CM Week 1 Example 6

[dkrassen]

Hello.

Example 6 was another difficult image.  Whenever I adjusted the image it seemed that the statue looked better but the background looked worse.  I suspect a mask would have worked good here.  I did, however, try to make an adjustment using Lab.  Unfortunately, I never saw the Statue of Liberty in person so I am guessing that the statue has a greenish color. 

Again, how would I determine a neutral for this image?

Please give me your comments.

Thank you
David

[ggroess]

David,
I will agree that this is a tricky image but I have never seen an over cast sky that is green unless there is a storm nearby...While the sky might not be gray...it certainly should not be Green.
Shot1 shows your image with hue clocks...

Shot two is a LAB adjustment that removes the green from the sky by moving only the ends of the A and B curves slightly...
Since the sky is green start by adding red..move the red end of the A channel toward the center a few points and watch the numbers on the hue clocks.  then add some Blue by using the same process for the blue side of the B channel...

Us the arrow keys after clicking in the corner to select the end points.

Greg

[dkrassen]

Hello

I tried Example 6, the Statue of Liberty, again.  When I looked at the photo again, I noticed the greenish colors better.  I did not use the saturation slider as much because, I believe this intensified the green.  What do you think of the image this time?

Thank you
David

[ggroess]

You probably could get away with saturation here...It' looks like you took too big of a step back.

Threshold the Shadows and then set a reasonable neutral on the sky.  Then add saturation.
It's in there but the whole thing rests on the neutral choice.

Greg