Camera skills RGB histogram

Check the colour channels for ‘clipping’

When you’re shooting vivid flowers, it’s worth checking the RGB histogram, which shows you the red, green and blue channels. The regular histogram tends to mirror the green channel, so if you’re shooting red or blue flowers, you might not be aware that there might be a problem in the reds and blues. If you’re shooting a red flower and the red colour channel is clipped, you may lose detail in the petals. Shoot raw, and you’ll have more flexibility for fixing this in software.

Clipping The red channel indicates that the reds are oversaturated. The normal histogram doesn’t show this.