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OK, I'm still slipping off the learning curve, I was wondering if anyone can offer some advice. Out with the kids on the hottest sunniest day of the year so far, shooting in aperture priority, jpeg.

Thought I'd set the white balance to direct sun - but managed to set it to tungsten instead (my excuse is a lightbulb looks a bit like a sun when you're not paying attention!)

Only a few shots were affected until I realised the colour cast on the LCD wasn't down to the bright light - but one of them is one I'd like to try and rescue.

My question is; is there a generally accepted way to correct the colour cast in Photoshop? I've had a go myself, and it looks OK, but I'm not convinced it's right. Can't post the pics right now, as I'm at work and the files aren't.

Pete,

Eunosdriver wrote:My question is; is there a generally accepted way to correct the colour cast in Photoshop? I've had a go myself, and it looks OK, but I'm not convinced it's right. Can't post the pics right now, as I'm at work and the files aren't.

There are 10 answers to this question: the first is that if you're shooting raw, then yes. The other is that if you're shooting jpg (which is the case here) then not really.

You'll need to play around with the colours and curves, and just see what and how you can best rescue the images.

FWIW, you might like to try running them through NC and seeing if any of the auto adjustments help; IME they usually can.

Good luck.