john_ny
02-26-2009, 02:45 PM
Sometimes, pictures taken with one camera may vary somewhat, in color and brightness, from the same pictures taken with a different camera. The same holds true for monitors. Sometimes, on my monitor, a picture may be too dark to really see it but, if I print it, it comes out fine. If I brighten the picture on the screen, save and print the brightened version, the print will look washed out.
In trying to show the color of a banana leaf, I tried to find something to compare it to, that would be available to most people. I decided on a 7-up bottle. Compare the color of the bottle, in the pictures, with the color of an actual bottle. If the color of the bottle, in the picture, is darker than the actual bottle, then the color of the banana leaves in the picture is also darker than the actual plant.
The bottom plant, here, is a Margarita. Top one is a Dwarf Cavendish.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15868&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15868&ppuser=826)
In this one, the Margarita is on the right.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15867&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15867&ppuser=826)
Stand a 7-up bottle next to your monitor. Brighten, or darken the picture until the color of the bottle on the screen matches the actual bottle. Then you will have the correct leaf color. These plants are M. Margarita, not Siam yellow.
In trying to show the color of a banana leaf, I tried to find something to compare it to, that would be available to most people. I decided on a 7-up bottle. Compare the color of the bottle, in the pictures, with the color of an actual bottle. If the color of the bottle, in the picture, is darker than the actual bottle, then the color of the banana leaves in the picture is also darker than the actual plant.
The bottom plant, here, is a Margarita. Top one is a Dwarf Cavendish.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15868&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15868&ppuser=826)
In this one, the Margarita is on the right.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=15867&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15867&ppuser=826)
Stand a 7-up bottle next to your monitor. Brighten, or darken the picture until the color of the bottle on the screen matches the actual bottle. Then you will have the correct leaf color. These plants are M. Margarita, not Siam yellow.