Gorgeous purples and lavender daylilies, Ginny!

CaliFlowers said:There are many factors, but the film used or the image sensor in the camera has a lot to do with it. Many very nice purples tend to photograph as red.

As mentioned in a previous post, yesterday I purchased 'Nile Flower'. I noticed that the images of 'Nile Flower' in the NGA database appear red rather than purple.

Today I photographed a single flower of 'Nile Flower' first with a little shade and then in full sun, with the two photos taken only seconds apart. In the process I confirmed your observation, @CaliFlowers, that nice purples tend to photograph as red.

Here are the results:

Shade:



Full sun:

CS. I got Blueberry Dream from windsong nursery in Indiana and Respighi came from a local garden center years ago

Flowers can definitely look different in sun and shade for sure.

Oh absolutely! I prefer to take photos of them in shade. I seem to get their true bloom characteristics when I do shade vs. sun.

Shade vs sun looks very different according to the camera settings. I cannot use my camera to take shade pics because they don't look right usually. I also have a hard time capturing red colors w my camera.

Frillylily said:Shade vs sun looks very different according to the camera settings. I cannot use my camera to take shade pics because they don't look right usually. I also have a hard time capturing red colors w my camera.

All of my photos are taken with a humble iPhone 4S with up-to-date software. I don't own a real camera.

My favorite purples that hold throughout the day here in NH

Strutter's Ball
Storm Watch
Russian Rhapsody
Cynthia Paige Platais
Super Purple
Damsel in Distress