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Thanks guys.
I never know how (first pass, especially) it's gonna play in Peoria when adjusting colors in scenes such as this one and the owls. When you've got a multitude of issues in concert with each other (backlighting, under canopy, foliage reflection, mixed / dappled lighting, etc.), there usually isn't a "single" right answer, so it takes a bit more study to understand what IS going on with the different pieces of the puzzle. Then a few more grey cells to consider what it is that you WANT to be going on with WHICH pieces. Then a few more to decide HOW to get it from IS > WANT.
As to skills ... imo, color (of light, specifically) is something that we (I know I didn't) don't embrace as early as we ought. Just one piece of the puzzle ... along with focus, comp, hue, lines, form, shape, texture, timing, speed, dof, etc. The one thing that is nice about digital PP, is that we don't have to overly concern ourselves with it during pre-production as much as with film (i.e. it can be post-production) ... although, I do strive to understand my color of light in pre-production to a certain degree.
With film, the issue of filters was necessary to compensate for colors of light, but that was largely a global treatment, whereas with digital, we can apply varying degree of selective application to contend with the multitude of issues that might present themselves within a single scene. But, it does take some "head scratchin" ... that, and some good ol' trial & error. Thank goodness for non-destructive layers.
Of course, then there's always the issues of how color plays into accommodation, preference, mood, message, etc. ... which is where the perpetual caveat of S&P to taste reigns.
I'd be curious to see the Auto WB version, too. It's one thing for us to think, how we think ... adding in to that knowledge base would include understanding how the camera (algorithm evaluations) thinks. The closer they match ... the more confidence we tend to have in the tool.
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