Correct and enhance colours

USE TOOLS IN PHOTOSHOP OR LIGHTROOM TO CORRECT THE STRONG BLUE COLOUR CASTS

Set white balance

1 Your flower photos are likely to have a strong blue colour cast. It’s best to shoot in Raw for greater headroom when correcting colours. Grab the White Balance Eyedropper tool in the Camera Raw/lightroom Basic panel and click on a point that should be neutral (like the black backdrop here) to correct colour casts.

Use Color Mixer

2 Even after adjusting the white balance your images may have a strong blue tint. You can tone this down with the Camera Raw/ Lightroom Color Mixer panel. Go to the Saturation tab then grab the Target tool. Click on the overly strong colours and drag left to reduce them, or drag right over weaker colours.

Exposure control

3 It’s tricky to get light painting perfect in-camera, so you may find some parts of the frame have received too much light and others too little. Use the Adjustment Brush in Camera Raw/lightroom to selectively paint in more or less exposure over areas that need it. Grab the brush, dial in exposure and start painting.