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« on: March 14, 2008, 21:57 »
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Hi everybody, as I said before I am red green color blind or rather have a color deficiency with these colors.  I do know that there are many successful photographers who are colorblind and I have done pretty well with microstock so far.  My problem has been lately, that I am getting rejections for having my white balance off.  9/10 rejected at Shutterstock for this reason and my latest batch at Dreamstime were rejected for white balance too. 

I did some research and have found some methods for fixing a color cast without "using" your eyes, but rather the numbers in photoshop's dropper tool.  I uploaded my original picture that was rejected at Dreamstime and then the one I tried fixing with this new method.  Please tell me if this is an improvement, or what.

Also if any of you are colorblind, please share any thoughts or ideas you may have.  Thank you very much.  Just so you know, I shoot RAW so I can change the white balance, but it only helps to change the white balance if you change it to the right one. ;) 

Anyways, my pictures are on flickr, the files labeled with a "b" afterwards are the redone ones.  Hope it's not too confusing.  Thanks for your help. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22088204@N05/


« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2008, 23:15 »
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In each instance I prefer the 'before' rather than the 'after'.

Yes, the 'before' versions have a little too much red, but that is preferable to the 'after' versions which (to my eye) seem too green and lack punch.
« Last Edit: March 14, 2008, 23:17 by hatman12 »

« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2008, 01:39 »
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I agree with hatman - you've gone too far in your corrections. As I see it, the only thing wrong with your originals is that they're too saturated. Bump the saturation down by about -40 and you're all set.

Another problem with these images is the CA/fringing. Most of it goes away by reducing the saturation, but it's still there.

One technique I use with portraits is to blend a soft gray monochrome version of the shot on a "Soft Light" or "Overlay" layer at 15-20% opacity. This will even out and brighten the skin tones while reducing the pinkish hue.
Give it a try!



« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2008, 02:45 »
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If you shoot in studio light doesn't change. Take a picture of gray card once, than you can "pick" this gray in your raw converter (like CaptureNx for Nikon) to set right white balance.
http://www.lastolite.com/ezybalance.php#


 

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