Color Corrected Portrait

[sparkie1263]

I watched a tutorial on how to color correct a portrait. This is an image of my granddaughter I posted before and I tried to correct the color by what I learned in the tutorial. How does it look?


Frank


Before



After

[Elisha]

the second looks nicer but it also seems brighter!

[Rooz]

i agree. the second is much nicer but mainly cos its exposed correctly. the first is underexposed. i dont notice too much of a colour shift. have a play with the crop frank.

[sparkie1263]

I will crop it after I am finished working on it. I always forget to do something.

Thanks
Frank

[Elisha]

Frank, what creative style is your camera set to?

[Rooz]

its one hell of a good lookin little girl. i'd be suggesting shooting your 50/1.7 at around f2.5 with you standing over her and her looking up at you with those gorgeous eyes, no background distractions. would love to do a shoot with her and your daughter.

[sparkie1263]

I had it set on manual made. Here is the EXIF data.

Frank
Camera Make: SONY
Camera Model: DSLR-A100
Image Date: 2008:11:27 18:14:11
Flash Used: Yes (Manual, red eye reduction mode)
Focal Length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
Exposure Time: 0.050 s (1/20)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 400
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

[Elisha]

Frank, you really need a flashgun. bounce makes a world of difference :-)
let me know if you are looking for one.....i'll find you Canadian shops that will ship to the U.S. and you'll end up saving about 20%.

[SONYNUT]

This is just with a bump on the contrast nothing else

[dr4gon]

This is just with a bump on the contrast nothing else

way too much, that's what the first one Frank posted looked like (from a while back)