Color Cast

maggie0123 · Dec 26, 2010

I am a beginner DSLR user. Nikon D5000
I have a basic knowledge of Aperture and Shutter speed; but regardless of my settings, even on auto- I have a red cast to all my photos. I can't get any good shots with correct color? Is it me? Is it my camera?

Any help will be much appreciated!

sobolik · Dec 26, 2010

Are these shots indoors under incandescent lights? Such lights produce an orangeish color cast.

white · Dec 26, 2010

Whhhhhhiiiiiittee balance. :thumbup:

BuS_RiDeR · Dec 26, 2010

:addpics:

maggie0123 said:
I am a beginner DSLR user. Nikon D5000
I have a basic knowledge of Aperture and Shutter speed; but regardless of my settings, even on auto- I have a red cast to all my photos. I can't get any good shots with correct color? Is it me? Is it my camera?

Any help will be much appreciated!

mrpink · Dec 26, 2010

BuS_RiDeR said:
:addpics:

This emoticon should read "Our Help is Worthless Without Pics"

p!nK

BuS_RiDeR · Dec 26, 2010

mrpink said:
This emoticon should read "Our Help is Worthless Without Pics"

Good point... But its the closest we have.

maggie0123 · Dec 26, 2010

always indoor (any type of lighting: florescent, incandescent etc.). outdoor is much better. someone mentioned white balance: I have played with that as well and have had no success. I don't feel comfortable putting a link to my personal blog which is my only url with photos. any other way to attach/send photos for the forum?

clanthar · Dec 26, 2010

maggie0123 said:
always indoor (any type of lighting: florescent, incandescent etc.). outdoor is much better. someone mentioned white balance: I have played with that as well and have had no success. I don't feel comfortable putting a link to my personal blog which is my only url with photos. any other way to attach/send photos for the forum?

Hi Maggie,

Set up a free account on something like Photobucket or Flickr. You can upload photos there and then post them here in the forum. With a photo to see and detailed info about your camera folks here can help. Sounds very much like you're having a white balance problem.

Joe