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4 years 10 months ago #648064 by drake32
Hi all - I'm a novice photographer and usually shoot on automatic, but I'm working to learn manual. My camera is an Olympus e-m5 Mark II. I'm having an issue that I just can't seem to figure it out on my own and it's really starting to ruin my enjoyment shooting. My photos often seem to have a bluish hue to them. I did some research and read it was a white balance issue. I think I corrected that, but my photos are still blown out. As you'll see in my two photos the ISO, aperture and shutter speed are the same, but the photo shot in automatic is much more vibrant and detailed, whereas the manual photo is blown out. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Any help or tips would be much appreciated! Thank you!
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4 years 10 months ago - 4 years 10 months ago #648067 by Nikon Shooter

drake32 wrote: My photos often seem to have a bluish hue to them. I did some research and read it was a white balance issue.

I guess this was only an Auto WB setup.

drake32 wrote: … my photos are still blown out. As you'll see in my two photos the ISO, aperture and shutter speed are the same, but the photo shot in automatic is much more vibrant and detailed, whereas the manual photo is blown out.

What you ignored to read is that there is a EV +3 applied
to the second take. I would suggest you tweak down the
EV to -3 and see what comes out of it! Have a good time!
Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 10 months ago #648133 by KCook
Program mode can be an easier starting place than Manual mode.

My E-M5 (original) pushes red instead of blue. In Auto mode the WB is stuck on Auto. But in the PASM modes I use Daylight WB instead of Auto. Check that the color adjustments are all centered. Also, the Mark II has a fancy color profile control that my model lacks. Check that it has not been messed with (or just reset it).

I can (sometimes) get a washed out tonal rendering similar to your problem when using gradients. Make sure the Gradient control is set to Normal.

It is normal for Auto mode JPGs to have extra vibrance. That is due to the Auto mode always applying the iEnhance picture mode. In the PASM shooting modes you get to set the picture mode to something more normal. In my opinion the iEnhance pictures are so overcooked they look childish.

Kelly
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4 years 10 months ago #648319 by garyrhook
Auto mode does a lot that you will have to learn to do yourself. I agree with starting with aperture priorityor shutter priority.

Be patient. Learning takes time. If you have critical situations, sick too auto until you gain confidence. Practise manual mode when you have no pressure.

The images above site that the ISO value in the first shot is 200. We don't know what it is in the second. We do know that you have exposure compensation engaged. For no reason. And what is shown is not 3 stops, as stated above, it's 0.3 stops. Minor, but still unnecessary.

The color cast is a completely separate issue. WB isn't part of exposure. It's color. Yet another thing to learn.

Patience.
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4 years 10 months ago #648358 by Shadowfixer1
The Olympus i-auto function chooses more than just exposure. It takes into account a number of settings to give you a nice image. It adjusts, exposure, contrast, sharpening, white balance, color profile and more. I think the exposure difference is more a difference of the shadow/highlight adjustment the camera made when in i-auto. If you shoot raw, these are the settings you would need to apply to the image when processing a non i-auto image. The main thing is to adjust things to get the feel for what it does and that way you learn what you need to do. Good luck.
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4 years 9 months ago #651078 by drake32
Hi all - thank you all for providing feedback and tips. I certainly appreciate it. As it turns out, the issue I had is I must have accidentally messed with the Picture Mode setting a while back. I put the setting at "Pale&Light Color" - hence the palish, blue lighting I was getting on all my manual photos. I learned this is setting is what's used in the iauto mode to engage the i-enhance. 
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4 years 9 months ago #651090 by KCook
Those Picture Modes apply only to JPGs, not RAW files. Both the iAuto and iEnhance features should be avoided. Unless you just prefer overcooked JPGs.

Kelly
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