Green green grass!

DG
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Duncan_Grove
Mar 12, 2007
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I always have problems getting the green right when I take shots of grass and since I like to take tennis photos at Wimbledon etc this is a bit of a bummer really!

The following is a link to one of my shots of Rafael Nadal:- < http://picasaweb.google.com/duncansgrove/TennisGallery/photo #5027387058474420146>

As you will see, the colour of the grass does not look quite right. It was shot in RAW and I have fiddled about with it no end but can’t seem to improve it. Could anyone please give me a few hints and tips on this subject?

Thanks
Duncan
www.duncangrove.com
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Ho
Mar 12, 2007
Maybe a little less yellow and a little more cyan?
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JohnSWhite
Mar 13, 2007
Try using the middle eyedropper in a Levels layer and click on a neutal grey. John
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Andrei_Doubrovski
Mar 13, 2007
Yet another solution:
– In the Hue/Saturation dialog, select "Edit: Greens" and increase saturation (see flash movie < http://simplephotoshop.com//photoshop_tutorials/hue_saturati on2f.htm>)

SimplePhotoshop.com <http://simplephotoshop.com/>
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Joe_Zydeco
Mar 13, 2007
Duncan, mouse over the grass area while looking at the Info palette. You will find that the grass is not really green, but yellow (the blue number is low). So, as Ho implied, you have to treat yellow, not green. Add a Hue/Sat layer and press Ctrl-2 to edit yellows. Start by bumping the hue slider to the right to about +15, and the lightness slider leftward to about -15. Experiment from there to get the grass color you like.

Outstanding photos on your web site, by the way!
GA
George_Austin
Mar 13, 2007
Duncan,

You might prefer this:

Image > Adjustments > Color Replace

Select "Image" radio button. Set Fuzziness to 100. Preview on.

Set color sampler option to 3×3 or 5×5 (not point sample).

Using Color Replace cursor (eyedropper), click in typical grassy area

Try settings somewhere around Hue + 30/ Saturation +20/ Lightness -20

Got any Sharapova shots?

George
DG
Duncan_Grove
Mar 13, 2007
Thanks guys for the input. I shall be certain to experiment with all the suggestions – they sound sophisticated solutions!

George – have I got Sharapove shots? For sure!

Go to www.duncangrove.com, hit the galleries link then select tennis gallery and then try the slideshow button at the top left.

I’d like to receive your feedback!

Thanks again.

Regards

Duncan
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George_Austin
Mar 13, 2007
Duncan,

Very nice action shots! Thanks. Haven’t been to Wimbledon since 1981 when a small dish of strawberries figured to cost $0.50 per berry. I wonder what havoc 26 years of inflation has wreaked at Wimbledon!!

George
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Andrew_Pietrzyk
Mar 14, 2007
As you will see, the colour of the grass does not look quite right

You English are funny… one sunny day a year and what you do with it? Complain about the colo(u)r of the grass… Perhaps you should talk to the grounds keeper at The All England Lawn Tennis Club about it. 🙂

Color of the grass in that photo doesn’t bother me at all. You have pretty harsh (early afternoon?) back lighting; white clothing and skin tones look pretty good… I would crop little tighter to make it even more dynamic but leave the grass alone.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1zTTCQbvupTRDK9R7G Y0Sx7sGf7kq>

Nice shots BTW.
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chrisjbirchall
Mar 14, 2007
leave the grass alone

Good advice for anyone wanting to stay in focus! 😉
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John Joslin
Mar 14, 2007
I must say my first thought was also "What’s wrong with the grass?"

It rarely looks really green at Wimbledon.
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Joe_Zydeco
Mar 14, 2007
What grass? I don’t see any grass.

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=119wvvmDYF4RqTMPwt itkL185Dz>
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chrisjbirchall
Mar 14, 2007
It’s behind that wee lassie!
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Joe_Zydeco
Mar 14, 2007
Umm, Chris, I’m a foreground man, so I haven’t yet got past Maria’s very nice forehand. And those oh-so-lovely gams!

Photoshop. Saturation. So there, now I’m back on topic. 🙂
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Talker
Mar 15, 2007
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:11:27 -0800,
wrote:

I always have problems getting the green right when I take shots of grass and since I like to take tennis photos at Wimbledon etc this is a bit of a bummer really!

The following is a link to one of my shots of Rafael Nadal:- < http://picasaweb.google.com/duncansgrove/TennisGallery/photo #5027387058474420146>

As you will see, the colour of the grass does not look quite right. It was shot in RAW and I have fiddled about with it no end but can’t seem to improve it. Could anyone please give me a few hints and tips on this subject?

Thanks
Duncan
www.duncangrove.com

Hi Duncan! Nice shots, by the way.<g> I altered the grass color like you wanted, but I used a PS plugin I bought, just for this purpose. The plugin is Digital Light and Color’s, Color Mechanic Pro. It does an excellent job with things like this, and it’s very easy to use. Here is the adjusted picture
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1U2A3wHcXfwowRGunc ITILaqMmhaa0 I didn’t want to make the grass too green or else it would look fake.
When you launch the filter, it opens a window that shows you the before and after pictures. You click on the before picture (in this case you click on the grass), and it creates a pointer in the color cube at the bottom. You just click and hold the pointer and then drag it to the color you want….in this case, more to the green. This changes the grass to green. It also slightly changes the rest of the picture green also, so in the after picture, you click on the areas that you don’t want greener, and it removes the green from them. It’s easy and fast and does an excellent job.

Talker
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Rod
Mar 22, 2007
Five minutes in Photoshop. Layer mask to make sure
any changes do not affect the player and use
"selective color". Go to yellow and move sliders until the correct result is achieved.

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/00017e956c.jpg

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