dsapkota Posted January 21, 2008 Share #1 Posted January 21, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dear all, This is my first post in this forum. I took this picture in last fall using Leica R9+DMR+100/2.8 APO Macro ROM lens. I have not made any changes in color in Photoshop or any software but the color saturation on its own is too much brilliant for my eyes, what do you think? All the comments are welcome. Dhruba K Sapkota Photography in Nature - Dhruba Kumar Sapkota Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Henry Posted January 21, 2008 Share #2 Posted January 21, 2008 Dhruba Wonderful and natural color in this picture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted January 21, 2008 Dhruba Wonderful and natural color in this picture Thanks for your words but the leaves in reality were not this much red, it is DMR+Macro lens did it, that's why I was wondering if you find it natural. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Henry Posted January 21, 2008 Share #4 Posted January 21, 2008 Dhruba I have already seen this color in autumn leaves ! Do you mean that DMR accentuate the red color ? If it's this case, i think it's a good choice ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguewave Posted January 21, 2008 Share #5 Posted January 21, 2008 Dhruba, welcome aboard. A very auspicious first image. Could have fooled me. We get this fall color even in NYC. Great rendering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin T-M Posted January 21, 2008 Share #6 Posted January 21, 2008 Dhruba, is it in rvb or srvb ? You have to know that srvb gives more flashing colors. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 21, 2008 Share #7 Posted January 21, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dhruba - Welcome to the Forum. Based on this lovely image I look forward to seeing many more of your photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted January 22, 2008 Dhruba, welcome aboard. A very auspicious first image. Could have fooled me. We get this fall color even in NYC. Great rendering. Thanks for your words, am planning to visit NYC this year (I did my Master at Columbia University by 1999-2000). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted January 22, 2008 Dhruba, is it in rvb or srvb ? You have to know that srvb gives more flashing colors.Martin. Thanks Martin but I have no knowledge about rvb and srvb, am not good in technicality. Can you please inlighten on it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted January 22, 2008 Dhruba - Welcome to the Forum. Based on this lovely image I look forward to seeing many more of your photos. Many thanks Stuart for your nice words. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin T-M Posted January 22, 2008 Share #11 Posted January 22, 2008 Dhruba, it's RGB or sRGB (rvb or srvb is french). It's the way you have to choose to save your images. This must be in the menu of your DMR. RGB is for natural colors, sRGB for vivid colors. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
psquared Posted January 22, 2008 Share #12 Posted January 22, 2008 Hi Dhruba, Welcome. I like the image as is. I like the colors, details, and the framing. However, as you say the colors are not right, then there are several things to consider: 1. Was this taken as in-camera jpg or as raw (DNG)? a. If in-camera jpg, which firmware were you using? The colors of FW 1.2 ran significantly warmer. b. If raw, what converter did you use? I find the capture one profile to be the best. SilkyPix colors are pretty good, too. Photoshop ACR (pre ACR 4.0 as I have not tried ACR 4.0 or above) were not accurate. 2. How did you color balance the picture? a. Was it auto white balance? The DMR or any other digital may not get white balance correctly in this situation where there is almost no neutral colors in the frame. b. The best way to color balance this type of picture is to use a gray card (Whibal or others) or a gray white balancing filter such as Expodisc. Hope this helps, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
USHELDON Posted January 22, 2008 Share #13 Posted January 22, 2008 A truly superb example of macro photography. Would love to see more of your work. Sheldon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #14 Posted January 22, 2008 Dhruba, it's RGB or sRGB (rvb or srvb is french). It's the way you have to choose to save your images. This must be in the menu of your DMR. RGB is for natural colors, sRGB for vivid colors.Martin. Thanks Martin, I don't remember if it was RGB or sRGB, I sold my DMR and I am very careless in this kind of thing, I should change my habit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #15 Posted January 22, 2008 Hi Dhruba, Welcome. I like the image as is. I like the colors, details, and the framing. However, as you say the colors are not right, then there are several things to consider: 1. Was this taken as in-camera jpg or as raw (DNG)? - It was DNG a. If in-camera jpg, which firmware were you using? The colors of FW 1.2 ran significantly warmer. b. If raw, what converter did you use? I find the capture one profile to be the best. SilkyPix colors are pretty good, too. Photoshop ACR (pre ACR 4.0 as I have not tried ACR 4.0 or above) were not accurate. - I always use Photoshop and for this I used PSCS3. 2. How did you color balance the picture? a. Was it auto white balance? The DMR or any other digital may not get white balance correctly in this situation where there is almost no neutral colors in the frame. - Thanks for asking, sorry, I don't remember, I never remark this kind of thing. b. The best way to color balance this type of picture is to use a gray card (Whibal or others) or a gray white balancing filter such as Expodisc. - Thanks for your suggestion. Hope this helps, Peter Thaanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsapkota Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share #16 Posted January 22, 2008 A truly superb example of macro photography. Would love to see more of your work. Sheldon Many thanks for your words. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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