I have struggled forever with processing skin tones in ACR from my D200. Why do they look like they have a orange spray-on tan??? I need your help.

I calibrated my D200. That helps take the edge off. I have calibrated my monitor. I don't know what else to do.

The following image was captured under an overcast cirrus sky. I have been learning to shoot in manual mode and use ambient light.

Does anyone have an idea what I'm missing here?

Detrick

I don't know what you're seeing, but this looks fine to me.
Maybe a bit too saturated in the reds - maybe.

But all in all, it looks fine on my end.

What are your calibration settings btw?
Are you in Adobe RGB or sRGB?

It's best if you use a color temp of 6500k & a gamma of 2.2
Adjust your contrast and brightness accordingly.

I have also been struggling with skin tones.

There is a book called Skin that I will be purchasing soon.

However, your shot looks fine.

I just cross process or tone everything beyond the point of any accuracy. HaHaHa! Your shot looks good!

I agree, your shot looks fine on my laptop!
Candy

Your file looks fine too me too. I'm betting you have a problem with your color space. If you are seeing orange skins tones, that usually is a sign that the file was photographed and saved in the sRGB color space and your software (probably PS ?) is set to view in Adobe RGB without first converting the file from sRGB to Adobe RGB. Orangy, oversaturated colors is a definite sign of this. The opposite hold true if you shoot and save in Adobe RGB and try to view in sRGB--you get dark, greenish files. There's nothing wrong with the file--I'd bet my house it is a color space issue.

looks great here!

Your picture looks fine on my laptop! =)

In case you had any doubt based on the previous posts, the picture looks good on my monitor.

The shot looks fine on my recently calibrated display. Must be your display dude.

I'm guessing (along with most everyone else who has commented) that it's either your display, or an sRGB vs. AdobeRGB issue. You may also want to turn down the saturation on your in-camera settings just a tick to see if it helps clear up some issues. It's vital to get good in-camera settings you can switch between for different environments. I often switch between 4 or 5 different settings while shooting to create a wide variety of good directly-out-of camera files. It all depends on the surrounding light, skin tone of my subject(s), and surrounding environment.

I hope that makes sense!

Looks fine to me.

thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. i will have to look into this further taking into account all your suggestions. i'll let you know what i come up with.

detrick

I just bought this book. I have barely cracked it but it looks good.

looks fine. calibrate your monitor.

Make sure you are working in the calibrated colour space when you're in Photoshop. Go to View>Proof Setup>Custom and then choose the monitor setting that you would have named at the end of your calibration from the drop-down menu. Make sure that Black Point Compensation is checked and Preserve RGB numbers isn't.

saturated but apart of that looks ok to me.