I officially HATE beach photos.

[Lori G]

Hi D!
It's me again.
If I don't figure out how to get these sea oats out of this shot, I'm going to go insane.  I've got them growing out of the one lady's head, and the other guy's EAR.
I've tried cloning.  I've tried adding a sky and masking.  I've tried copy>pasting that palm tree in the left corner......you name it.  I was awake until 5am messing with this damn thing until I was ready to cry.
Help me, Obi Wan....you're my only hope.

[Damien Symonds]

You must never start Photoshop work until the raw processing is done.

[Lori G]

But..... I did process it.
WB was corrected, and it didn't need much according to my end.  And, it was noisy, so I ran as much NR as I dared in raw.  Any more NR and they looked plastic.
I only raised the exposure just a tiny bit because of the noise factor.  I didn't want to make it worse than it was. 

What am I missing?

[Lori G]

My screen shot won't show this....

[Lori G]

Sorry for the cruddy cell snap of the screen.  I couldn't get the screenshot of my raw screen to show where my WB was correct.  Every time I moved the cursor to click the screen cap, it changed.  So, I improvised.

[Damien Symonds]

5 minutes ago, Lori G said:

But..... I did process it.
WB was corrected, and it didn't need much according to my end.

Lori, are you high again?  I've told you to stop smoking that stuff.

[Lori G]

Hahahaa!!!   I'm not partaking!  I swear!

I must've forgotten something from the class then.  Because I *swear* I thought I was doing it right.  I let my raw class place expire so someone else could have my spot.  Looks like I need a review.  Or a kick in the backside.  Or something.

If all the numbers at the top are reading equal, in that case 247 across the three channels, then it's balanced.  Right?  And 247 isn't down that much from 255, so it's not blown.
What am I forgetting????

[Damien Symonds]

I can't discuss this stuff outside of class, sorry.

[Lori G]

Well.....damn.  I totally understand though.

 

I don't suppose I can get the previous discount, since it's glaringly apparent I need a refresher?

[Lori G]

Previous student discount, I mean.  I can't think straight today, let alone type.

 

And I'm totally joking.  I'll see about getting enrolled again.

[Damien Symonds]

Of course, you don't need to pay full price to renew.