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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Photo Critique => Topic started by: hairybiker777 on July 24, 2014, 19:10
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G'day folks, here's a thumbnail and a 100% crop of an image of mine that was rejected at SS. When I quizzed them on it, I was told that it is a little under-exposed and the white balance is "a bit off", and advised to use levels / curves to fix it up. What do you think the white balance problem is? I can only think that the colours are on the cool side and that I should perhaps add a little warmth to it.
I should add that the upper deck of the boat is light grey... maybe the reviewer was expecting white there, hence the white balance comment. Maybe not! I await and welcome your wisdom :)
TIA
HB
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Not sure if I attached this right but I warmed it up a little then did a color boost in lab, then color balance. All in Photoshop.
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Very nice too! Definitely has a bit more pop now, and looks more appealing. Cheers :)
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Yeah, it was a little cool. Reckless did a good job. Were you shooting through a window? When I've done that, I can usually find something that is supposed to be white to check the wb against.
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> Were you shooting through a window?
No, it was shot from outside on another boat. That's Sydney for you though... when the weather is good here, the light on the harbour is really blue in the middle of the day.
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An image like this can be interpreted and corrected in many different way, according to the different vision that we can have.
From my point of view, you should get more detail in the shadows using the Shadows/Highlights filter (look the anchor, the transparency in the glass, the detail in the trees, etc.).
Then remove the blue cast in the whites and in the blacks, with Selective color.
As you see you can get more detail and more color in the trees in the background too.
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Point taken Beppe, thanks for the guidance. The glass is deliberately dark... the people were recognisable and I didn't want to have to submit it as editorial. The colour cast has been fixed up, and the image has been accepted at SS :)