Invisible wrote:
> Well, try this:
> 
> http://www.orphi.me.uk/rev1/04-Photos/2007-04-14/DSCF0064.html
> 
> That's probably a metre or two away, it's a dazzlingly bright June
> afternoon, and the image sucks. It's flat and utterly devoid of colour.
> 
> http://www.orphi.me.uk/rev1/04-Photos/2007-04-14/DSCF0011.html
> 
> Similar deal. No contrast anywhere, half the frame is bleached white,
> and it doesn't even appear to be properly in focus in places.
> 
> These images are scaled down; usually the full-res image is horribly
> grainy too. (Because, let's face it, usually it *isn't* a dazzlingly
> bright June afternoon, and my camera is supremely insensitive to light.
> If it's not blinding sunshine, it wants to use the flash...)
> 
> There's no way my camera would ever capture the lush colours and sharp
> edges of the images you show.

As others are pointing out, your images are just fine with a bit of
tweaking. It is all about contrast. Earthy reds and greens do not differ
that much, so it all blurs. I turned your first link black&white to show
you how that contrast appears:
http://picasaweb.google.com/sabrina.kilian/TempAlbum?feat=directlink
Also put a comparison leafy picture in color and B&W.

You can fix it with the aperture and exposure, blurring out the
background. You can fix it in post, just pushing the hue and saturation
values around. You don't fix this in camera with menu options. Skip the
color correction in camera, if you can. Skip jpeg if the camera has the
option to shoot raw. You want some dark in there, so one fix in camera
might be to under expose the images if you can not set the shutter speed
directly.

Or, you fix it in your eyes before the picture. Shoot in black and white
for a while, just as practice, and you can quickly teach yourself how to
spot setting that is just doomed to be washed out. You can fix those
situations (spot flash, waiting for the sun to change, moving to a
different vantage point) but learn to see them first.

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