neon like color

[pmed20]

hello, i am new to macro and while taking shots of certain flowers, i noticed that with colors such as red and orange, the color shows up almost neon looking. is there any way to tone this down without ruining the shot? this is an example of what i am talking about. i wanted to get the center of the flower and i am happy with that, but the orange color in the background is too bright. thanks for any suggestions.

[pmed20]

sorry, i forgot to add this:
nikon D3100
f/8
1/400
iso 100

[Stryker]

Maybe not in camera, since it is showing the actual colours on the flower and the cast the bright colour creates on the surrounding objects (hope I made myself clear). You can easily do this in Photoshop, using the colour balance tool by dragging down the red slider for midtones and highlights sliders.

[pmed20]

thanks for the info. i do not have photoshop, although i did just order lightroom 3. do you know if lightroom has the same tool?

[Stryker]

I don't use Lightroom myself, but I'm sure it has something equivalent. Google for "color correction using Lightroom" and you will get a ton of hits, like this one:

How to color correct with lightroom

Hope this helps.

[curelightwounds]

Originally Posted by pmed20

thanks for the info. i do not have photoshop, although i did just order lightroom 3. do you know if lightroom has the same tool?

Lightroom has something like it. It's not as surgical as Photoshop but it's very good.