How Do I Get The Blue Back Into This Sunset Photograph?
August 20th, 2009 | 
Author: I took a picture of this sunset from my rooftop with a digital camera (Canon Powershot 95A). Here is the photograph:http://www.dynamiteham.com/sunset.JPG
The part of the sky even with the top of the church was a lovely blue color in real life, but the photo makes the whole sky orangish-red.
Is there a setting I could choose on the camera to get that blue color back next time?
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First do a custom white balance.
You can also adjust the image with photoshop to enhance/saturate the colors. (Be careful not to overdo it, though.) ;o)
Very nice picture! It looks like the color temperature setting was off a little and that is what caused the overly orange tint to your picture. Try adjusting the white balance on your camera. I’ve found that if I leave the white balance on my camera on auto, it tends to give an orange tint when I take pictures outside. Read the manual for your camera to see how to adjust the white balance or color temperture. You want to adjust it more to the blue spectrum to give a slightly cooler picture. Or your camera might just have settings for “sunny” “partly cloudy” “tungsten” and “florescent.” Usually it defaults to partly cloudy if you leave it on auto…but next time, try setting it to sunny.
You might also want to try a neutral density filter, or a polarizing filter to help darken the sky a little while still leaving details in the clouds. Although that might cause the picture to be underexposed. You’ll just have to experiment. That is one advantage with digital. I mostly like using film, but I will admit that for REALLY difficult, tricky pictures like this, a digital camera can sometimes come in handy.
But still, it is a really nice picture
You will find that using a wider angle lens will collect more of the scene you saw. Even just making your shot a vertical one would capture more of the darkening sky above the horizon.
Letting your cameras light meter determine the exposure will give you what you want
ProFotog couldn’t have said it better…..
You can get back some of the colors with Photoshop if you know what you are doing but the best is to get it right the first time.