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Help with Photo

DianaT - 7-12-2008 at 01:31 PM

On my laptop, this pix looked fine, but when I uploarded it to photobucket here at the Internet Cafe, it really looked dark and off color---don't know if it is my computer, or the monitor here.

Is it really dark and off color on your computer?



Thanks,

Diane

jeans - 7-12-2008 at 01:53 PM

Great shot. On my screen it is just a tad dark for I cannot see the strands of her hair between her ear and her bangs. But it is not so dark that it distracts from the simple beauty of the subject.

DianaT - 7-12-2008 at 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by jeans
Great shot. On my screen it is just a tad dark for I cannot see the strands of her hair between her ear and her bangs. But it is not so dark that it distracts from the simple beauty of the subject.


Besides being beautiful, Alejandra is a really sweet girl.

Thanks for the feedback---I need to check out a few things as I have some more faces and the problem I am having seems to be with faces and not with landscapes.

Diane

Ken Bondy - 7-12-2008 at 02:18 PM

Diane
It looks fine, maybe 1/2 stop under but very acceptable. Muy linda!
++Ken++

DianaT - 7-12-2008 at 02:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Diane
It looks fine, maybe 1/2 stop under but very acceptable. Muy linda!
++Ken++


Thanks Ken,

I lightened it in Photobucket---is it too light now? I am trying to figure out what is going on with my laptop.



Anyone know how to calibrate a laptop monitor?

Diane

DianaT - 7-12-2008 at 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by grover
Too light; washed out. 1st one looked good; about what Ken said.


Thanks grover,

Well, part of the problem must be with this monitor at the Internet Cafe. Here the first one is really dark---can hardly see her face and absolutely no detail in the hair. The second one does not look washed out and the detail shows.

Need to check out my laptop again and keep working on this. Leaving real soon, but I would appreciate it if someone would add a close up face to this thread. I usually use this computer at the cafe and that way I can see what the monitor does to another face picture. Scenery seems fine.


Thanks again


Diane

Paula - 7-12-2008 at 03:33 PM

Diane, this picture of mine is also a little dark:



so I made some adjustments. I've never used photobucket, so I'm not sure that you have the same options (in the form of sliders to make adjustments) that I can use in my iphoto.



First I cropped it, then I increased the exposure about 50% of the possible increase. Then I increased the sharpness, brightness, and saturation just a little bit. Finally I straightened it a little.
If I had used only the brightness to bring it up, it would have had that slightly cloudy look. I think the sharpness control is key to balancing the increased brightness in my program.
That is a great shot, Diane, hope you post more faces!

bacquito - 7-12-2008 at 06:07 PM

Very pretty!

DianaT - 7-13-2008 at 12:10 PM

Thanks for all the input. In another thread, I am going to post some more faces---love faces and hope people will post more faces from Baja---like Paula''s

Diane

EMAM - 7-22-2008 at 07:37 AM

Hey Diane, one thing I've found with Photobucket, and all the image hosting sites is the images degrade a bit when you upload them to their site.

Only way around it is to upload the images to your own website which wont degrade them. I know every photographer complains about the image hosting sites and what they do to their images.

One way around it is to bring your laptop to the internet cafe and adjust the pictures to what they look like on both screens. Basically so they both look alike. If that makes sense?

CortezBlue - 7-22-2008 at 02:36 PM

Welcome to the world of Digital Photography. As a photographer I can tell you that there are so many great things about Digital Photography, but there are so many new things that have to be dealt with.

The reason you are having trouble has to do with the color space that you are using. There are several color spaces (Adobe, RGB, sRGB, CMYK, etc.) Here is a link to a great explanation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_space

The web is one of the worst places to try and display images without making sure that you are using a color space that is used on the web site. sRGB tends to be the common color space on the web.

Anyway, if you do some research you can compare what color space your camera is setup to take pictures with and then you can convert the image to the same color space where you are posting it.
Welcome to the future!!