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 11/19/2006 06:27:33 PM · #1
One of my friends has asked me to retouch a couple of his wedding pictures so that he and his wife can send them out in Christmas cards. The photographer at the wedding used film and to me, the colors came out a bit off. Below is a link to the original shot (scanned in from a 4x6).


Here is my take:


Anyone have any other suggestions? I'm just looking for different ways to edit it (I like mine but am open to others).

My editing steps were to match skin tone (in CMYK, set values so that the ratio of Cyan:Yellow:Magenta = 0.5:1:1), pull in the levels a bit (shadows & highlights), add a bit of exposure to the midtones, reduce the yellow saturation a bit, crop and unsharp mask.

Thanks
 11/19/2006 06:30:32 PM · #2
Yeah, I like it!

If you wanted to throw in a fake blue sky, that might add a nice touch. But then, it's no longer real. I think you've turned a mediocre photo into a very realistic photo that more closely resembles what they saw.
 11/20/2006 05:48:48 PM · #3
Thanks David

Any other takers?

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11/20/2006 05:53:01 PM · #4
did you ask the photographer ? i.e. his permission to scan ? or for multiple copies ?
 11/20/2006 06:04:49 PM · #5
if the wedding party got rights to the originals i don't see why there would be a problem.
 11/20/2006 06:19:10 PM · #6
Seems like your edit has a red cast, not sure if you want that?
 11/20/2006 06:33:35 PM · #7
Originally posted by ralph:
did you ask the photographer ? i.e. his permission to scan ? or for multiple copies ?


He provided the couple with the negatives and no restrictions.
 11/20/2006 08:32:55 PM · #8
Originally posted by Noel_ZH:
Seems like your edit has a red cast, not sure if you want that?


I didn't remember seeing a red color cast in the image, in fact, I was impressed with how well he color corrected it. So just to be sure my own monitor wasn't out of sync, I pulled the image into photoshop to take a look. Here's what I found after placing 4 markers on the image:



1) The sky is a perfectly neutral white (251/251/251).

2) The front of her dress has a slightly bluish tint, which is what you expect to see in a shaded area (217/220/239).

3) Around her waist, where it's partly in the light and partly in the shade, there is a little more red to the dress, but still a bluish tint (223/220/239).

4) And finally, in the direct light on the dress, there is definitely more red (which you expect in hotter lights), but there's still more blue than red. (236/227/244).

So you might be right ... just a tiny bit. But I still think it's pretty well balanced with a little bit of red in the highlights, and a little bit of blue in the shadows.

So I think my monitor is okay. But if you're seeing more red than what the color values are indicating, then maybe your monitor needs to be checked. ;-)
 11/23/2006 11:24:52 PM · #9
I have some MACRO suggestions:
1. Reduce noise (using Neatimage or so).
2. Increase sharpness.
3. Crop the negative space at the top left.
4. Colour balance (reduce blue).
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