Photoshopped!

[Modest_Man]

My male regani was looking awesome earlier, but wasn't complying with the photos so I thought I'd show my "before" vs. "after" Photoshop skills. What I do is I change the white balance from "As shot" to "Auto" (I shoot in RAW format). And crop. That's it. You can see how much of a difference the white balance makes in the photos. Doing a water change right now and I'll try some more later (before shots are very yellow from tannins in the water).

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[mrmann]

Change the white balance to "flash" on your camera(if you are shooting it manual, which I assume you are) and that should alleviate some of the photoshopping that is necessary.

 

[Modest_Man]

The problem with that is that the lighting isn't purely flash - it's a combo of flash and LED's. So the flash setting doesn't look as natural as the auto setting (most of the time). Shooting in RAW and converting white balance after the fact is much better than changing the white balance on the camera, because if I choose I can adjust the exposure and whatnot to salvage some of the lower quality photos.

 

[mrmann]

What are you using for photo software?

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[Modest_Man]

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0. Came free with something or another. I'm too cheap to buy the real deal.

 

[mrmann]

Your images are very nice before and after touch-up