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Russian Red · 03:57 PM

another Red Rose

jimH · 02-16-2011, 05:57 PM

Beautiful! I don't know about you, but I think that red is the most difficult color for a Pentax camera to render. I've always had difficulty with my K10 to keep red from over-saturating. This however, I think is superb.

**eaglem** · 02-16-2011, 09:23 PM

Thank you for the comment. A trick I learned when using Photoshop is to fully increase the contrast while winding back the brightness (you may need to repeat this another time or two) which increases the red without blowing out the colour and gives greater definition to the details. This also works well with Yellow and White which are also difficult colours to process properly. Hope this helps you.

**dcmsox2004** · 02-17-2011, 07:13 AM

rich, velvety feel to this pic... almost feel as though i can touch it on the screen, dave m

**eaglem** · 02-17-2011, 08:01 AM

Thanks Dave.....................

Robbertì · 02-17-2011, 09:21 AM

beautiful, a little bit soft, but very nice red

jimH · 02-17-2011, 12:29 PM

Originally posted by eaglem

Thank you for the comment. A trick I learned when using Photoshop is to fully increase the contrast while winding back the brightness (you may need to repeat this another time or two) which increases the red without blowing out the colour and gives greater definition to the details. This also works well with Yellow and White which are also difficult colours to process properly. Hope this helps you.

Thanks for that suggestion. I sometimes avoid photographing bright red objects for the reasons of over saturation. I'll give your methods a try and try to save some of my red shots. Thanks again.

**eaglem** · 02-17-2011, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by jimH

Thanks for that suggestion. I sometimes avoid photographing bright red objects for the reasons of over saturation. I'll give your methods a try and try to save some of my red shots. Thanks again.

We're here to help and enjoy photography so if that works for you I'll be pleased.

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02-16-2011, 05:57 PM	#2
jimH Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Central Nebraska - USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,771	Beautiful! I don't know about you, but I think that red is the most difficult color for a Pentax camera to render. I've always had difficulty with my K10 to keep red from over-saturating. This however, I think is superb.

02-16-2011, 09:23 PM	#3
eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,148 Original Poster	Thank you for the comment. A trick I learned when using Photoshop is to fully increase the contrast while winding back the brightness (you may need to repeat this another time or two) which increases the red without blowing out the colour and gives greater definition to the details. This also works well with Yellow and White which are also difficult colours to process properly. Hope this helps you.

02-17-2011, 07:13 AM	#4
dcmsox2004 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: rhode island Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,522	rich, velvety feel to this pic... almost feel as though i can touch it on the screen, dave m

02-17-2011, 08:01 AM	#5
eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,148 Original Poster	Thanks Dave.....................

02-17-2011, 09:21 AM	#6
Robbertì New Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bari IT Posts: 4	beautiful, a little bit soft, but very nice red

02-17-2011, 12:29 PM	#7
jimH Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Central Nebraska - USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,771	Originally posted by eaglem Thank you for the comment. A trick I learned when using Photoshop is to fully increase the contrast while winding back the brightness (you may need to repeat this another time or two) which increases the red without blowing out the colour and gives greater definition to the details. This also works well with Yellow and White which are also difficult colours to process properly. Hope this helps you. Thanks for that suggestion. I sometimes avoid photographing bright red objects for the reasons of over saturation. I'll give your methods a try and try to save some of my red shots. Thanks again.

02-17-2011, 03:32 PM	#8
eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,148 Original Poster	Originally posted by jimH Thanks for that suggestion. I sometimes avoid photographing bright red objects for the reasons of over saturation. I'll give your methods a try and try to save some of my red shots. Thanks again. We're here to help and enjoy photography so if that works for you I'll be pleased.