Trying to pop purple

[JBW]

I have trouble with purple. One day I will sort out this blossom. Sony Alpha a58 ~ Tamron 90mm 272E ~ ISO 100 ~ F/14 ~ 1/20s ~ Natural Light

[Shadowman]

Brian,

Have you played with WB, it might affect your greens but if lean towards blue or red you might get something a bit closer.

[JBW]

Brian,

Have you played with WB, it might affect your greens but if lean towards blue or red you might get something a bit closer.

Played with it? Yes. Succeeded? No

[Wavelength]

This is lilac color; nice color

[madcrow]

Very nice, great colour.

[DickyOZ]

I have similar problems with the purple flowers of Duranta erecta (Geisha Girl) and verbena. A macro shot uncovered the reason for my problems; the petals have a very fine coating of coloured hairs and if the lens can't resolve them the colour of a photo never turns out to be what I see. Then again maybe I need specs.

[Urbanflyer]

if "Popping" means making it stand out, not getting the right color, then look at Ziggy's latest. The key may be a color theory problem. Purple will stand out against its complement--yellow.

[bnnrcn]

It seems good to me Brian,a very nice colored flower

[Geoff F]

Purples and magentas etc are always tricky, Brian. You have made a good job of avoiding over saturation while keeping the scene bright.

These colours change depending on the light angle and intensity so I always find editing tricky; which is why I set a Custom WB check before shooting. I have even picked a flower and taken it indoors to compare directly against my computer screen; but as soon as I took it inside the colour 'changed' to a different shade!

[Black Pearl]

The HSL sliders can be useful when trying to manipulate specific colours.