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rachelb54525681
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June 5, 2017
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Colour Calibration & camera profile

  • June 5, 2017
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Help!! I am forever trying to correct my colours in my photos.  I shoot with a Nikon D810 (raw and on adobe SRGB).  Once I have imported them into lightroom they all come out with a tint of mucky orange/yellow, look terrible, dull, lifeless, poor quality ( I know raw are supposed to be flat, but should they be orange?)

I calibrate my iMac with a i1 display.  I wonder if I have my settings somewhere along the line are set up wrong which causing my images to be terrible.  I spend so much time shifting the colours and then never happy when I print them.

Any suggestions??

P.s does anyone have the up to date profiles for my D810 and instructions on how to add them to lightroom?

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    Todd Shaner
    Todd Shaner
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    June 7, 2017

    rachelb54525681  wrote

    Help!! I am forever trying to correct my colours in my photos.  I shoot with a Nikon D810 (raw and on adobe SRGB).  Once I have imported them into lightroom they all come out with a tint of mucky orange/yellow, look terrible, dull, lifeless, poor quality ( I know raw are supposed to be flat, but should they be orange?)

    The Lightroom Adobe Standard profile works fine on my system. I suggest downloading the below Nikon D810 test NEF file and see if it has the same issues. If so then there is something wrong with your system or monitor calibration. Please let us know your results–Thank you.

    Digital Cameras, Nikon D810 Digital Camera Test Image

    JP Hess
    JP Hess
    Inspiring
    June 7, 2017

    I have had three different Nikon models and have used images from several different cameras as well. The Adobe standard profile has always served as a good starting point for me.

      ManiacJoe
      ManiacJoe
      Inspiring
      June 6, 2017

      Which exact version of Lightroom?

      Which camera profile are you using in the "calibration" tab? If I remember correctly, some of the earlier versions of LR had some bad "adobe standard" profile files for the D810.

      By default, the white balance shown is "as shot". What is the camera's white balance set to?

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        rachelb54525681Author
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        June 6, 2017

        Thanks for replying ManiacJoe! I believe its the latest lightroom, 2015.10.1 release, camera raw 9.10.1?

        It is set to adobe standard on the camera calibration tab but I change it to camera standard.  I have always been advised by professionals to just keep the white balance on auto on my camera?  In lightroom I either choose auto or flash from the drop down.

        Many thanks


        Rachel

        ManiacJoe
        ManiacJoe
        Inspiring
        June 6, 2017

        Nikon's auto-WB works really well when you have something white in the frame.

        Can you link us to an unedited NEF file so that we can see what you are seeing?

        Given the size, you probably will need to use Dropbox.com or a similar service.

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