Fixing Hair Roots

[Kiwiellis]

I'm having trouble fixing my daughter's dark roots on this photo.  I used the Handyman Method.  It looks fake to me.  I'm not sure if it's the method I need to change or maybe I'm just using a bad color?  In my attempts, it either ends up looking too gray/ashy, or too yellow.  I feel like I can still see the "line", and the color looks too solid to me because normally her hair has both light and dark shades mixed. What method would you use to fix this?

[Damien Symonds]

Let's not worry about this yet.  Concentrate on your raw processing please.  How far through the class are you?

[Kiwiellis]

I'm through the RAW class?  What did I overlook?

[Damien Symonds]

No, you're definitely not.

[Damien Symonds]

PLEASE come back to the Raw Class, @Kiwiellis!

[Kiwiellis]

I have.  But I am to the point in the class where I have to submit images for white balance and I just am having trouble finding good images to complete this.  I printed out the colorbar sheet and used it to shoot a couple of sessions, and my white balance results are worse now than before when I was using my WhiBal white balance card, which I've used pretty predictably for years.  So it feels like I'm kinda at the point where I can't really go forward. 

[Damien Symonds]

I can't help you unless you POST those images!

[Damien Symonds]

Come on @Kiwiellis!

[Damien Symonds]

Come on @Kiwiellis.  Your year of membership has half gone already.