How to deal with 'RED'??

kei_siuip · 15th of June 2010 (Tue)

HI everyone, I'm a newcomer with 500D from Hong Kong.
Recently, I try to take photos of flowers with MACRO len.
However, I find out that the taken photos of red flowers are not really 'red' in color.
They just look like 'pink', and overexposed.
Should i set the WB of 500D to get the real 'RED'?

nekrosoft13 · 15th of June 2010 (Tue)

i also ran into this issue often at car shows.

IUnknown · 15th of June 2010 (Tue)

Are you shooting in adobe rgb? I thought I read somewhere that flowers need a bigger color gamut?

15th of June 2010 (Tue)	#1
kei_siuip Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6	How to deal with 'RED'?? HI everyone, I'm a newcomer with 500D from Hong Kong. Recently, I try to take photos of flowers with MACRO len. However, I find out that the taken photos of red flowers are not really 'red' in color. They just look like 'pink', and overexposed. Should i set the WB of 500D to get the real 'RED'?

15th of June 2010 (Tue)	#2
nekrosoft13 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,643 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How to deal with 'RED'?? i also ran into this issue often at car shows.

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IUnknown Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 711 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How to deal with 'RED'?? Are you shooting in adobe rgb? I thought I read somewhere that flowers need a bigger color gamut? __________________ Fiske \| Film 5D Mark II \| Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM \| Canon 35L \| Sigma 85 1.4 \| Helios 44M-6 58mm(M42) \| Zeiss 50mm 1.4 (C/Y) \| LEICA 50MM SUMMICRON-R F2 \| Canon 135L \| Elmoscope anamorphic lens \| 430EX II

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