Blue Shadows

[mikemeister_admin]

Hello,

A friend sent me this image that has very blue shadows.  I played around with it, but couldn't get the blue out without making the shadows too dark.  Sky also lost color in the process.  Any suggestions?  Thanks!

[ggroess]

Good one Rhonda...
The image really appears to be magenta in the shadows and blue/cyan in the mid to 3/4 tones. 
Set some hue clocks on S/H/mid tones. and you'll see what I mean. 

I'll take a hack at it...Masks might be the best answer.
Greg

[ggroess]

Ok...
Here is what I did...

1) 1st pass in RGB I did a by the numbers correction to the image.  I fixed the true shadows and made sure the highlights were neutral. I cut the mid-tone blue in half.
see RGB.ACV
2) In LAB 1.acv... I killed off most of the blue in the background because the next step is going to be pushing the color with a mask.

3) In LAB2.acv I adjusted the colors with a saturation slider move through a A channel mask.  I then adjusted the Green to reduce the cyan in the sky and blue to make it look bluer...

Anyone else??
Greg

[mikemeister_admin]

Gee, Thanks so much, Greg--I guess I didn't set this thread to notify me, and I didn't get back to see your post.  I will try this myself tonight.  Looks really good!

Rhonda