{Disarmed} Re: Photographing blue/purple blooms

Hey Griff,
 
I also use a Cyber Shot and find that the blues and purples are the hardest to get right. So much depends on the existing conditions.  DOS is an absolutely gorgeous iris.
 
Billy

"J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@cox.net> wrote:
Beth  --  I, too, use a Sony  --  in my case, a Cyber-shot 7.2.  This spring, when I took a shot of DAUGHTER OF STARS,I noticed that the photo was blue, rather than purple.  So, using Photoshop, I added a bit of red.  I sent both photos to Ginny Spoon at Winterberry, where DOS was bred, and Ginny and I agreed that the red-added photo matched DOS's real color.  I'm attaching both photos.  DOS is the blue no-no. --  Griff
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Adams
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Photographing blue/purple blooms

Since it's not bloom time here, I thought I would pick everyone's brains in advance of next spring.
 
Are there some tricks to getting photos of the blue - black - purple varieties to be color accurate ??
 
I use a SONY digital camera that permits some adjustment, and I also use Adobe Photoshop to do the editing of the photos - and that permits a ton of editing options like changing the histograms, etc.
 
If no one here knows, maybe we can network and find out since it's something I bet we'd all like to know...
 
-Beth (Zone 4A)


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