Travis, you\'ve got two things working against you on this one.
1) You are dealing with the mixed lighting from the cool overhead indirect blue sky and the warmer direct light from the sun. Not quite as obvious as the \"golden hour\" like you said, but it still presents a \"two light\" scenario.
2) Waterfalls are very \"three dimensional\" and reflect light from \"everywhere\"
These are both inherent to the task at hand, so it is just part of what\'s going on with the scene. With all that mixed lighting / blending combined and reflectance of the waterfall ... global efforts aren\'t going to be of much help ... so selective / masking / layering is the order of the day.
I first tried to get rid of the green and magenta casts in the water, as well as the heavy blue in the shadows with selective masking. Then, after neutralizing the nearby casts, the rainbow can be sat/contrast tweaked @ more masking).
Took some liberties along the way. ... but you get the gist.
Sep 02, 2012 at 02:44 PM
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... but you get the gist.