Moose,
You may well be correct. She has at least three shades of the flowers, from
yellow to orange, and I shot a number of them. I can't tell you what the
original shade was.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: From Neighbor's Yard
> On 6/29/2013 4:13 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Lovely color on the Coreopsis (and very likely his Mooseness won't find
>> a blown red channel).
>
> Didn't even cross my mind. The eyes know, histogram only confirms and
> gives details. :-)
>
> Howsomever, I'm going to disagree with those who approve of the exposure.
> It is indeed perfect for avoiding blown reds.
> However, I suspect what we are seeing is not very close to what the flower
> looks like to the eye.
>
> When shooting bright colors with high red content, especially flowers, one
> must often use an exposure that is too low
> for everything else, then bring up overall exposure in post.
>
> I can't tell from here, our Coreopsis (pl?) are YELLOW, but I'm betting it
> looked more like this.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Nichols/Coreopsis.htm>
>
> OK, I left the background under, to highlight the flower.
>
> Bright Moose
>
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