Photographing Grass

[Emily H.]

Anyone have any tips for photographing grass?
If my subject is in a big grassy area, I tend to get results of bright, neon, radioactive green grass.
I understand some people like that look, but I want a more natural looking green grass color, like the way grass really looks in person.
Any tips on camera settings?
Am I getting this because I'm overexposing? That's what I think, but if I underexpose, then my subject is too dark.
Any help on this would be great! Thanks!

[AdrenoJunkie]

Can you post an example?

[Emily H.]

There's a lot of direct sunlight that's hitting the grass in the second image. I'm sure that's not helping any...

[Emily H.]

Sorry, here they are a little bigger...maybe you can see them better this way.

[i speak in math]

Green needs to be underexposed to look dark and rich. As the exposure on green increases, it tends toward yellow.

You have to make a choice. You have exposed the subjects well at the expense of the green grass. You could expose the grass correct, but the subjects will be dark/underexposed.

If you shoot in raw, you have a little lattitude to play with. I expose my subject correctly, and let the background do what it will. Then, in Camera Raw, I usually go in and lower the luminance of the yellows (mask out skin tones) and greens. This darkens the grass/trees and makes the green look more rich green instead of yellow.

[Emily H.]

Thanks, that helps!

[audiman90]

In Lightroom or Photoshop try increasing the black point.
Try a polarising filter.