need the blues

[charlie]

I am having a heck of a time getting this blue tort to look blue. The only thing I don't think I've tried is to leave the white balance alone and take a pic. I thought I'd let you have a shot at maybe telling me what's goin on before I go off half cocked.

[zhenya]

Charlie,

I think it's a bit overexposed, hence killing the color pretty much. Do you have controls over exposure( like Ev +/-)? If yes, try to set it at -1/3 of a stop and see what happens. I think you may be surprized at the results.
I had real problem with my Nikon taking shots of blue corals or fish, everything came out purple. I did adjust my wb with some plastic grey(or yellow) card and it helped.
Try looking over this website for some tips, Gregory is a photographer by trade and did great job writing all this information. ;)
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/index.html
This one is about white balance http://www.ximinasphotography.com/le...hite%20Balance

HTH.

[Poseidon]

Boy charlie you got me... I can't bring up the blues very well in PS either. I am with Gene on this one, try to set the Exposure Value to -1 or even -2 and see what you get. You may as well try the AWB setting as well since nothing else has seemed to work. What do you get when you use flash?

[charlie]

I'll try both after I get home from work tonite. I sure am happy with this thing tho. The macros are unreal compared to my Sony!!!
THANX

[charlie]

That worked guys, thanx alot. Just for grins here's a macro of one of my croceas.

[kevinpo]

Very nice Charlie! You sure can't tell you are running 20,000K Radium bulbs by how white the picture is.

Regards,
Kevin

[charlie]

I really like the white balance adjust on this camera!!!!