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Question about color saturation

Kokopelli

Kokopelli

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Hey everyone...

As some of you already know, I have a Nikon D3000.
I am trying to work everything out... and I -think- I got the hang of the exposure triangle... but I have another issue.
No matter how hard I try, the photos I take are not saturated enough, the animals end up showing as if they are a bit drained of color...

Here is how Solaris looks in bright phase:

DSCN1947.jpg


or

IMG_0156.jpg


But with the D3000 I only got this:

DSC_0300.jpg


Please give me your advice...

The automatic settings on this camera aren't very good- I am working all manual, so please, advise accordingly.

Thank you!!!

Oren
 
Hmm.. could be a lot of things. Settings for your white balance, are you shooting RAW or .jpg, any post processing involved, lighting.. I don't know enough about the situation to help more. I can tell you, the 2nd picture you posted definitely has some PP saturation added, and looks like the color temperature was changed to add some "warmth" to the color if you will. Maybe with a little more info on your settings I can help out more.
 
the problems you are having can all be fixed in post photograph processing. If you are shooting RAW that is just like a photographic negative--it must be adjusted to make the picture look right. If you shoot jpeg you need to figure out your saturation, clarity, sharpness ect settings to get the result you want. Either way you should have received some basic software with your nikon that can do some post photograph processing. Also both windows and mac have basic programs as well. I use light room for my processing.
 
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