Nikon 5700 flower picture problems

[Peter Wakeman]

I've had a Nikon 5700 for a month or so and generally I'm very pleased
with it. One problem that I can't seem to get around is that when I
take pictures of yellow flowers with shiny petals such as buttercups,
areas of the petals come out white rather than yellow. Overall the
exposure level seems fine and this happens on dull days as well as
sunny, so it doesn't seems to be a problem simply caused by reflected
sunlight. Anyone any ideas please?

PW

[Alan Browne]

Peter Wakeman wrote:

Look at the histogram...

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[Ed Ruf]

Mode, exposure and all other pertinent settings, please.
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[James Silverton]

"Ed Ruf" <egruf_...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 1 May 2004 19:18:00 +0000 (UTC), in rec.photo.digital Peter
Wakeman
> <peter....@virgin.net> wrote:
>
> >I've had a Nikon 5700 for a month or so and generally I'm very
pleased
> >with it. One problem that I can't seem to get around is that when
I
> >take pictures of yellow flowers with shiny petals such as
buttercups,
> >areas of the petals come out white rather than yellow. Overall the
> >exposure level seems fine and this happens on dull days as well as
> >sunny, so it doesn't seems to be a problem simply caused by
reflected
> >sunlight. Anyone any ideas please?
>
> Mode, exposure and all other pertinent settings, please.
>

I'm not in a position to try it just now but I wonder what effect a
polarizer would have since it seems to be a reflection problem?

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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA

[Peter Wakeman]

>
> > <peter....@virgin.net> wrote:
> >
> > >I've had a Nikon 5700 for a month or so and generally I'm very
> pleased
> > >with it. One problem that I can't seem to get around is that when
> I
> > >take pictures of yellow flowers with shiny petals such as buttercups,
>
> > >areas of the petals come out white rather than yellow.

Problem solved using the Exposure Compensation button to reduce the
exposure a little. Shiny yellow petals must appear much brighter brighter
to the camera than they appear to the eye, even when there is no sun.

Thanks,

PW

[Ed Ruf]

On Sun, 2 May 2004 10:39:59 +0000 (UTC), in rec.photo.digital Peter Wakeman
<peter....@virgin.net> wrote:

>Problem solved using the Exposure Compensation button to reduce the
>exposure a little. Shiny yellow petals must appear much brighter brighter
>to the camera than they appear to the eye, even when there is no sun.

You could also use spot metering.

[misifus]

Alan Browne wrote:

Does the 5700 allow you to view the histogram while shooting? If
so, how?

-Raf

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[billn]

"misifus" -------------->

> Does the 5700 allow you to view the histogram while shooting? If
> so, how?

Put it into review mode either by pushing the slider on the back or pushing
the 'Quick' button twice, then turn the Command Dial. Each turn on the
Command Dial gives you different information about your photo, one of which
will be the Histogram. The parts of the photo that have blown out
highlights will blink. Shoot another picture with a lower exposure control
[-0.3, -0.7, -1.0 etc] until you have no blown highlights.

You may want to visit the Nikon Talk Forum at
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1007 for a wealth of
information. While the forum is basically for all CoolPix cameras, the 5700
and 8700 seem to predominate.
--
bill n

[misifus]

billn wrote:

Thanks. I'm familiar with dpreview, and I've been using my 5700
for more than a year, but I just hadn't found that function.
Thank you, again.