Halloween pumpkin

juggler said:
Lovely! The second is particularly engaging.

It could be my monitor but the white balance looks a little off in all of them, especially the last. The skin looks slightly blue. It's possible that auto WB has been confused by the amount of orange in the scene.
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Yes I think you're right, my auto WB never seems to work well. I adjusted the WB in the first two when I imported the raw file to photoshop but forgot to do the last one. I edit on a small laptop and I'm not very good at spotting WB and colour cast issues to be honest!
 
Wilkol said:
Yes I think you're right, my auto WB never seems to work well. I adjusted the WB in the first two when I imported the raw file to photoshop but forgot to do the last one. I edit on a small laptop and I'm not very good at spotting WB and colour cast issues to be honest!
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I sometimes use the info window and look at the R:G:B proportions of skin tones to check.
 
juggler said:
I sometimes use the info window and look at the R:G:B proportions of skin tones to check.
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Thank you! I'll look that and and see how to do that! I'm quite new to photoshop so have a lot to learn.
 
Lovely set- sharp as a sharp thing that's just been sharpened too :)

Les
 
Little honey isn't she :)
 
juggler said:
Lovely! The second is particularly engaging.

It could be my monitor but the white balance looks a little off in all of them, especially the last. The skin looks slightly blue. It's possible that auto WB has been confused by the amount of orange in the scene.
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This^
Gorgeous, just sort the WB and they'll be good for printing big.

If you're using flash, just set the WB accordingly, there's no need to mess with it then.
 
Phil V said:
This^
Gorgeous, just sort the WB and they'll be good for printing big.

If you're using flash, just set the WB accordingly, there's no need to mess with it then.
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Thanks for the advice. I'm using a lencarta studio flash for these so just need to remember to set the WB.
 
Wilkol said:
Thanks for the advice. I'm using a lencarta studio flash for these so just need to remember to set the WB.
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You can set it on import, but for studio shots like this you can shoot JPEG because the camera settings should be very consistent.
 
Phil V said:
You can set it on import, but for studio shots like this you can shoot JPEG because the camera settings should be very consistent.
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Thank you so much. I don't know why I didn't know this before but I've just taken a few more today and it's made a huge difference. The difference between where I thought the WB should be and where it actually should be is staggering! I've also had a quick play with some of my older shots and that's made such a big improvement too!
 
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