What's with this crazy light?

[mabelsound]

I took this photo of my son recently...it's not a great picture, but what the hell's up with the fire? I assume the R-D1's auto WB was struggling to figure out what was going on...the room was lit by compact fluorescents and the woodstove. But that color is nuts. No matter how I adjusted in Lightroom, I couldn't make it yellow without making everything else look very wrong.

[gdi]

I think that is from the heavy IR in the fire coals - an IR filter may help. I have seen the same with the M8, where coals were magenta and flames were yellow...

[mabelsound]

Aha, I see...I don't have an IR filter...it hasn't been an issue. But I didn't realize hot coals emitted IR. Weird.

[sirius]

FYI,

I see the problem with an IR colour cast in my RD-1 files when I shoot at a high ISO and then try to lighten the picture.

[hans voralberg]

Try using lightroom colour luminance pick and adjust magenta individually ?

[mabelsound]

Originally Posted by hans voralberg

Try using lightroom colour luminance pick and adjust magenta individually ?

If I cared about this pic, that's what I would do, I think. I could get it white that way, maybe...in any event, the good photos from this batch don't have the fire in them.

[WoolenMammoth]

that color makes sense when you white correct for green.

[LCT]

Originally Posted by mabelsound

...I couldn't make it yellow without making everything else look very wrong...

Magenta hue +100. Could be worst.

[mabelsound]

Originally Posted by LCT

Magenta hue +100. Could be worst.

Ah, not bad, thanks! I will keep that in mind. Maybe saturating yellow and orange a bit could bring it closer still.