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03/26/2005 10:00:57 PM · #1 |
| I've noticed that I get many comments that my photos are too dark. I have my monitor set so I can see every bar on the contrast scale on the bottom of the photos. I'm begining to think that photographs that are on the lighter side have more of a chance of winning, anyone else notice this? |
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03/26/2005 10:05:32 PM · #2 |
Yup there are a lot of burned out uncalibrated monitors around here...but still the one that gets me is the peeps who can't tell the difference between out-of-focus and difused glow...go figure.
Sharp bright photos will get you everywhere around here.
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03/26/2005 10:07:15 PM · #3 |
hahaha too funny! I agree about the soft focus and god forbid if you do anything else creative!
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03/26/2005 10:16:06 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by RebAl:
I've noticed that I get many comments that my photos are too dark. I have my monitor set so I can see every bar on the contrast scale on the bottom of the photos. I'm begining to think that photographs that are on the lighter side have more of a chance of winning, anyone else notice this? |
yeah, it's been noticed a few times. ;)
A couple of previous threads: here and here.
David
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03/26/2005 10:19:35 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by RebAl:
I've noticed that I get many comments that my photos are too dark. I have my monitor set so I can see every bar on the contrast scale on the bottom of the photos. I'm begining to think that photographs that are on the lighter side have more of a chance of winning, anyone else notice this? |
I'm inclined to underexpose myself. I like 'em darker than pancakes and daffodils.
When I look at your entries though, it looks like you have a deliberate exposure on most of the image (thinking of 'None of the Above'), but the pencil lacks sufficient light to 'pop'. The facing side of the banana also is a little too dark to be 'there' as much as it could be. Another image looses light progressively, left to right...
I think it's good and necessary you go with your sense of light. But watch the tones, the shadows, detail., contrast. Get a sensitive blend, a 'feeling' without sacrificing anything critical to it.
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