Red flowers in (shudder) sunlight

[QuietOne]

I didn't know my camera knew that kind of language! Best I've been able to do so far.

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[Iguanasan]

Not bad at all. I know that when you think of blown highlights we tend to think of issues with white but red on a sunny day can be very tricky too. You've done a pretty good job with these.

#2 is my favourite here.

[Mad Aussie]

Getting reds like these right in bright sun is probably one of the hardest things to do with DSLR .... nicely done.

[QuietOne]

Thanks, Iggy and MA. I'm in an experimenting mode again. I reach the point where the latest thing I've been thrashing with seems to settle down a bit (usually still needs work, though), so I go find something new to thrash with. Usually driven by claims of "magic bullet technique/setting totally solves problem that drives camera and/or operator stark, raving mad!" My response is, "Okay, let's go find out!" And then I pick extreme forms of said problem.

I've got a set of roses near work that are screaming red, with bright gold centers. I think I might have figured out how to deal with those. We'll see if today's photos are consistent with yesterday's.