@jamibann That's a good question and I'm not sure I can give a definitive answer. I had my camera on auto white balance when I took this shot and left the colour temperature on "as shot' when I brought it in from RAW. Then I applied some auto toning in Photoshop. I didn't apply any hue/saturation manipulation on it.
If I had changed to say 'daylight' before bringing it from the RAW it would have looked much warmer than it does here.
I'm not sure if I went back and got one of the leaves and brought ithome, next to the picture, if it would be the same exact colour.
I guess the best answer I can give is to say that, in the field, the reds of this branch appeared considerably more intense and more blue in tone than most of the leaves on surrounding plants and, I think that sense of vividness and tone is reflected here.
Just adding to my previous answer: I've posted another shot of leaves from the same place that I ran through the same steps of processing to my This and That album if you'd like to compare. Of course those were not only different leaves but also shot in full sun while the leaves here were in partial shade. http://365project.org/gardencat/this-and-that
@gardencat Thank you so much for the explanations Joanne. It's always interesting to know more about the photos posted - at least it is for me! I love that other photo too, btw!
If I had changed to say 'daylight' before bringing it from the RAW it would have looked much warmer than it does here.
I'm not sure if I went back and got one of the leaves and brought ithome, next to the picture, if it would be the same exact colour.
I guess the best answer I can give is to say that, in the field, the reds of this branch appeared considerably more intense and more blue in tone than most of the leaves on surrounding plants and, I think that sense of vividness and tone is reflected here.
http://365project.org/gardencat/this-and-that