Did you play around with the white balance settings?

I am going with the thought that it is a metering issue.

What meter mode was you in? I would pop it in spot metering and meter right off the car.

Now to anyone that reads this then this is a fun test that will teach you how metering can made a drastic impact. Take a Yellow fruit like a banana or lemon, add a really Red apple, then toss in say a nice and Green apple. Put that camera on spot metering and line those three fruits up next to each other but take three different shots and meter each time off of a different fruit. You will notice that the red is the one that goes way out of whack anytime you meter off of anything but the really red apple. Give it a try. It will open your eyes.

WOW...

Quote from: Skippy on February 23, 2012, 12:44:39 AM

I am going with the thought that it is a metering issue.

What meter mode was you in? I would pop it in spot metering and meter right off the car.

Now to anyone that reads this then this is a fun test that will teach you how metering can made a drastic impact. Take a Yellow fruit like a banana or lemon, add a really Red apple, then toss in say a nice and Green apple. Put that camera on spot metering and line those three fruits up next to each other but take three different shots and meter each time off of a different fruit. You will notice that the red is the one that goes way out of whack anytime you meter off of anything but the really red apple. Give it a try. It will open your eyes.

I am learning this lesson with my flower pics.  The red roses just never seem to have that deep red tone to them.

I was in Evaluative Metering, I left it on that the whole time. I am going to try a bunch of fruits right now to see the difference and how it works, Thanks

Light meter light meter light meter!   

You always say that, but you never say which one...?

(well, maybe you did once...)

Light meter light meter light meter!   

It appears that your camera saw the HUGE expanse of black curtain and tried (and apparently succeeded) to make it grey...and that might be contributing to or be the cause of the red shift.

I'm sure that those who are more knowledgeable will chime in.

That is exactly what happened. Evaluative metering has it place but this is not one of those places. For me you could use evaluative when shooting most landscapes and be pretty happy. Try to shoot the red car in front of the black drapes and it just isn't going to work for you.