Thanks! For processing this image, I did use luminosity masks and Blend If “masks” to target certain colors and areas of the image. It was really difficult to get everything “right.” I did the best I could. At the end of the day, it’s a picture of my son that I like.
Not to make excuses, but we were walking in the Portland Japanese Garden in 90+ heat with a baby stroller that I had to carry up stairs (mom was sleeping in the car). I saw backlit maple trees and told my son to take position in shade; he reluctantly agreed while rushing me to hurry. This is like 90% of my photography
KE_Photo wrote:
I re-edited the first photo. Let me know what you think.
Thanks for any feedback!
Better! :-). Ideally you might be able to shoot a color checker and create a custom color profile for mixed lighting situations like these, though even then - sometimes the reflective color contamination can be tricky. Another approach would be to use masks in Photoshop and do selective color adjustment to only specific areas - (for instance, just one side of his face instead of global to the entire image).
Aaron at Phlern has a couple of good tutorials on changing color in select areas - - I like this first approach a lot and do something similar -
I shoot under trees, around foliage and on green grass a lot due to bright sun and people requesting "outdoors" nature shots - my go to is to start with shooting a color checker and create a custom color profile at each location.
Aug 07, 2021 at 11:36 AM
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