need help with flash washing out the background

[fishnutcan]

why is my flash turning the black back ground green i aim the speed flash up so it would bounce of the lid i'm using a nikon d70s any tips would be appreciated .
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f371/fishnutham/loach20001.jpg

[phishphorphun]

This must be a combination of white balance issues and color management on your computer. Try setting your white balance in "auto" on the D70s Menu.

Try shooting in raw "NEF" format on your camera. If you are using photoshop CS, or another raw processer, you can process the raw images with the real colors.

I suggest you see if your saving in SRGB color in your pp software. Also check and see if you're computers graphics card allows you to set the monitor colors in SRGB. If may be available in the "monitor" > "colors" > "advanced" folder of your settings.

I can't see how your flash setup could cause so drastic a difference. In fact, when I ran this shot through "auto levels", the background was blue:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/Others%20Fish/loach20001COPY1.jpg

[Andreas Werth]

In fact, when I ran this shot through "auto levels", the background was blue:
Hi Bobby,
you never know what comes out after "auto levels" ;-)

[paradise]

Bobby, the color of the clowns looks better in the green photo so I have to assume the "autocolor" did not work right, usually it does not. In yours, they are a bit yellow, where they should be more "caramel yellow" like the first photo. I dont know what would turn background green, besides green tint from the bare glass tank, but not that much. Weird.

[phishphorphun]

Yeah, agree. But what is going on here if the background should be black?

[fishnutcan]

thx for the info guys , it has me baffled i tryed the auto white balance and even some colored covers on the flash and the plastic diffuser with it no luck i have noticed most of my photos lack vibrant colors ,i'm using the picture project photo programme that came with my camera package could this be the problem i'm still new to digital so excuse my questions.
haha it was so much easier with the old f80 oh well i'll learn soon enough i hope :(

[paradise]

Can you post what it looked like before you processed it?

[fishnutcan]

sorry i delete my pics after upload all i changed was the color very slighty to bring the orange out on the tips of the fins and cloned out a couple of white specks all the rest is the same as the original.