[Wolfman]

I 1st cut down the red in hue/saturation, then used Photokit Color to nuetralize
and did some cloning, brighten, sharpen, some noise reduction.

[Liz]

Thanks for your help and link Joeven

[skydog]

First I corrected the white balance...swampy method...
Then I opened levels and adjusted the the individual colors until I got something I liked
Then I when to saturation to pump up the color slightly..
Then I used unmask (just a tad) to sharpen...

[Kraellin]

skydog, i had to laugh a bit here... 'swampy method'. now, some may know what that is... and who that is, but for those that dont, post a link to the 'swampy method' please. we dont want to confuse our readers too much

[johnm160]

Wow,

Thanks for all of the great work I am heading off to work but will read more of the replies later. It's obvious I have a lot to learn yet in photoshop.

What is this 5-4-3 Rule anyway?

John

[philbach]

Well I used a curves adjustment layer and using the middle eyedropper clicked on the umbrella in the background that I figured was white.

[johnm160]

Thanks for the info and the great work. I just got back to this photo...I have been busy playing with my new toy. I finally bought a DSLR I am gonna keep working on the photo though, it seems like a pretty tough one so its good for learning.

[johnm160]

here is what I have so far

[johnm160]

Joeven, thanks for the link that is gonna help alot

[Kraellin]

johnm160,

you've still got a bit of red cast in there. try 'color balance', 'channel mixer' or maybe a hue/sat adjustment layer and reduce the red overall. definitely lookin better

[johnm160]

Kraellin,

The only one I was able to work for me was Color Balance, I pulled out a bunch of red, I wanted to go further but the picture started to look cold or flat if I took out more.


-John

[Kraellin]

ok, that got a lot of the red out. maybe we shld call color balance the visine tool

you can also mask areas of the image and selectively alter them.

[johnm160]

LOL maybe I should have just poured visine on the photo, sure would have been quicker. I will try masking on the next photo, that should help also.

John

[ms152190]

it's a good one.

I took a rather conservative approach...

[cardmnal]

Used a three levels method.

1. created a levels layer and set white (sidewalk) and black (shadows in trees) points.

2. examined layers (red was in bad shape). Created another levels layer and corrected the red channel only.

3. created another levels layer and adjusted mid-tones.

(I used three levels layers in order to keep my corrections separated and allow me to go back and adjust as needed.)

4. merge layers apply a bit of unsharp mask.

5. a little image repair (clone stamp, etc.).



Alan