Hi Jon. You might be able to improve the color balance of your photos by adjusting the camera settings. Most digitals have, at the very least, the ability to correct for various types of light source. Some, like the Canon G12 I use, also allow you to tweak each general light source setting on a sliding scale between more red and more blue. The camera manual should have instructions about accessing the adjustment, and you may find a setting that gives more accurate looking results by trial and error.
Of course, there's always the option of color correction after exposure in some application like PhotoShop, but if you can get the camera to give good results on its own, it's quite a bit less work.
Cheers,
Pip
Thanks for those tips, Pip. To be honest, I'm not sure what my camera will do. It's a cheap camera (less than $70) I've had for 5+ years. My photos used to look better, I'm not sure what has changed. I'll poke around the settings and see what I can come up with! Another thing I may try differently is not using Google Picasa's built in "color corrections" to process the photos. Maybe the reddish color may be coming from there.
Despite the upside down Guards emblem (or perhaps because of it?), a very nice model, Jon!
Regards,
Jason
Thanks Jason! I did have a Homer Simpson moment when I saw that.
But I just laughed and moved on.... I have a Spitfire Mk. Vb that will be in Yugoslavian markings, a P-40B that will be in Russian markings, and a new P-47D commission build that just came in to start, so I just keep rolling along.
And I've got a Spitfire Mk. IXc that will also be in Yugoslavian markings, and an Il-10 to build! (And I have to start my Tu-2 sometime.... I really want to build that one.)