My daughter

[rebeccah]

This is my 19 month old daughter Shelby
She moves so quick it's hard to get a good shot. I quite like this one though - what do you think?

[KellyL]

Darling little girl! She has adorable eyes! I would do a little PS work to bring the red down in her cheeks and give the skin just a touch of smoothing.

[rebeccah]

Originally Posted by KellyL

Darling little girl! She has adorable eyes! I would do a little PS work to bring the red down in her cheeks and give the skin just a touch of smoothing.

Thanks Kelly. She is getting more teeth and her cheeks always go bright red

[Goofup]

Agreed, really cute, but this does have a pretty good blue cast going on.

[harryd]

What a baby doll! They are hard to shoot after they get to walking/running.

[Jimmyz]

Hi Rebeccah
You daughter is very pretty. I hope you don't mind but your colors were a bit blue.
JimmyZ

[Goofup]

Don't be shy Jimmyz, take a bit more out. The whites of her eyes and hair on the right still have a bit of a blue cast to it.

Gosh, she is a cutie though!

[angelsfort]

what a cutie!! gorgeous eyes!!

[rebeccah]

Thanks everyone! What causes a blue cast?

[akrab]

What a doll love the blonde hair

Jimmyz nice fix, I do agree about the blue still being there... but your edit is an improvement,

[rebeccah]

Originally Posted by akrab

What a doll love the blonde hair

Jimmyz nice fix, I do agree about the blue still being there... but your edit is an improvement,

Thank you Alison. She certainly is a blondie!

[Goofup]

Ok, here ya go:



The blue cast is simply caused by the white balance being off. If you used auto WB it may be thrown off by the light temp of 2 different light sources (interior and window light), or you may have had it in a different "picture mode" (for landscapes or portraits). No matter- that's why God invented Photoshop- to fix things like this. You can get rid of blue casts by adding a warming (orange) filter. While I was messing with this one I sharpened it a hair more, backed off on the saturation just a tad, and did just a smidgen of skin smoothing. Hope you don't mind.

[rebeccah]

Originally Posted by Goofup

Ok, here ya go:

The blue cast is simply caused by the white balance being off. If you used auto WB it may be thrown off by the light temp of 2 different light sources (interior and window light), or you may have had it in a different "picture mode" (for landscapes or portraits). No matter- that's why God invented Photoshop- to fix things like this. You can get rid of blue casts by adding a warming (orange) filter. While I was messing with this one I sharpened it a hair more, backed off on the saturation just a tad, and did just a smidgen of skin smoothing. Hope you don't mind.

Thank you. I never use Auto WB. This photo wasn't taken inside, it was outside towards late evening in the shade. I also never use the picture modes, I only ever use manual, A or T. That's why I don't understand why whenever I post photos here, members always comment that there is something wrong with the colour. Like a blue cast or yellow cast. Ahhh! I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to be 'professional' in adjusting the camera settings myself, like the aperture, WB etc. I obviously just don't know what I'm doing yet. Oh well, I'll just keep trying

[Goofup]

Outside pic huh? Ok. If you're going to try and set the WB yourself you need to keep a white card handy. Page 86 of your manual tells you how to set the Custom White Balance. You can also do WB bracketing (page 89) and pick the best one.

I appreciate your dedication to trying to set everything yourself! Hang in there. Personally I've tried, but I've come to realize the camera is a whole lot smarter and quicker than this ole guy and I've ended up being a auto WB/focus, P-mode guy for most of my shots. (sigh).

[harryd]

Rebeccah, Goofup is right about setting the custom white balance, I do it in tricky lighting situations but in single light source photos I usually try to use auto and shoot raw so I can tweak it later if I need to.