In the days of film it was well-known that blue flowers would often photograph with a magenta cast. I don't remember the reason, but perhaps something similar holds these days on digital sensors for red - at the opposite end of the spectrum.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David J Brooks > Sent: 05 July 2008 18:38 > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Photographing red flower and plants, problems. > > Well its happened again. > > My Asian lilies are starting to flower, some yellow/whites and some > reds are popping out now. > > Took some photos Thursday, and just had a look at them. > > I seem to have a problem photographing red flowers. The colours are > all muddled, subject is soft and blurry. Most of my red tulip shots > come out this way as well. > > Now my orange tiger lilies look great as do my yellow and pink roses. > > Am i doing something wrong, or is it red being a difficult colour. > > Dave > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
