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CorrieMichael

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Okay so I finally get this shot right in camera and am pretty happy with it then....go to edit and find this purple haze along the backside of my subject? What is this....what did I do wrong and how can i fix this post? As a side note not sure if this should be posted in this section or not. Any help would be much appreciated. This is SOOC with the exception of a bit of painting out the trees and stuff from the window. Also would you leave the bottom of the window frame in or take out?

Thanks in advance for your help

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It's not that difficult. Most software has the ability to correct CA, but some probably do a better job at it than others. Not sure what you're using but the functionality is probably there.
 
It's not that difficult. Most software has the ability to correct CA, but some probably do a better job at it than others. Not sure what you're using but the functionality is probably there.


using ACR and got it all fixed up thanks for your help!
 
Your 50mm lens when shot at f/1.6 showed a lot of CA in that strong backlighting; stopping down a little bit will usually reduce CA on most high-speed 50mm lenses. You can always try the lens in strong backlighting, or on things like a lens that has white-on-black lettering; MANY lenses exhibit this behavior, even some very expensive lenses, like Canon's 85mm f/1.2 L for example--very strong CA. Nikon's 35mm f/1.4 also has it pretty noticeably in situations like this one. Under normal,everyday lighting,.. it's usually much,much more-difficult to spot CA, but on a lighted, back-lit figure, against white...YIKES!!!!!!!!

If you would have had something well in front of her, it would have had a green fringe to it. TO eliminate this, yuo can stop down to say f/4, and since the subject will be INSIDE the depth of field zone, this kind of longitudinal CA will not occur; the green in-front, magenta in back happens BEFORE, and then BEHIND, the depth of field band. That's yet another reason to stop one's lens down, away from wide-open or nearly wide-open; to boost technical and aesthetic quality.
 
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