Red Rose by fbailey

Red Rose

I played today with numerous combinations of apertures, f stops and ISO settings to not much avail. I used a vintage Nikkor lens but have no flash and most of the shots although sharp showed the colour of this rose as varying degrees of dark pink. Its real life colour is a deep shade of ruby red but this is the nearest I could get to it (and yes, I did resort to Photoshop in the end)! Any advice gratefully appreciated ...
Beautiful light on your rose. =)
February 1st, 2023  
Play time worked! Xx
February 1st, 2023  
Such a lovely colour.
February 1st, 2023  
It looks so delicate. Lovely shot.
February 1st, 2023  
nice one felicity , maybe your white balance is wrong in camera , or you have somehow changed your colour temp in the camera settings
February 1st, 2023  
@phil_howcroft Thanks Phil - the WB was Shade because the room had no direct sunlight - I'll have to look closer into the camera settings, cheers!
February 1st, 2023  
@fbailey I have mine on AWB (average white balance )
February 1st, 2023  
This is beautiful, sorry it took so long to achieve it. You could try a smaller aperture, longer exposure and use light painting whilst shutter is open. If its then over exposed drop down the eV +/- a few stops. You will need to use a pesky tripod thingy!!
February 1st, 2023  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thanks Jackie, light painting never entered my head. It's a long long time since I've played with the eV button ...
February 1st, 2023  
@fbailey I use it all the time on my low key shots!!! Have fun
February 1st, 2023  
Beautiful
February 1st, 2023  
@phil_howcroft Phil, thank you - I've just investigated camera, can't find an AWB but I did find the Adjust button for colours which eluded me this afternoon!
February 1st, 2023  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond More play coming up I feel!
February 1st, 2023  
Beautiful rose and capture
February 1st, 2023  
@phil_howcroft Just Googled where is AWB on Nikon 5100 and found it!
February 1st, 2023  
@fbailey :) , I used to set my white balance for every shot , but then sometimes forgot and the photos weren't right . AWB seems to work OK most of the time
February 1st, 2023  
Beautiful
February 1st, 2023  
Wonderful clarity and lighting.
February 1st, 2023  
I love this on the black background!
February 2nd, 2023  
Such rich color!!!!
February 2nd, 2023  
Beautiful rose
February 2nd, 2023  
I love the rich, deep red and the dark shadows
February 2nd, 2023  
You achieved a beautiful result in the end.
February 2nd, 2023  
I like the light on the rose.
February 2nd, 2023  
Ditto JackieR
February 2nd, 2023  
A lovely result.
February 2nd, 2023  
nice one
February 2nd, 2023  
A lovely low key shot.Fav😊
February 2nd, 2023  
Beautifully captured.
February 2nd, 2023  
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