As far as I can tell, you have the window light in front and some other horrid light source to the baby's left and rear. This casts a mixed light that varies dramatically across the face and the bib. So I played with the channel mixer and color balance to achieve a different compromise from yours. But make no mistake, every color version of this image is going to be a compromise because of the mixed lighting ...
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if magenta is to be no more than 10% over yellow and cyan(blue) is to be 1/4 of magenta....this is how Caucasian skin should look like....BUT...we all have our "tastes"
Excellent choice, this matches the focus problem response exactly...and that also worked out for you. Be sure and test the Canon choice prior to purchase. Using your findings here as comparison should greatly speed the process. Good Luck and I'll look for your updates in the Canon forum. Best Wishes.
) opted for Nikon because I did not like the colors of Canon (faces very reddish, and red was very strong all over).
Ask Nikon why they push so much midtones... I've only edited this pic in PS in Exposure, i've set gamma -0.7, and this is the result:
In the other hand, Adobe PS (profile Adobe) has a better and realistic color faithful and accuracy than profiles from Capture NX.
I agree, the WB is far too cool, taste in color notwithstanding. I assume the child's clothing is white, but it looks light blue on my monitor. This photo would not be acceptable to me at all. I would use the set gray point in NX-2 on the child's bib and see how it looks then. It may come down to the OPs monitor, or perhaps his color vision is off a bit. I had my color vision checked and the doctor deemed it 100% accurate. The doctor also told me that about 25% of males he has tested are color impaired to some degree and 10% have such poor color acuity that they are considered "color blind". A greater proportion of women perform much better on color tests then men and less than 0.5%. are considered color blind.
Well, something is reflecting a lot of yellow onto the skin that faces the camera, while the skin away from the camera has higher blue content. I don't see how uniform window light can do that ...
That's a really inappropriate post ... there is no reason for anyone to play armchair psychologist on these forums ... it's patronizing ...
You nailed it.
Good luck with that. Visualizing the four cameras on a chart indicating color response, the D70 would be at one end, the 7D and 60D at the other, and the D7000 somewhere in the middle. In other words, if you're unhappy with the D7000 compared to the D70, you'll probably be even more disappointed with either of the Canons. The color response is more flat, especially in the reds, and more skewed toward blue.
