Pink is not Blue -- Once Again Repairing a Blue Color

[Andrea B.]

Getting blue/purple flowers to be the correct color has become quite a difficult task.

 

The flower is a Penstemon which has a striking, vivid dark blue color combined with some moderately dark purple/pinkish blushes. I cannot get the correct color unless I adjust the color manually* after conversion and white balance.

 

I recently posted an example of a Blue Flax flower for which I had a similar problem. But this Penstemon flower is worse. It is completely off in color.

 

*By "manual color adjustment" I mean a color adjustment made using either

a color brush in PSE or using a color point in NX2 either of which are applied only to the flowers.

 

Here are 3 conversion attempts followed by the repaired color.

 

 

 

This Photo Ninja profiled version is only slightly closer to the actual color.

 

 

This version is close enough to keep.

The color was repaired in Capture NX2 by placing a color point onto a flower and adjusting the red (less) and blue (more) sliders until the color looked as much like the flower before me as I could make it. I also had to darken the color with the color point brightness slider.

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I'm sure everyone said whatever there is to say about this when I showed the Blue Flax flower, so I'm not really expecting any replies or comments.

 

However, this example may be of use to someone in the future who needs to know that the correct colors can be "painted in" successfully. :bee:

 

 

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