_00091.jpg


hereis my P/s Cannon sd14000 on auto
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JohnB

Senior Member
well looks like your getting closer, try going fully manual and go to f/3.5 or the lowest it will go. Adjust the shutter speed until you feel it looks right. The camera you have is capable of taking amazing pics.
 
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