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01/07/2005 01:29:34 PM · #1 |
What do you guys think about this pic I took? Would you consider it just a snapshot?
bridge
Message edited by author 2005-01-07 13:30:34. |
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01/07/2005 01:51:12 PM · #2 |
My initial reaction to this wasn't very favorable. Little to hold my interest. The sky looks vintage Pacific Northwest ... or at least vintage high humidity sea level above 40 degrees latitude ... which is to say kind of blown out. Contrast is very stark. Little in really sharp focus. JPG artifacts especially noticable on the cross-brace memebers.
Then I copied it into photoshop and wow! what a difference. On the same monitor side by side, without any post processing changes, it was better in many respects. Better contrast. Better detail. No jpg artifacts. Better focus. So what's going on?
I think you may have an issue with color space. Internet Explorer is trying to figure out your Gray 20% Dot Gain color space and messing up the photo. Suggest you covert to sRGB, desaturate if necessary, and look again through your browser. This won't change comp issues or the intrinsic interest of the subject, but it might show off the photo to its best advantage.
Sorry if this seems negative, but there really is something weird going on with IE.
Message edited by author 2005-01-07 13:52:48. |
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01/07/2005 02:01:10 PM · #3 |
| Well thanks for the info first. I'll try what you said and see if it comes out any better. I'm not sure whats going on with it though... |
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01/07/2005 02:07:41 PM · #4 |
am I having the same problem with this one?
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01/07/2005 02:16:15 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by nidan:
am I having the same problem with this one?
Forest Grove |
No, you do not have the same issues with this one. And if you look at the color profile in Photoshop, you will see it has an sRGB color profile already. I am more convinced the original issue is color space related. |
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01/07/2005 03:38:06 PM · #6 |
Nidan,
Here's a duotone version, in the sRGB colorspace, with some curves adjustment and some sharpening.
Here's the original, for comparison:
Note that when viewed in photoshop the original looks much sharper. There is definitely a problem with rendering that to the web. Here's the original, which is in Adobe's 1998 RGB space, converted to sRGB with no other adjustments:
The differences are less than I had expected. It may be that the real problem is the heavy compression of the original, not the colorspace. Open all 3 and compare...
Robt.
Message edited by author 2005-01-07 16:20:45.
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01/07/2005 03:42:52 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Nidan,
Here's a duotone version, in the sRGB colorspace, with some curves adjustment and some sharpening.
Robt. |
I like the original shot better. This one just seems to 'processed' for my tastes. I also don't believe that I am experiecing a browser problem as I have seen few differences between opening images up in Mozilla Firefox or Photoshop Elements or The Gimp. |
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01/07/2005 04:04:57 PM · #8 |
I liked this one. I didn't feel it has a snapshot feel, but it does suffer from being oof. I think it is also too contrasted and thus looses some details.
I liked Bear_music's version. It brightened up the darks a bit and added the missing details. I also liked the industrial feel that the blues gave it.
I think you should try some shadow/highlight adjustment and some USM to your picture and it will look better.
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01/07/2005 04:22:16 PM · #9 |
Added 2 more out-takes to my first post: the original, an sRGB of the original, and the duotone is still there.
Robt.
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