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Savina
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Date Posted:
Jan/01/2011 8:32 PM
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I just shot a wedding today....the bride's dress was WHITE - but not in my photos! I understand color temp and all that. I had my WB set for tungsten....The dress turned out to be the color of the walls, sort of a creamy beige. I've taken it into PSE...when I auto color correct, it looks blown out, skin is yellow, dress is same. What do I need to do to fix this????
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Savina
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Date Posted:
Jan/01/2011 8:33 PM
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skin is red, but I can fix that...as you can see, the curtain is white.
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jimmy h
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 4:52 AM
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hello savina
just had a look at this, i imported it into cs5, hit auto levels and the upped exposure just a little, looks a bit better i think. did you shoot in raw this gives you a lot more options for editing etc
happy new year
jimmy
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wannabeoutside
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Steve
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 4:59 AM
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Here is what I would suggest: lasso the bride's dress, feather to 99% or as needed, and correct for color there. You may want to layer so that the flowers or othere parts stay out of the correction process. Here is my experiment. I hope you do not mind.
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Steve
Reality can be beaten with enough imagination..... Mark Twain
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swanseamale47
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 5:50 AM
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I'm afraid I would ajust all the colour not just the dress, correcting the skin tones as well left the window "cold" so I selected that and ajusted it on it's own.
Wayne
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chance
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 6:50 AM
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I like your correction Wayne. Savina this is beautiful. Did all your pics turn out with off color? Christmas weddings are so pretty.
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Paparazzi Cathy
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 12:20 PM
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Here is just a curves adjustment.
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Paparazzi Cathy
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 12:23 PM
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This one had more steps. Auto color, hue/sat reduce reds, then curves.
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No one takes a picture of something they want to forget.
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Savina
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 3:31 PM
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Wow, thank you everyone for the help!
Jimmy, I didn't shoot in RAW...unfortunately.
Steve, I tried lasso-ing the dress and color correcting, but the shadows on the dress became blue! Any suggestiongs why? I'm at a loss!
Wayne, I agree, the skin tone seems VERY red! Reflections?
Chance, they all did turn out this way...now I DID do one with flash, but it turned out more bluish. Probably because my WB was set for tungsten...should have switched that over, but this wedding didn't take longer than 15 minutes - start to finish. Not a lot of time to switch settings and experiment!
Cathy, thanks for checking in.
All of your suggestions are helpful, I will try each of them - and I don't mind you showing me what you've done to my photo! I APPRECIATE the help so much!  Will be working on them later today...hope to show you the results soon!!!
Thanks again!
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CC always welcome! And thanks! :D
You're never a failure when you fail. You're a failure when you QUIT!
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swanseamale47
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 6:33 PM
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It could well be a reflection of wall or celing colour, I have sent you a PM with my ajustments, don't know if you got it though.
Wayne
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Paparazzi Cathy
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 7:53 PM
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Forgive me for being ignorant with this question, but when you are using your on-camera flash don't you set your WB to "flash"? I kinda thought WB was for no flash.
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No one takes a picture of something they want to forget.
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Steve
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Date Posted:
Jan/02/2011 8:22 PM
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Savina all I did was auto color...  It did not blue up on me. I agree that the other things should be adjusted, but I am sure with all the suggestions you will get to your and more importantly the bride's liking.
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Steve
Reality can be beaten with enough imagination..... Mark Twain
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swanseamale47
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Date Posted:
Jan/03/2011 4:48 AM
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Cathy it would depend on wether the flash is the main lightsource or just fill light in my opinion, if your shooting in raw it only really affects the embedded jpeg anyway.
The other problem is that reflection in a room can affect the light colour, if you have orange walls or something it will still tend to warm up the room regardless of the flash (theres almost always some ambiant or spill light)
One trick is to use live view if your camera has it, switch LV on and scroll through the WB options and see which one is closest to the scene, it may help getting a better starting point for the editing later on, some people will also use WB cards in the first shot if your shooting in one light source, you can then batch colour correct using the cards in the first shot.
Wayne
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kennymc
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Date Posted:
Jan/03/2011 10:47 AM
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Auto colour...
Hue & Sat... Select Blue... Lighten...
Hue & Sat... Select Red... Hue +5...
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Savina
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Date Posted:
Jan/19/2011 10:31 PM
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Kenny, that's great!...Cathy, I used mainly available light. I tried a couple with flash but made no WB adjustments. Those looked terrible, and I realized too late that that was the cause.
Thanks all...I haven't had a chance to go into my digital dark room and make adjustments. I hope to be able to do that SOMEDAY!
Thanks again...
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CC always welcome! And thanks! :D
You're never a failure when you fail. You're a failure when you QUIT!
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Camera Happy
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Date Posted:
May/03/2011 4:35 PM
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Kenny's revision is PERFECT!!!
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Ad astra per aspera...
"To the stars through perseverence..."
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kennymc
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Date Posted:
May/04/2011 2:26 PM
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<< Kenny's revision is PERFECT!!! >>
Nah! I should have lightened the shadows a bit...
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Camera Happy
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Date Posted:
May/06/2011 3:49 PM
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Kenny,
I dont think so - I personally think it is just right - IMHO...
The shadows are not deep or harsh - they are to be expected with any light source...
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Ad astra per aspera...
"To the stars through perseverence..."
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wilsonclark
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Date Posted:
May/10/2012 1:45 AM
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It's a better Steve. The color is perfect than the real one and brightness is also looking good.
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