Cold Isolation

I wanted to reproduce the cold feel of this damp cave. Not sure if I

was totally successful -- condensing breath was barely visible. This

cave is a completely natural lavatube -- amazing to be there....

Great shot. I like what you have here. I tried a blue overlay to cool things down a bit but not sure if it helps or detracts?

Good thought, Mark, thanks for the input. I've often found that auto WB over-corrects. For example, when you want cold snow, it helps to mimic the blue snow that you normally get from reflected sky. Here i have two light sources, and the auto-WB seems to be correcting to 5500, recognizing the dominant flash. That makes the incandescent light from the headlamp more orange...

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

 

The composition and textures are so strong......IMO you can arbitrarily select a color temp and it will work. Create several versions....dilemma solved. :-)