A self portrait in natural light

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by Bruce A

Thanks Steve - The darker look is what I was after, although it's not too dark on my monitor - at least not for me, so it may be a subjective thing - or monitor differences? What makes you think the white balance is off - skin tone?

The whites of your eyes are the tell on the wb issue. They are going a little too warm and yellowish.
I still think it looks great! This one doesn't have that weird magenta banding on the top of your head like the first one did.

[Bruce A]

Originally Posted by RLucas

The whites of your eyes are the tell on the wb issue. They are going a little too warm and yellowish.
I still think it looks great! This one doesn't have that weird magenta banding on the top of your head like the first one did.

That was my halo

I don't really see yellowish eye whites on my monitor Luke. Also I did no whitening in post. I usually prefer to leave my WB on cloudy as I prefer a warmer look and only change it when if I think circumstance warrant. Thanks for commenting and I'll have to take that into consideration.

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by Bruce A

That was my halo

I don't really see yellowish eye whites on my monitor Luke. Also I did no whitening in post. I usually prefer to leave my WB on cloudy as I prefer a warmer look and only change it when if I think circumstance warrant. Thanks for commenting and I'll have to take that into consideration.

I may need to calibrate again.
I also wanted to say that if I didn't see the title of the photo, I would have never guessed you were 60!

[Bruce A]

Originally Posted by RLucas

I may need to calibrate again.
I also wanted to say that if I didn't see the title of the photo, I would have never guessed you were 60!

Woops, forgot that showed. Shhhhhhhhh!

And thanks, that's nice to hear even if it's not true

[sk66]

Originally Posted by Bruce A

Thanks Steve - The darker look is what I was after, although it's not too dark on my monitor - at least not for me, so it may be a subjective thing - or monitor differences? What makes you think the white balance is off - skin tone?

There's a bit too much yellow IMO...Particularly right side of chin in the light and left side of face in shadow... The cloudy WB might account for that. The left side almost has a slight green hue to it, but it goes away if I pull the yellows back a bit.

[Bruce A]

Thanks I'll have another look at it this weekend.
Appreciate all the comments and advice people

[ccting]

Originally Posted by sk66

Much better results.
IMO, it's a bit underexposed and just a touch off on WB... I think the eyes are too dark/in shadow...could be color space/mac issue....

HAHA i got what you mean. The histogram shows compression in the dark! the greenish is possible color noise because of insufficient fill light.