Can anyone else see the strange color?

12/22/2006 05:51:31 PM · #1

I was going to enter this for the pet portrait challenge, and I submitted it with one hour to spare:

I then went to bed, got the laptop out so I could show my girlfriend what picture I had used and to my horror, I noticed the horrible purple coloring/banding on his face.
So I quickly went back and desaturated various colors and did loads more color corrections, but I couldn't get rid of it.
It wouldn't show up on my desktop, just the laptop.
So one of them is set improperly.
I couldn't risk entering it with such an obvious flaw.
So I ended up submitting this one (which didn't fare too well!!):

Anyway, can anyone else see the purple I'm talking about?
Or is it just my laptop?

Thanks.

TechnoShroom

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

12/22/2006 06:00:07 PM · #2

Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:

I noticed the horrible purple coloring/banding on his face.

I'm not seeing it. I see a grey area (burned?) on the cheek facing the camera but no purple anywhere.

EDIT: There is a strange yellowish haze on the back ear though.

Message edited by author 2006-12-22 18:01:10.

mist

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

12/22/2006 06:03:46 PM · #3

I don't see any purple. I see the grey area that TechnoShroom talks about, but that's it. But I didn't vote in that challenge anyway so it wouldn't matter ;)

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

12/22/2006 06:12:50 PM · #4

i don't see purple...but I do see a yellowish band around the cats face, ears....actually almost the the whole right side of the face that's against the black...and I'm also on a laptop if that's any help.

ETA: Just saw was shroom added...that's what I see a yellowish haze...all along the edge of the cat....plus up in the left hand corner a little.

Message edited by author 2006-12-22 18:14:39.

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

12/22/2006 06:19:13 PM · #5

I just looked back on my laptop and I've (very) roughly circled the offending areas:

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

12/22/2006 06:21:10 PM · #6

that's weird...because I don't see it as dark...it's lit up on my laptop for me...like you dodged it.

Message edited by author 2006-12-22 18:21:27.

TechnoShroom

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

12/22/2006 06:22:46 PM · #7

Adjusting levels makes the yellow really easy to see.

Still don't see purple though.

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

12/22/2006 06:24:33 PM · #8

yup...that's what I see (what shroom just did) except on a smaller scale.

oh...and still no purple here either.

TechnoShroom

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

12/22/2006 06:24:40 PM · #9

At the risk of asking a stupid question... if you move the image to a different part of your monitor does the purple you're seeing stay in exactly the same place on the cat?

12/22/2006 06:25:32 PM · #10

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

Adjusting levels makes the yellow really easy to see.

Still don't see purple though.

I never noticed the yellow until now.
I'm doubly glad I didn't enter it!!!!
Strange that no-one else can see the purple though.
I think I definitely need some monitor calibration.
maybe I'll get one for christmas :-)

12/22/2006 06:28:39 PM · #11

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

At the risk of asking a stupid question... if you move the image to a different part of your monitor does the purple you're seeing stay in exactly the same place on the cat?

nope, not a stupid question.
And nope, it doesn't move, the purple stays in the same place on the cat.

I'm now thinking that purple might not be the right color description.
It's maybe a pinkish plum color!!!!!!!!!
I know it doesn't help much.
It doesn't really matter how i describe it anyway.
If you could see any color there, you would know it was out of place.