Looks Like Retirement &RP

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 31, 2011145 views12 comments

I've just ridden off into the sunset, pardon the trite retirement metaphor. After a 37 year career and 40 years in the desert, looking forward to transitioning to a new life. But I have to admit, there will be moments like this one when I'll miss the Great Basin. Summer thunderstorms can produce some pretty dramatic skies. I understand Colorado has no problem matching this light show.

Okay, first order of business in retirement is to figure our how to get the image I see on my computer onto the site. The colors on the post are all gone! The red sky has turned brown. This was processed in Lightroom 3, exported as a JPEG Pro Photo color space. My thumbnail looks much different. Help!

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on August 31, 2011 at 9:07 PM

Very nice sunset! Yes, I see the colors because I'm using a color managed browser (FireFox). But, what you want to do is convert your file to sRGB colorspace before posting on the web because many people do not use color managed browsers (IE, Opera).(Don't convert your master file!!! Only the jpg you created specifically for the web. Keep your master in ProPhoto!) sRGB is kinda the default color space for the web because its the lowest common denominator.

Congrats on retirement!

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on August 31, 2011 at 9:11 PM

Russ, try converting the color space to sRGB, that should help.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on August 31, 2011 at 9:22 PM

Here's the image exported as JPEG in sRGB.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on August 31, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Hey thanks guys, the sRGB looks like what I was "shooting for"!

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on August 31, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Much better.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 31, 2011 at 11:10 PM

RP is better. What a great cloud scape.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on August 31, 2011 at 11:13 PM

What a sky! It seems you have your color issues worked out. Good luck in your new found freedom!!!!!!!

Chris

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 31, 2011 at 11:34 PM

Yeah, that repost sings! Beauty of a shot.
Good luck with the retirement, mine may be coming sooner than even I had hoped, and I remember you saying that you would retire in Colorado. Give me a shout when you get settled. We should find something to shoot.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on August 31, 2011 at 11:55 PM

Gorgeous sky Russ. I like the layers of clouds. Best of luck on your retirement! Hope you get some great skies in CO.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM

Russell,

Great metaphor for your retirement - and congrats on your life's achievement.

Sounds to me like you've already got some good advice on the color management - and both posts in this thread look great to me.

What a gorgeous sky and I think you've presented the colors and saturation quite naturally. This is one fantastic sky. No nits really, although upon closer look you could perhaps burn down the blown highlights in the sky at left, but that's very minor since we might expect that brightness nearer the sun anyway.

Congrats again and we expect more photography from you from here on out!

Lon

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Comment posted by David Edwards on September 1, 2011 at 2:03 AM

Fabulous sky, Russ. Congrats on your retirement. Hopefully there will be plenty more wonderful sunsets for you to ride off into and enjoy. Love the red tones in this one. Cheers.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on September 1, 2011 at 10:10 AM

Congrats on your retirement. Both images look great on Firefox. I always suggest all photographers should use Firefox only.

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