colors?

[sutejok]

Hi,

How do i bring up the colors in my photos? what should the setting on

my camera be like?

I'm shooting digital (fuji s7000) and most of the time the colors of

the object i'm shooting are pale..

 

thxx

[jpb]

What type of photo editing software do you use?

 

Most of the programs have a hue/saturation feature. Also, you can probably up the saturation (if you shoot jpgs) in the camera itself. I shoot RAW negatives, so I can?t raise the saturation in camera, but once I download my images to my PC, then I can open them in Photoshop and play with the contrast, levels, saturation, sharpness, etc.

 

Generally, upping the saturation in your editing software by about 10 percent should do the trick.

[phule]

sutejo,

 

Have you tried looking in the camera manual to see if there are settings you can change?

[jcuknz]

Try shooting at a minus EV setting .. it sounds as if you are over-exposing.

If you adjust for more saturation in the camera it may limit what you can do in editing.

[lex_jenkins]

Personally, I'd rather have somewhat subdued colors right out of the camera because it leaves room for adjustment. It's difficult to tone down oversaturated colors.

 

Also, bumping up colors in post processing without distorting the overall image and increasing noise can be difficult. A little goes a long way.

 

If post processing doesn't accomplish what you want, don't forget that you can do things the old fashioned way: Try optical filters on the camera lens.

 

Cokin makes a lot of crazy colorful filters. They inexpensive enough to let you experiment without spending too much. Then if you find an effect you like you can often find an comparable higher quality Singh Ray or other brand filter.

 

My favorite crazy Cokins are their dual color polarizers. They're not realistic at all but still useful for abstract landscapes and other purposes.

 

Cokin also makes graduated color density filters that can make skies more blue, etc.

[sutejok]

Thank you everyone. I tried the photoshop's saturation thing and it worked! Thx ppl