Too much red in my picture...

[Bimbobo]

I just had some pictures printed on paper as a test...and I believe that they are too "red"!
They have been taken with auto settings and the best resolution. Is the any explanation.
They were taken in the evening.... if that could help!
Regards

[Tom W]

How do they look on your monitor? It could be that your printer is giving you more red. Try printing a picture from another source, perhaps off of the web or from a different camera and see how they print. Also, you could check the settings on your camera's 'white balance'.

[Bimbobo]

They are printed by a photolab and not my printer....
Maybe it's just me, but I mean tha the red colour is a little bit stronger than it should be!

[hextor]

I have had the same problems with my S30. Apparently it saturates too much. You can try with 1 step less of saturation in the automatic modes.

For me, shooting in RAW mode and converting to linear tiff and then processing in Photoshop works the best. The option of converting at -1 saturation yielded better red tones, but also a slight greenish cast.

The problem was solved using linear processing.

alternatively, you can just reduce the saturation a bit after the fact, and only in the red channel if you wish.

[Bimbobo]

Thanks...
I cannot shoot in raw with a40.
I will try some others setting to solve the problem!
Regards

[pblevitt]

There is more red light (or lack of blue) in the evening, how are your day shots ?

If they are OK, you may have to fool your White Balance into compensating for evening light, checking on the LCD while changing the setting.

Sorry, it is a bit trial and error, but that's half of the fun.

Try here for some more help http://www.betterdigitalonline.com/HTML%20Files/whitebalance.html

Also, check out http://www.megapixel.net , look under articles and white balance.

Lots of info - hope it helps