I need Help with this pic.. I don't know whether it was the light at the time i took the pic or if its something wrong with the camera.. all the pics I took have really heavy contrast *no I haven't fiddled with anything.. I even tried using it on automatic and it still came out the same.. I'd really appreciate any suggestions as to how to fix it both with the camera and photoshop..

Thanks..

ps.. just had a look at some I shot the other day and they are the same.. heavy looking contrast..

half the time I use my Digi, the twiddly knob thingy is on the wrong setting and I've committed 20 snapshots to memory card before noticing

I hereby proclaim that you, too, are guilty of this


next!!

The image seems to be on the supersaturated side which is giving the appearance of over contrast. Are you looking for a more natural color appearance or just to decrease the contrast?

My first thought was that it was over saturated too. I saw what Darryl wrote on your pic & although I couldn't see any lens flare in the clouds, but I'm sorry hon, I just don't have a clue. *hug*

comment done :)

you could have stopped at I Need Help .. .. and saved all of us some time ...

(*ducks*)

Thanks everyone..

Cat.. I have even tried desaturating the colour in photoshop, it still didn't look right..

Goth Boy.. I hadn't fiddled with anything, but that doesnt mean no-one else has ;)

Thanks Mimi & Lauren

Hi Jac, I'll send you a photoshop file you can fiddle with. Once you desaturate some, you will actually need to add contrast back in, but the file I set up for you has a good portion of the sky deselected in a layer mask because those changes blow out that area.

edit: I also created a Selective Color layer to modify the greens/yellows because the grass needs some red in it and a little less yellow to look natural.

Thanks Cat.. i got it.. i'll have a fiddle with it today

I think that the contrast range of the scene was too wide for your sensor to handle or any sensor. Using a graduated neutral density filter when you take the photo is the best way to handle a scene like that. It’s much easier than trying to fix it in software.

Thanks Robert.. I thought it had something to do with the contrast.. i've never had a problem like this before.. so now it will have to wait til next October to redo the pics..

You’re welcome Jacqueline. Next October is ok, your Jacaranda shots are worth waiting for.