Please help me save this image

I took this last weekend, one of this daughter and one of my other daughter. The one of the other daughter came out perfect, very little PP. This one is green. I have played and played with the greens, but still nothing

This was my first edit and I had it printed but I didn't realize how green it was until i saw the print
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8...5d463bc7_b.jpg
maddytree by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

This is my latest try at some PP on it, still looks very green
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8...4e56a95a_b.jpg
maddytree2 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

Here is the one of my other daughter that has very little PP. I love it
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8...711324c5_b.jpg
morgantree by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

I just had a quick play in photoshop (with the first image posted).

From memory you are using photoshop cs6. If so, have a try at this and see what you think

Create up a new "color balance" layer

adjust the sliders as follows:
cyan/red -20
magenta/green -15
yellow/blue +23

this was just a quick play I had, but work it to your taste.

Lets know how you go.

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Originally Posted by Runmonty

I just had a quick play in photoshop (with the first image posted).

From memory you are using photoshop cs6. If so, have a try at this and see what you think

Create up a new "color balance" layer

adjust the sliders as follows:
cyan/red -20
magenta/green -15
yellow/blue +23

this was just a quick play I had, but work it to your taste.

Lets know how you go.

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Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I have no clue about cs6 (even tho I have it), so i did it in GIMP and then did a little adjustment in Lightroom. I like it!!!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8...a9fcde39_b.jpg
maddy tree final by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

If you like it that is all that matters, but on my monitor it now looks just a little bit pink. (sorry to do this to you, but I would prefer to call it as I see it). Others may disagree

I'm with Runmonty on this one, looks prett pink to me too. I much prefer the original. Any chance the green cast is a result of the printing an not the original file?

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Originally Posted by Runmonty

If you like it that is all that matters, but on my monitor it now looks just a little bit pink. (sorry to do this to you, but I would prefer to call it as I see it). Others may disagree

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I am looking at it on my iPad, it is very pink. Back to the drawing boards

OK, lets try this again
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8...9d120cca_b.jpg
maddy tree final2a by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr


Reposting to compare

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8...a9fcde39_b.jpg
maddy tree final by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

This was my first edit and I had it printed but I didn't realize how green it was until i saw the print
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8...5d463bc7_b.jpg
maddytree by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

This is my latest try at some PP on it, still looks very green
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8...4e56a95a_b.jpg
maddytree2 by Theantiquetiger, on Flickr

This is the first imaged processed as I suggested earlier.

PS I am happy to take you through the detailed steps of getting to the color balance in CS6 if you wish (its pretty easy)

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Your first edit was fine to me. The last edit looks a bit better but your daughter's face is now darker.
Where are you looking for the green? Your daughter looks fine to me. The tree branches do have a bit of a green cast....because they are reflecting the green leaves and grass....

Keep in mind that when you colour balance globally like (like in the middle edits of this thread) that you likely shift other colours - like making your daughter magenta. Because magenta is the opposite of green.
So when you reduce green in an image, BY DEFAULT - you are adding magenta.

What you should be doing imo, is selecting the areas of the cast and reduce only those areas locally - not globally.

So do add some magenta....but only to the parts with the green cast, not the whole image.

Hope that may help.

In all honesty I like the 1st edit much better than the second. Marko is right...there is a magenta cast to it and it almost looks a bit too desaturated. IMO the first edit is the keeper.