Glowing Edges

I shoot with a Nikon D70. But I have glowing edges when shooting

golds/yellows and they're most noticeable against blue backgrounds (e.g.

sky). I'm not sure if it's the camera, the lens or my post processing

techniques. I've tested with various lenses including my Vibration Reduction

macro and still get the results so I'm wondering if maybe I need to think of

adding custom curves to my camera, changing "SPECIFIC" settings or something

to try and alleviate this. My post processing generally is limited to

sharpening, highlight/contrast, etc. and pushing hue a bit but punching

saturation to get colors to pop. But that's about it. Even tests BEFORE any

processing shows a bit of the glow but it worsens as I add layers and process.

 

Thoughts anyone on how to overcome this?

maybe over sharpening

The image magnification isn't enough to really tell, but from your description of the problem, it sounds like purple fringing (do a search on it). It's often the result of poor lens quality. I get it on my D200 with some older AIS lenses. I upgraded the lenses and the problem went away.

Michael, I have gotten purple frindging before but it's usually rare and does have a "purplish" halo. This is different. And it's usually in fall foliage shots which I have a ton of. Always the golds/oranges that have this etherial glow. Again, PRE processing even (before sharpening) although I will try some sample tests with varying sharpening settings to see how the results go. While the colors begin to pop the detail gets a bit lost. If sharpening plays a part, is there a better technique than using Nikon Caputure's sharpening? Maybe Extensis? I usually stay away from Photoshop's.