Post processing

Hi

Last week we had 4 cats in our studio for a photoshoot.

I used 5d mk 11 and a 5d mk 111 cameras.

Upon editing there is a pink tint to the silver / grey cats.

Any ideas what is causing it.

I have done photoshoots and weddings before and after this shoot with no issues

Thank you

Steve

It is called chromatic aberration

You can remove it by lightroom/pts

Thank you for your reply.

I am not a regular user of Lightroom, normally use photoshop.

Can you please give me some idea of how I do this.

Thanks

Steve

I don't think this is chromatic aberration. It looks to me like the cat has natural red/magenta highlights in the lighter (silver/gray) areas. Note there are other patches (on the cat's back) of red/magenta that are clearly natural color.

In any case, if you want, you can still adjust for this color in the lighter areas.

1. Add a couple of sample points in those areas.
   
2. Note that red is a bit high and green is a bit low (which means more magenta)
   
3. Open a Selective Color adjustment layer (in PS). In the Whites panel, slightly increase cyan (reduces red) and slightly decrease magenta (increases green). As you tweak these sliders, watch the R and G values on the sample points. The idea is to get the RGB values closer to equal. But they needn't be exactly equal.
   

If you want a more narrowly targeted adjustment of these areas, here's another method: Open a blank layer and change blend mode to Color. Use a medium-soft brush and paint with any neutral gray (from pure white to pure black, doesn't matter so long as it's neutral). Set brush opacity at 50 percent. Zoom in and paint over any pinkish areas that don't look right to you. This will neutralize those areas.

Thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated.

I will take your advice and have a look.

Thanks again

Good tips from 'Peano. One way I deal with various colors that may not be desired is to use a brush and drop the saturation of that area. I get similar using acrylic ice cubes in beverage shots that the refractive elements of light going through them causes a rainbow of colors at times.