Skin tone in night shots

[hngu7721]

My boss was hosting a local star party last night and I was able to snap a few shots of the event (all RAW)

Adjustments were made to WB, Exposure in Lightroom and converted to JPEG (sRGB)

Now I'm at a lost of what to do, as everyone looks juandiced now.

Any suggestions on how to deal with adjusting skin tone in night photography?

TIA

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/hngu7721/IMG_0815a.jpg

[René Damkot]

Make an adjustment layer to correct the skin tones (curves, hue/sat, channel mixer, whichever you prefer) and mask it to only affect the skintones.
Alternatively, develop another version of the CR2, with good skintones, and merge the two images, again using a mask in PS.

P.S. Impressive lens ;)

[PhotosGuy]

Make an adjustment layer to correct the skin tones (curves, hue/sat, channel mixer, whichever you prefer) and mask it to only affect the skintones. More...

Airport runway shoot (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=117950)

Layer Mask video tutorials
http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/layerthumbs.asp

Adjustment layer basics (http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/tutorials/adjlayerbasics/)

[hngu7721]

thanks everyone! now, just have to find some time to sit and read...

[Swift]

I could do it for you if you want me to :). I'm bored, so just give me the OK and I'll get on it :D.

[hngu7721]

Swift1,

YES, PLEASE! Much appreciated.

[lnterestlng]

Do you have Photoshop?

If so....2 adjustment layers...Color Balance on the midtones and Hue/Saturation on the 'yellows' tab. Make sure Hue/Sat is on top of Color Balance. No masking.

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If not....Try re-developing the pic in lightroom and pick a neutral grey point like the legs on the tripod to spot-whitebalance. Were the street lights yellow/orange where you were? Tint more towards magenta in whitebalance and you should get a better looking pic.

[Swift]

Basically did what smdevo says with a few of my own tricks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/kninja0/Lasers/XT%20Camera/Untitled222-1.jpg

[relsah]

here's my shot at it

[hngu7721]

smdevo,

I think you're right. The streetlights were indeed tungsten with an orange/amber color. I'll just have to redevelop and live with the fact that the color cast cannot be taken out..

[lnterestlng]

Well the colorcast can be removed but isn't the whole idea to capture it how it was? Just play with it 'til you are comfortable and people dont look sick. Try not to make it look obvious that the color was changed alot.

For learning sake, try some tests again in the same light and find a good formula for getting it right, or close, in camera. I would think a custom WB could help. 1 minute of setting up a custom WB will save lots of time in the end trying to fix every pic.

[Swift]

Relsah's version is much better :).