Remember those sixties psychedelic posters that had such vibrant colors? When my wife sees some of my photographs she often asks if I changed something in post-processing. I get the feeling that in her mind she feels like she’s looking at one of those posters. Color is a visual perception of light that is caused by the presence and reflection of different wavelengths of light. It is a fundamental element of photography and plays an important role in the way we perceive and interpret our photographs. It is an important aspect of any photograph. Color in photographs can vary significantly from what we perceive in real life. At low light levels, for example, our eyes are less sensitive to color than normal. Camera sensors, on the other hand, always have the same sensitivity. That’s why photographs taken in low light appear to have more color than what we remember. Let’s learn some things about color in wildlife photography.
