...as I am having to process my images on a laptop
Hi, I'm after some hard critique here please as I am having to process images on my laptop and the last time I did, they looked great on the laptop, but horrendous on my usual monitor, so I stopped, but now I have no choice.
Sharpening ok? I find CS3 "sharpening" a lot more aggressive than CS2 was.
Shadows ok? As already mentioned looked fine on laptop but REALLY black on my usual monitor.
Contrast?
Don't have access to internet much so not been able to participate much...but I'm still alive......just!
1d2, 500/4is + 1.4x, 1/60th, F10, ISo 200, Leaning on car window
Thanks for any comments
Posted by jack chapman on April 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM
looks very nice too me, but then i've never used a calibrated computer in my life so
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Shadows look okay to me Graeme - the shadow under the back leg and the stomach might look a bit better if you ran them through a tiny bit of shadow/highlight adjust, but keep the radius really low.
It does look a tad flat but I suspect that's down to the lighting as it looks a bit of a grim day.
Can't make my mind up whether there's a slight green or magenta 'thing' going on - seeing as they are the opposites of the same balance chanel it's probably just me!
The only nit is the weird blackish blobs of OoF BG between his antlers - they don't match with the rest of the BG.
So there you go
Nice capture, nice comp matey
PS - I know I'm mental - but you wouldn't love me if I wasn't
Thanks Jack and Rob. I've never used calibrated kit either, but sounds a great concept , but then it probably shows
Andy, yeah those blobs are weird. Looks like a bad clone job, but it isn't And funny you should mention a possible cast as I can't sem to find a white balance I'm happy with as it either looks green or magenta as you say so another confusing thing. Yeah the light was pretty flat but i'm sure someone could process this ok .
Thanks for the feedback
Posted by John Robinson on April 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Looks about right to me, althought the blacks under the body do look a little black/dark ? Does that make sense ?
No big deal though.
Cheers
john. R
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 16, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Hi Graeme,
Looks alright on my monitor - it's calibrated but I'm not!
White and black points are fine, but could do witha small curves lift to the red channel at the 'white' end to reduce the blue flat lighting - akin to a good old fashioned warm up filter
Posted by Paula Graham on April 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM
On my monitor it looks okay but indeed a little dull and darkish
Discussion
8 repliesHi, I'm after some hard critique here please as I am having to process images on my laptop and the last time I did, they looked great on the laptop, but horrendous on my usual monitor, so I stopped, but now I have no choice.
Sharpening ok? I find CS3 "sharpening" a lot more aggressive than CS2 was.
Shadows ok? As already mentioned looked fine on laptop but REALLY black on my usual monitor.
Contrast?
Don't have access to internet much so not been able to participate much...but I'm still alive......just!
1d2, 500/4is + 1.4x, 1/60th, F10, ISo 200, Leaning on car window
Thanks for any comments
It does look a tad flat but I suspect that's down to the lighting as it looks a bit of a grim day.
Can't make my mind up whether there's a slight green or magenta 'thing' going on - seeing as they are the opposites of the same balance chanel it's probably just me!
The only nit is the weird blackish blobs of OoF BG between his antlers - they don't match with the rest of the BG.
So there you go
Nice capture, nice comp matey
PS - I know I'm mental - but you wouldn't love me if I wasn't
I really cannot see anything that makes me think it needs a change. Looks fine my end.
Reagrds
Rob
Andy, yeah those blobs are weird. Looks like a bad clone job, but it isn't
Thanks for the feedback
No big deal though.
Cheers
john. R
Looks alright on my monitor - it's calibrated but I'm not!
Lovely capture!