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05/06/2011 09:09:17 AM · #1 |
Did some photography outside yesterday. I came back tired. Worked on the images right away. This started a domino effect of bad post processing. Just wanted to note what I think happened.
1. I was exhausted. My eyes were tired. Not a good time to push processing.
2. The sunlight outside was very bright. My processing efforts during this time came out with final image too bright.
3. My monitor brightness controls were set to one notch above middle. Monitor has been recently calibrated, but ambient light overwhelmed all other considerations.
4. When I looked at the processed image after dark, I immediately saw it was grossly wrong.
5. Processed the image at midnight with totally dark room and only monitor for light. This resulted in an image which was way too dark.
6. At sunrise this morning in balanced ambient light, I saw the extreme results from the extreme ambient light situations.
7. Reprocessed the image. At this point, I think I have it right, but am now aware of how drastically the ambient light in the processing room affects perceptions.
This also has implications for voting on others' images.
Message edited by author 2011-05-06 09:11:00. |
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05/06/2011 09:14:32 AM · #2 |
I usually only have one problem affecting my post processing:
1. I am controlling the mouse. |
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05/06/2011 10:23:26 AM · #3 |
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05/06/2011 10:35:56 AM · #4 |
| The two halves of my brain are at war with each other. |
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05/06/2011 10:37:41 AM · #5 |
8. After being pepper sprayed in the eyes.
9. Balancing laptop on knee while having a poop.
10. While submerged.
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05/06/2011 10:52:39 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
I usually only have one problem affecting my post processing:
1. I am controlling the mouse. |
This is the root of my processing problems also ........
Seriously though, I have noticed a similar issue when voting or even just reviewing my own entries. The photos can look totally different between my calibrated CRT that I use for processing (best), my wife's laptop (pretty good), and my work laptop (crappy). Makes me wonder what other people see when they view my entries. |
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05/06/2011 02:23:03 PM · #7 |
A few challenges ago I had a similar issue. I took my Coffee picture in the living room, where one whole wall is bright red, and in the morning the sun bounces off that wall and that was the normal light in that room at that time of the morning, so
Looked good to me. Of course it turns out that if you aren't expecting light that looks Pepto Bismol pink, it looks pretty horrible. Getting enough distance between what you saw, and what you want to present is sometimes tough to do.
Looks nothing like what I had in my viewfinder, but it is a more pleasing image, though it is not "true". |
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05/06/2011 06:21:12 PM · #8 |
Now I know what is going wrong with my 'Bank' entry. Everyone voting is having problems with ambient light. What a relief. I thought they must have just thought it was crap.
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