Changing Color Balance: This was easy. My original pic of this Chimp (on the left) had always bothered me because being a Chimp he didn't look like he was in color and there was...

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

This was easy. My original pic of this Chimp (on the left) had always bothered me because being a Chimp he didn't look like he was in color and there was nothing I could think of doing about it. But in the new Adobe Camera Raw I added blues to the shadows and yellow to the highlights in the Camera Raw COLOR GRADING tab and it seems satisfying to me now.

waltnetto Loc: LaVerne, CA

chuckrem Loc: Katy, Tx

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Nice work, Fotoartist.
--Bob

Fotoartist wrote:

This was easy. My original pic of this Chimp (on the left) had always bothered me because being a Chimp he didn't look like he was in color and there was nothing I could think of doing about it. But in the new Adobe Camera Raw I added blues to the shadows and yellow to the highlights in the Camera Raw COLOR GRADING tab and it seems satisfying to me now.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Fotoartist wrote:

This was easy. My original pic of this Chimp (on the left) had always bothered me because being a Chimp he didn't look like he was in color and there was nothing I could think of doing about it. But in the new Adobe Camera Raw I added blues to the shadows and yellow to the highlights in the Camera Raw COLOR GRADING tab and it seems satisfying to me now.

Here is another application of Color Grading where I went back in on an original portrait (on the left) and added orange to the highlites and blue to the shadows.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice results.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Another nice bit of work.
--Bob

Fotoartist wrote:

Here is another application of Color Grading where I went back in on an original portrait (on the left) and added orange to the highlites and blue to the shadows.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Nice edits. ACR gets better with each new update.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Fotoartist, Great examples and good topic. I use Topaz Clarity which has a section that allows for adjusing hue, saturation, and luminosity.

I will print your chimp photos and take to the zoo, my bet is that chimps will point to the modified photo... that is not to imply that you and the chimps think alike.

But i will admit I too pointed to the modified as being my choice.

Color modification, much like adding a dash of salt to bland food; result the flavor is enhanced. Your use of "application of Color Grading" is a good example of what our photo tools will do. Let us hope that the UHH general population take a lesson from your informative examples.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Informative and a job well done.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

dpullum wrote:

Fotoartist, Great examples and good topic. I use T... (show quote)

Thanks. It's subtle though, I know. Something I am usually not.

FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9

Fotoartist wrote:

This was easy. My original pic of this Chimp (on the left) had always bothered me because being a Chimp he didn't look like he was in color and there was nothing I could think of doing about it. But in the new Adobe Camera Raw I added blues to the shadows and yellow to the highlights in the Camera Raw COLOR GRADING tab and it seems satisfying to me now.

It looks sharper and a little more 3 dimensional as well. . . .

lnl Loc: SWFL

FotoHog wrote:

It looks sharper and a little more 3 dimensional as well. . . .

Agreed. What about the color of his shirt? How does it compare to the original?

FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9

lnl wrote:

Agreed. What about the color of his shirt? How does it compare to the original?

The color of the shirt looks more pinkish, but nobody would know what the actual color should be without seeing the physical shirt. If it was important to retain the shirt's exact color matching the original photo there are ways to do that.

lnl Loc: SWFL

FotoHog wrote:

The color of the shirt looks more pinkish, but nobody would know what the actual color should be without seeing the physical shirt. If it was important to retain the shirt's exact color matching the original photo there are ways to do that.

So your “color-corrected” photo more nearly matches his shirt as well as you lost the orange color of the original.
Thanks for the info. I have a lot to learn!