8″ x 10″ oil on gallery wrapped canvas
This painting is one I did for Pam, trading for a couple of paintings she did for me… 🙂 I’m having trouble with the true color of the painting from my photograph. Maybe someone out there can explain this to me???
When I put the photo in photo shop to show the true color of the lilacs in the small photo on the left, the tablecloth becomes a dark blue. If the tablecloth is the correct color as in the small photo on the right the lilacs are more purple.
So in actuality the lilacs are more pink and the tablecloth is more aqua. Does anyone have any photography suggestions?
And Pam, I hope you can tell the actual color from this…what do you think?
Simply Painting 
I love these flowers, what a beautiful painting!
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Thanks, Thelma.
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I can’t wait for peonies and lilacs to be blooming! Beautiful painting, Mom!
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Thanks, Sage…I love Mormor’s peonies. Maybe someday I’ll be able to grow some???
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Beautiful! As a daily user of Photoshop, I assume you had to boost the reds for the lilacs, which changed the tablecloth blue color as well. If it was me, I would make 2 layers in Photoshop, ie. the left photo on top layer, then use your eraser tool with an appropriate feather and erase the bottom half, thus revealing the true tablecloth color below. Hope that helps!
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Oh, thanks so much. I will try that.
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Karin, It is gorgeous! I’m so excited to be getting this painting! So the lilacs are actually pink but the tablecloth aqua? Sounds wonderful.
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Great!!! That is what I hoped to hear. 🙂
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Lovely!
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Thanks, Tera. 🙂
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These are lovely! As for your color question, I find that the temperature of the lighting of the room while taking the photo can make a big difference on how the colors appear in the photo. Sometimes I have to photograph the painting in different parts of the house (warm vs cool vs neutral lighting).
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Very interesting! I’ll have to experiment in different areas in my house and maybe outside. Thanks.
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This is a lovely painting!! I wish I could help you with the color correction but don’t use photoshop. 😦 Hope you figure it out!! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Rachel. What do you mean when you say don’t use photoshop?
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I use Adobe Lightroom for my photo editing. I own photoshop but only use it for graphic/logo work for our businesses so am lost when it comes to photo editing in Photoshop! 🙂
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