Adjusting the color of shadows in an image

- If you've watched my Exposure course,…then you've already been introduced to the idea…that a lot of your visual process is actually neurological,…it's not optical.…Your brain does a lot of calculations…that really change the way you see things.…And one of the things it does constantly, all the time,…is correct color for you.…This week on The Practicing Photographer,…we're gonna look at a specific way…that your brain might be correcting color,…in a way that doesn't necessarily…work to your photo's best advantage.…Take a look at this image, here.…This was just a--…I was walking down the street…and I saw this nice backlight behind this tree.…

I don't really know if this image works, or not,…I need to correct it.…But in the process of correcting it,…we're gonna see a problem, here.…So I've got this gray cement on the ground;…I'm kinda standing in the gutter, here.…But is it actually gray?…Take a look at it.…That's not gray, that's blue cement.…And if you don't see that right away,…it's because your brain is really correcting it, for you.…