Sagitar Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 I was taking some pics in the garden today, looking for autumn colour, and decided to take one of the car. The sun was bright but very low and was giving me hard shadows across the car. I decided to wait for a cloud to cover the sun so that I got flatter light and the picture below is the result. Notice how blue the car looks, because it is lit by dispersed light from the intensely blue sky. The garage door has retained its white colour and I can only assume that is because it is much less reflective than the shiny metallic paint on the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Really nice photo that and yes I can see a tinge of blue How do you find the sun this time of year when taking photos, I can imagine it ruins some good shots you might get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Isn't it also from the pearl effect in the paintwork that it looks blue? The garage door doesn't refract the light at all. Love the pic though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted November 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Here are some of the images I was taking when I stopped to take the car pic. We have a Liquidamber in the back garden that I planted in 1978. It always gives good value at this time of the year, especially when the sun is shining as it did this morning. The range of colours in the leaves, once they start to turn is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 That's lovely, we have an acer in our garden that a few days ago went completely bright red all over, and now has changed to a much duller red - do find it fascinating how these plants change colour and so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 that plant is older than I am..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 ... And is brighter! Sorry, mean more colourful! h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Was a bit difficult to get any real colour this morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 So added a bit of orange... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Was a bit difficult to get any real colour this morning... Snow is quite difficult to photograph accurately. Do you have any control over "white balance" in your processing software, that might help. Incidentally, that "C" shaped blur on the horison and to the right in your picture looks like some muck on the camera sensor. I can see some in the second picture also, but in a different place. Have the pics been cropped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Forgive me for fiddling. I thought it might be interesting to see the effect of changing the colour balance a little. The dark areas top right and bottom left don't help - what are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Forgive me for fiddling. I thought it might be interesting to see the effect of changing the colour balance a little. The dark areas top right and bottom left don't help - what are they? You're welcome. That's certainly made it a lot more colourful than it was in reality, but the original pic wasn't too far from how it seemed - very grey! The dark bits are probably bits of snow on the lense as hopefully I'm past the point where I leave a finger in the way. Best cropped, but I forgot to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooflessdriver Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 If you have access to paintshop pro or adobe photoshop, try using the levels tool. (normally under Image, adjustments.) there are 3 little triangles under the histogram, left is for shadows, middle is for mid tones, and right is for highlights. Good starting point is to move the highlights to meet the edge of the rightmost point of the histogram. Another tip for snow photography is to over expose by 1 stop. (if your camera allows.) Tip I learnt whilst in Antarctica. Love the dog photo by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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