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karens72052303
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July 19, 2018
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Lightroom Classic - Why does my subject have yellow armpits.

  • July 19, 2018
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What's causing the yellow discoloration under my subject's underarms?

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    Joe Foe Toe
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    July 19, 2018

    Are these camera raw images, or have they been camera "pre-processed" into jpgs using a scheme that might exaggerate skin tone differences poorly? Perhaps that and/or different light sources might account for some of the difference. Notice that yellow hue occurs in other tonal transition areas such as neck.  I was able to eliminate much of the difference by a some color adjustment HSL orange -56 -24 +29 yellow -58 -62 +40 - your mileage may vary.

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    karens72052303Author
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    July 19, 2018

    Thanks Joe. These are all NEFS (shot in Raw). Had to locate the photo again, lol.

    I found the HSL settings you gave & they did solve the yellow underarm & other tonal transition areas. YAY!

    But makes the photo into more of a single tonal color than the many colors in the photo.

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    Joe Foe Toe
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    July 19, 2018

    Yes, unfortunately it's a sledgehammer approach that affects everything.  If you have to do this on many photos, perhaps you can fiddle with the orange and yellows to get a compromise solution that might not quite cure the discoloration, but give you the best of both worlds. Otherwise, I suspect using the localized solution of https://forums.adobe.com/people/Bob%20Somrak is your best bet. I'd also suggest trying any other color profiles you might have; one might help minimize the differences. And to speak to your original question, this "foldal" discoloration could possibly be a genetic thing, or a function of spray tanning!

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      karens72052303Author
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      July 19, 2018

      any ideas would be helpful.

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
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      July 19, 2018

      Post an example photo.

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        karens72052303Author
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        July 19, 2018

        Hi Bob. Thanks for your reply! I'm new to photo editing & Lightroom Classic CC. Here are a couple of examples.

        But not here -

        Bob Somrak
        Bob Somrak
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        July 19, 2018

        It appears to be a mixed lighting issue or something of light from below but I would not know why!  I just used a local adjustment brush and changed the TEMP and TINT of the area to match the rest of the lighting.  One of the experts will probably have a better idea why the lighting is this way.   I did a quick and dirty 1 minute fix.

        Original top,  Fixed bottom.

        Local adjustment settings.

        Overlay for local adjustment brush

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