Where's the green grass

[Fergie]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/IMG_0993W.jpg

I have three consecutive photos like this.
All the other photos taken before and after on the same day are ok.

What did I do wrong.

Cheers

[steve1]

Wow! At first I looked at that and thought just a white balance problem. But if you try to correct it you can't. Must be a problem in the camera.

[Kevan_G9]

I'm just wondering if the photo was just a bit overexposed. Looks to be a very bright day, the tents are extremely light and white, yet the detail of the gent's face, with the cap's bill shading half of it is very much noticeable when I would expect to see a lot more shade.

[Fergie]

Checked the photos file info and I have had it set to 'compulsory flash' so the setting may have been at 'P'

Cheers.

[Fergie]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/IMG_1041W.jpg

Plenty of green in this shot but the rich blue sky has gone as has the blue surface of the lake. there is no skin colour and the T-shirt/top should be pink.

The following photo, taken mere seconds later had perfect colours.

Should I get back to reading the instructions.... or is there a fault.

:cry:

[CJinAustin]

looks like its in selective color mode or something...

[Flo]

I would say check all your settings.

[PicBug]

Did you change your settings at all between the two pics in post #5? It does look like the Color Accent mode under the SCN option on the settings dial was used (where you find AV, TV, P, etc).

If you are not changing your settings at all for consecutive photos that all "appear" to have been shot with different settings~and you didn't, you may need to have Canon check it out. :cry:

[400dabuser]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/IMG_0993W.jpg

I have three consecutive photos like this.
All the other photos taken before and after on the same day are ok.

What did I do wrong.

Cheers


In photoshop, you can use the auto color correction tool, and the green grass will come back to normal levels

[Fergie]

Tried as you suggested.

It didn't work. .......:cry:


PicBug......You may be right about the SCN settings being accidentally altered.

Cheers.

[kitacanon]

What camera?
Did you shoot RAW or JPEG?
If RAW can you make any meaningful changes in Picture styles settings in your PC?
just a thought...

[400dabuser]

Tried as you suggested.

It didn't work. .......:cry:


PicBug......You may be right about the SCN settings being accidentally altered.

Cheers.
Worked with me

[Fergie]

Kitacanon....G9....jpeg images.


400dabuser....... In photoshop..>Image > Adjustments > Auto Colour = Nothing except a slight improvement to the colours that are already there.

The pictures properties are

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/Properties.jpg

Cheers.

[kitacanon]

I think it's a sensor issue...sorry...it's not consistant though and that's making it hard to figure out...I'd call Canon...maybe send them some pix...

[400dabuser]

Kitacanon....G9....jpeg images.


400dabuser....... In photoshop..>Image > Adjustments > Auto Colour = Nothing except a slight improvement to the colours that are already there.


Cheers.


Once the colour is corrected, you can saturate the green by simply increasing the saturation

[rpolitsr]

Kitacanon....G9....jpeg images.

400dabuser....... In photoshop..>Image > Adjustments > Auto Colour = Nothing except a slight improvement to the colours that are already there.
Cheers.

I think you are right Fergie the colors of that image can not be restored using Auto Color in PhotoShop.

I vote for something like selective colors being used . A sensor failure probably will affect all the colors on the picture, not only a specific hue.

[Jakpro]

It looks like a magenta hue on many areas that should be gray or shadows.

[Photon Phil]

Not sure if anybody's still on this issue but I think I have the answer. It's an accidental or defective activation of the color swap/color enhance/color hide feature similar to that Canon put on my SD1100. I'll bet my bottom dollar. And there arent many to go through to get to the bottom.

[400dabuser]

The only real problem with the photo, and the green grass in particular, is that the grass is thin on the ground, it is mostly bare, hence the sensor probably mixing up the brown of the mud and green of the grass

The only problem with this site, is that I can only put on the attachment, 150Kb size of a file

[400dabuser]

Not sure if anybody's still on this issue but I think I have the answer. It's an accidental or defective activation of the color swap/color enhance/color hide feature similar to that Canon put on my SD1100. I'll bet my bottom dollar. And there arent many to go through to get to the bottom.


If it is accidental, how to repair it then?

[Fergie]

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/IMG_1102.jpg ...http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/38fergie/Canon%20Website/IMG_1104.jpg

Sigh of relief....I now seems to have been my own fault that the colours were wrong.
For the right hand shot above, the camera was set at SCN and 'colour swap' selected and that is what I must have accidentaly done when the first photos were taken.

On the photos above, the left photo shows the greenery (notice I avoided saying 'grass' ;)) as ok but the fence on the left is the wrong colour. On the right photo, the the fence and bird table are the correct colour but the greenery is all to pot.

At least I know now that it wasn't a fault with the camera. :D

Cheers.

[Kevan_G9]

Geesh Fergie,

It looks like you have a Dandeion problem too.

[kitacanon]

I don't know but the right shot looks like a candy colored party lawn :)

[Fergie]

Dandelions, daisies. buttercups. clover. reeds (it's very wet clay) and moss to name but a few of the plants that make up my 'lawn'. Most folks have given up and gravelled over their gardens.
For most of the year it's wet and spongy to walk on and if I dig a two foot hole I will more than likely dig into something akin to quicksand. We used a 6ft. pinch bar to make pilot holes for the fenceposts and a couple of times I had to hang onto the bar as it suddenly tried to vanish into the clay. On one occasion we pushed the bar in its full length without any resistance. The houses are built on concrete rafts.

[kitacanon]

Well it's wunnerful....yet another reason to visit Scotland...

[doxozo]

If it is accidental, how to repair it then?

400dabuser did you ever find an answer to your question. I definitely accidently had color swap on and took a number of pictures that swapped a grey color with the green. Is there anyway to repair that when the picture was taken with color swap activated?
Anyone have an answer to this question?

[Jill-of-all-Trades]

I started to get that with my A95. Only a few pictures would turn out purple, but it got worse until every picture was purple. When I bought my XSi, I found out that Canon had a recall on the sensors for the Powershot line. Got the sensor replaced for free and it's back to full color.