Maximize color on a cloudy day?

Question

True, outside looks drab on a cloudy day. Flash won't help because I take scenics which out distant flash. Usually I set ISO to 400 on these days, leaving setting on fine.
Any suggestions? Someone will answer I'm sure "wait for a sunny day".

Answer 1

I would leave iso on auto.
400 is too high.
use manual controls and set to vivid colors or increase saturation.

Answer 2

Follow Morey's suggestion or count on "auto WB" to handle it for you. Mostly, you have to accept that the haze an clouds will be recorded by your camera as they are and goose up the saturation in your image editor, whatever it is.

This is not terribly dramatic, but check out these two shots. They are a before and after, which includes before any saturation changes. It was a very overcast day.

Before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/723758843/
After:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/733766045/

Actually, once you get to the before shot, you can click on the similar picture visible in the photostream to flip back and forth easily.

Here are a few more taken on very grey days that I goosed up with some increased saturation.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/756492048/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/756492354/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/756491698/

Answer 3

All digital cameras have the ability to set the White Balance. You may need to take the camera off of full-auto mode in order to have access to this feature.

Set the White balance to "Cloudy" and it will 'warm-up' your images. Cloudy days are very blue/gray in color, but your camera can help you out here.