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In this photography online course we will be understanding some more image parameters and improving digital camera image quality.

Saturation: Saturation is the intensity of a particular color. An image with color saturation as zero is a gray-scale image. Some digital cameras have a high contrast setting that increases the saturation of all colors in an image. This feature can be used in Photoshop also. Some image viewers also permit this option.

This feature is helpful in the still images of flowers and fruits. It depicts the natural color of the subject better. If you reduce the saturation of an object digitally; it gives a rustic effect to the photograph. The rustic effect is particularly useful when you are photographing bus, train or truck. You could also reduce the saturation and increase contrast to give a grunge touch to the picture image. This is useful for portraits or the pictures of pets.

In this photography online course, we will be learning the vital image parameters in digital photography and digital cameras.

They are:

Hue, Saturation, Contrast, Sharpness, Tone and Color space

For better digital camera image excellence and for better digital photography you can manipulate these image parameters and make better your photography. But you must also realize that the best option is always to take a photograph in RAW file option and tweak it using image-editing softwares.

Tweaking features offered by some brands:

Some brands of digital cameras do have some ingrained tweaking features which you may use if you have one of them. Some of these are:

Nikon D300 and Nikon D400 allow tweaking parameters by settings for individual parameters and presets.