Fixing a color cast

[kevinf]

What methods would you use to fix the color cast in the photo below and also compared to the original, in your opinion, which photo looks the best?
A, B, C, D, or E?


Original
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/DSC_2587s.jpg

A
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/DSC_2587s_new2.png

B
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/DSC_2587s_new.png

C
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/DSC_2587s.png

D
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/a3.jpg

E
http://www.trickingq3.com/misc/carfix.jpg

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[morea]

I think that D looks the best.

Power to the Old Schoolers! and btw, if you can't say something nice, shut the hell up.

[D-Frag]

yeah, D, or E, good job, that musta been a pain in the arse

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/7863/nufrag2nk6zq.jpg

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[casedsgn]

Wow.. that color cast is bad... something fierce!
Great job of getting the initial yellow out, did you use the grey balance dropper in curves?
I'd agree with the gang, D is looking the most color balanced. It might use some deeper saturations in color, but it looks great from where you started!!

[kevinf]

D is actually not mine, so no credit to me there :)

A, B, and C are mine, D and E are other peoples. I just wanted to get some opinions on what tone others preferred the picture to be in. D and E look extremely harsh to me... like too much black was added in cmyk mode. Also on theirs, the highlights of the car have colored halo to them, and the far left end the light has a very strong unnatural cast to it.

I made mine less saturated and I thought more pleasing to look at.



Turns out people are split about 50/50 between mine and his. So we both did it right I guess :)

Link to original thread here: http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10565

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Post Edited (kevinf) : 1/21/2005 6:53:04 PM GMT

[beanz]

D looks the most natural to me, although B isn't bad...

http://sighost.fuelie.org/accounts/beanz/beanz_17.jpg

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