

Your issue is color where you don't want it, which won't be shown in any meaningful way on a histogram. You'll need to get familiar with the JPG settings on your camera (which allow you to alter color, sharpness, etc.) and tinker with them to produce something more in line with what you prefer.


In-camera JPG processing usually defaults to a little more saturation, contrast, and sharpness over neutral, because everyone expects the camera to take a "good looking" picture the post-processing photographer will prefer a neutral/"what I saw" picture to build on which will require altering the default floor-demo settings.
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To your first point, wouldn't it be better to set the software to the camera's JPEG settings? Either way, I am not sure how to do this. any direction would be awesome. to me it doesn't look over-exposed, but I may not be on point. With regards to over-saturation, I have the histograms below from the Raw. I am trying to follow along (I am a processing newb). Thanks for taking the time to answer and guide me, SoCalWill! Be aware that white balance is baked into the JPG, whereas it's just an invariant number value in the RAW file that means if the camera's white balance setting is too far off when you take the shot, you may not be able to fully rectify the color issues in the JPG later. So you need to bring the camera JPG settings more in line with the settings on your RAW viewing program.Ĭolors where you don't want them is usually over-saturation, start by dropping that setting on the camera. When you open the RAW file, it is interpreted into an image based on whatever the default settings of the program are. It's two different processes the sensor shoots a pile of data, then presents you with that pile in a RAW file, then also processes it into a final image presented as a JPG picture.
