I have been frustrated lately with the quality of the color in my photographs. It is high desert in the area of Northern Arizona where many of my listings are. There are times when the grass is green and there is plenty of color. There are other times when the colors are not vivid.
Here is a photograph I took in early November, 2015.
I like the composition of this photo but the colors are really flat. It IS November here and most of the grass is no longer green. There is not naturally a lot of color. When I took the photo, I thought it was beautiful and the colors in real life were more vivid. The fence and much of the foreground was shaded by a cloud.
Here is another example.
The colors appeared more vivid when took the photos. On both of the photos above, the sky was overcast. I know they photos would have been better if the skies were clear. Another part of my dilema is that the land photographs better when there are clouds in the sky.
I am not interested in "Photoshopping" the pictures to make them look better than the way I saw them but I do wonder if there is something else I can do to make my photos reproduce what I saw when I took the photos.
The camera I use is a $450 Sony camera with GPS built in. I really like the GPS and the way the camera records the coordinates and direction of the view but I really would like to get better photos.
These properties are remote and inexpensive. I cannot routinely take a professional photographer with me.
Do I need a better camera?
What do I need to learn to make my pictures better?
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