How to create rich colored pitures

I own a Nikon D80 and i am not that happy with color saturation. I used to shoot

with a Nikon D50 and i still think i loved that camera better. But none the

less, I always ask my self how people that own the same camera and shoot as i do

(which i tend to be a point-n-shoot for most of the time) get better results

than i do.

I changed the color profile to RGB, set hue to +3, contrast to +2, and all i can

think to make my pics be color saturated. i don't know if it is due that its a

Nikon but i will like to know if some one knows.

 

thanks!

Post a sample converted to sRGB if the image was written by the

camera to AdobeRGB to rule out display calibration issues since

you don't indicate you also get this with prints.

 

Also are you honoring the color space the camera wrote the file

to. For instance if the camera writes the image to AdobeRGB and

you assign sRGB by setting your working space in Photoshop to

sRGB and strip the original AdobeRGB upon loading to PS. This

can render images as desaturated as well.

 

It's difficult to troubleshoot color issues in a forum from

someone new here. We don't know your level of knowledge on

the subject of color.

yeah i just have to make it smaller so that it can be seen without scrolling

actually i made the camera write sRBG rather then AdobeRGB since i was told that it has less color information capabilities. As far as it goes to knowledge i am climbing the latter all the people had to climb when they were learning, i mean, i know a lot of specs but practice is the one that kills me. Its like that guys that reads to learn to fix cars, but in life its harder that it looks until he has enough practice. But i will post pics, and so far i think i had Web standards in color preferences in Adobe CS...any help on how to set them straight and right?

Make it less than 400K if you can. This forum will provide a link

using the name of the file on your HD or create a caption and that

caption will appear in this thread. The actual image doesn't have

to appear within this thread.

 

A link is much better and less confining because you don't have

to stay within 500 pixel dimension restriction of this forum though

some here bypass this somehow.

 

I'm on dial-up and threads with tons of image samples

appearing within thread margins takes forever to download.

Just stay in sRGB for now and leave your CS settings as they

are. It's too complicated a subject to get into right now. Color

saturation has nothing to do with the color space captured in

except maybe on some occasions shooting brightly lit flowers.

 

When you load your image in CS just make sure you honor the

sRGB tag if it was embedded by your Nikon or assign sRGB

when the file loads. That way you don't have to do any

conversions in CS posting here.

Are you able to select Colour Mode III in the D80 (as in the D200)? If so this gives the brightest colours.

Most colorful, saturated photos are first captured by your camera then judicially post processed in something like Photoshop. Shoot RAW and ignore as-shot color spaces or white balance issues. Beginners should also ignore Adobe RGB and stick with sRGB unless you have a good library at home (you should if you're serious about photography).

Ken Rockwell gives a walk-through of his setup of the D80, starting with setting back exposure compensation:

 

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80/users-guide/index.htm

well something i just found out is that some one put a filter on my lens it a skylight A1. will that trow the colors off a little?

Don't know. You haven't posted a sample image so we can all

get an idea of what you consider a rich colored picture.

If it's a cheap and inadequately coated skylight filter it might be causing flare, which reduces contrast and hence saturation. Try taking it off.