Another Flower - But Advice Please!

[Stephen67]

Hi Everyone,
On my last flower post, I noticed quite a few peeps said the colours looked over-saturated. I don't PP any of my images; what you see is what you get. I do tend to crank up the settings in the camera though (Vivid, More Vivid, Sharpening etc.) so I'm wondering if that's the culprit. I use a Nikon D80 with the 18-135mm lens. This image is straight from the camera, with the settings turned off. Is this still over-saturated? If so, I'm a bit worried my camera is blowing the colours and don't know why...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2410223543_4907b825d7_b.jpg

[smoothedit]

Wow - beautiful! And I really like how the colour contrasts with the bleak background. Good work!

[n30_mkii]

No it's not oversaturated, but maybe a little bit under exposed. A reflector might of helped push a little more light on the leaves. Good pic though!

[Ajophotog]

Your not blowing colours Stephen, this one looks a little underexposed and looking at the histogram that confirms this. It a nice shot and sharp as too :thumbs:

[Stephen67]

Wow! Thanks guys for the quick response! You're most kind and very helpful. Thankyou very much :)

[Stephen67]

As I said, I don't really like to alter my images, but you are all right, it is a little underexposed. I've tweaked the brightness a tad, and took the crop off...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/2410223543_402278a03d_b.jpg