ebohlman wrote:I brought down the gamma on my "cleaned-up" photo and reuploaded. It should look less washed-out now.
That is obviously preferable.
While you may think it folly, I have made it my course of action to forego any colour editing of my photos. I am set on getting the camera to perform, or not. If not, well, then I may move on to another camera. Or just bag the snaps.
ebohlman wrote:It looks to me like your camera is trying to do its own color balancing, but the algorithm is probably calibrated for pictures of people, not of things people eat. [...] I suspect your camera was reacting to the orangish oil and "decided" that it was looking at a (white) person in poor lighting and tried to keep "him" from looking jaundiced by turning down the red and bringing up the blue.
Wow. I would never have thought of that. The poor thing.
Now, if we are going to carry on with this, it should be moved to another board...
Thanks so much,
Erik M.