Posted by Jan Harrison on November 21, 2009 at 4:47 PM
I was surprised by how much water is still running over the falls. I went upstream a few hundred yards and managed to cross over to the other side. This is an HDR with very little adjusting. I think I have too much blue in the falls itself, but I don't know how to fix it.
Posted by Bill Dark on November 21, 2009 at 8:54 PM
That is quite a bit of water, Jan. Nice eye in composing this.
"Correct" color balance is something that takes a while to learn how to do. As a start, it's usually best to use the white balance eyedropper in ACR. Just pick a white area, like the base of the falls here, and click. That usually provides a good place to start, but in the end, you may want to play with the temperature and tint slider before you get it to look like you want.
Posted by Tom Kennon on November 22, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Jan, yes quite a bit of water on the falls. As a point of reference, the Richland Creek gauge was at about 2.4 feet yesterday. You have a really nice perspective of the falls here. It seems to be a bit oversaturated. One thing, in addition to Bill's suggestions, that you might try is to go to the Hue/Saturation panel and reduce the blue and cyan. I tried this with you photo and it really helped reduce the blue in the falls.
Posted by Jan Harrison on November 22, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Thank you Bill and Tom. I have done what I can. It seems a little drab to me, but the blue came out of the falls. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.
Posted by Tom Kennon on November 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Jan, I like this version better. The water and leaves in the background are closer to what I would expect to see this time of year.
Posted by Bill Dark on November 23, 2009 at 8:52 AM
I second what Tom said. This looks great!
Posted by Ed Cooley on November 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Surprised it is still running this well.
Colors look pretty good in the second version.
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6 replies"Correct" color balance is something that takes a while to learn how to do. As a start, it's usually best to use the white balance eyedropper in ACR. Just pick a white area, like the base of the falls here, and click. That usually provides a good place to start, but in the end, you may want to play with the temperature and tint slider before you get it to look like you want.
Colors look pretty good in the second version.