How to capture Orange color?

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Just have old phone with orange filter but it came out yellowish
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How do I get a true orange color?
Certain reef colors are hard to capture like Doughboy mushroom…
What’s the best way to snapshot their true color? Picture is big part of this reef hobby. Thinking about getting a camera and lenses but I don’t want to misspend on them
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Tey a different filter.
PolypLab use to have (and may still) have a clip on filter with different color lenses you couldix and matxh to grt to the correct xolor based on your tank
 

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If your using a phone like a galaxy with a "pro" setting you can dial it in to get close a couple ways. I will typically play with iso/wb and shutter speed until I can get it looking as close as it does in person on camera. My phone will not capture oranges light greens or yellows with a regular camera setting, it just washes them out.
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Hands are a little shaky because im trying to hit 2 buttons to screenshot while trying to stay in focus. No filter only camera settings. These photos are about how they look with my blue evening spectrum.
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You can try this orange filter with wihte balance adjustment.
濾鏡 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



iphone 15 pro + filter + ProCamera(APP adjust WB)
橘子 by legendhua, 於 Flickr




Olympus EM1 + filter + Manual wihte balace
PB290203 多彩靈芝腦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


PB290198 橘子 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PA180011 虎耳 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



olympus TG6 + filter + Manual wihte balace
PC170055 澳洲糖果腦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



Sony A7C + filter + Manual wihte balace
DSC07848 鈕扣 by legendhua, 於 Flickr
 

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What photo edit did you use? Can it be done on phone?
Need pink and green on this one 😂
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I would try VSCO, Photoshop/Lightroom, or the built-in Photo edit app. I personally use Affinity (Have a canva sub) and Luminar on my mac
 
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Thank you for all the inputs. Found my old filter from Oceanbox that I bought a while ago that seems work ok on my old phone
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