I'm always at a loss when it comes to sharpening. Genevh, you helped with the color tint in my previous post and your sharpening looked right on. Could you tell me settings you used? Thank you so much.
My LR is set up for a default sharpening of 25 on a 0 - 150 scale, Radius = 1.0, Detail = 25, and Masking of 0. Other than that, I didn't adjust for sharpening or exposure, other than the WB and color adjustments I applied. There may be more that I would do to the pictures, but the question was on WB and color. Your focus on both pictures was spot on, and I don't think I would do much adjusting for exposure either as the pictures you supplied look properly exposed to me. But then, a lot of what we do here can be somewhat subjective.
Michel's suggestions concerning color casts and reflected color are also completely valid. I wouldn't argue against them at all. Again, so much of what we do here is entirely subjective, based on the end result of the artist's (in this case your) goals in taking the shots and the results you were looking for. And we have an amazing tool kit to work with, with so many options to consider and different ways of approaching our work.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:45 pm