Blue Cloud

[markjass]

Had an amazing day yesterday. Visited a high country run (sheep station). There was a temperature inversion. Below the clouds was as thick as soup; above the clouds the scenery was stunning. This picture is a sample that highlights my question. Why is the cloud blue and what can I do about it? The picture was taken in Raw format and I used a stand alone version of lightroom.

[Shadowman]

I think you have the answer to the questions you are asking, the question we would have is: does the scene as presented here look to you as it did on that day? What WB were you using and did you modify color temperature upon import?

[markjass]

You got me thinking John. Here is the Raw file. The WB was daylight. It was not long before blue hour. In other shots the shade has a strong tint of blue. I cannot remember if I had a cpl on or off. In my memory the cloud did have a slight blue tinge, but not overpowering.

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[markjass]

By using the adjustment brush to highlight the blue cloud I dropped the saturation well off and played about with the exposure, white ballance etc and got an acceptable result.

[Shadowman]

Mark,

Your adjustments definitely changed other colors within the composition and in doing so perhaps intensified the contrast between the blue cloud and golden slopes.