Pictures from my 70d have a green tint

[mliebs]

I've noticed a green tint on some of my pictures. It seems to be in the shadows and not in direct sunlight. I noticed it while I was taking pictures of birds at my bird feeder. At first I thought wow that looks like a nice color bird, but then I realized the bird wasn't green at all. In the photo of my Great Dane she's white, gray, and black but in the picture she's green. The bird at the feeder is green but the one on the fence isn't (and they all look the same). The camera is a Canon 70d and the lens is a Canon 400 f/5.6. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mark B.]

Where exactly is the dog standing, and where is the feeder in the 2nd photo? Since the green hue is only on the undersides, my guess is it's a reflection of the grass color.

 

[mliebs]

The dog is standing in the backyard and the bird feeder is in the backyard also. I do have pretty dark green grass so that would make sense. I looked at some older photos taken with my 18-135 and 50 1.8 but neither one of those shows any green. Could the reflection show up even if the grass is 3-4 feet below the subject being photographed? Thanks for your help.

 

[pdqgp]

That's very odd. Certainly not a reflection of the grass as you can see the green on the dogs nose and above his/her eye. My guess is your manual white balance is off. I'd go with auto WB, shoot RAW and adjust if necessary.

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[mliebs]

Is this something I should just send the camera back to Canon for? The cameras only a couple of months old so if there's something wrong with it I'd rather just get it fixed. I'm going to try the AWB later today and see what happens. Does anyone know how long it usually takes Canon to fix a camera if you send it in? Thanks for the help and input.

 

[Mark B.]

Is this something I should just send the camera back to Canon for? The cameras only a couple of months old so if there's something wrong with it I'd rather just get it fixed. I'm going to try the AWB later today and see what happens. Does anyone know how long it usually takes Canon to fix a camera if you send it in? Thanks for the help and input.

I'm not convinced anything is wrong with the camera. Try sunlight WB first. Also try shooting somewhere else, like on blacktop or anywhere there isn't green foliage that could influence the tone. I still think some of the green is from grass.

 

[Mark B.]

The dog is standing in the backyard and the bird feeder is in the backyard also. I do have pretty dark green grass so that would make sense. I looked at some older photos taken with my 18-135 and 50 1.8 but neither one of those shows any green. Could the reflection show up even if the grass is 3-4 feet below the subject being photographed? Thanks for your help.

Depends on the lighting. Maybe in the other photos it was a different time of day, overcast, or something else? Hard to tell. The green is mostly on the undersides, so that's what led me to suggest that.

 

[pdqgp]

Is this something I should just send the camera back to Canon for? The cameras only a couple of months old so if there's something wrong with it I'd rather just get it fixed. I'm going to try the AWB later today and see what happens. Does anyone know how long it usually takes Canon to fix a camera if you send it in? Thanks for the help and input.

No, I don't think anything is wrong, I suspect by your exif data that you're in a manual White Balance mode that is enhancing the very slight reflection of grass.

Move it to Auto White Balance and check.

 

[mliebs]

I'm pretty sure I had it set to "sunny" but I'll check later today. It's possible I changed it by mistake.

 

[pdqgp]

I'm pretty sure I had it set to "sunny" but I'll check later today. It's possible I changed it by mistake.

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Image Date: 2014-06-16 17:31:58 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 400.0mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined

must have been by error. The only time I move from AWB is indoors with incandecent light where Canon has struggled for many years. Also with the CFL's and mixed lighting a custom WB is best and RAW allows me room to edit when needed. Also with Flash, I find my 580ex and cameras prefer the actual flash setting.

 

[mliebs]

Now I can't wait to get home and check it out. I really appreciate the help. Thanks for all your help.

 

[mliebs]

Well I checked the camera and the white balance was set to sunny. I just changed it to AWB and it's still green. I laid a blue tarp under the feeder to see if it changes anything.

 

[pdqgp]

Well I checked the camera and the white balance was set to sunny. I just changed it to AWB and it's still green. I laid a blue tarp under the feeder to see if it changes anything.

What I pasted came directly from the exif data on your photo. I would suggest performing a reset of your camera settings and start fresh.

 

[guy schlacter]

Anything beside AWB I believe will show as Manual WB in Exif.

 

[mliebs]

I really appreciated everyones input on this. I have a decent pair of binos so I took a look at the smaller birds at the feeder and when they are facing the sun and behind the feeder their chest and tail looks green. When the clouds pass by I noticed the green is very dim compared to when the sun is out. I'll keep experimenting but right now I really think its the sun reflecting off the grass.