Photograph display solution - DPChallenge Forums

03/29/2005 08:06:16 PM · #1

I think that before someone begins voting on a contest, their display should be checked first to ensure they are seing the photos properly.
I propose that each contest should have a password(s) that need to be read from a picture of proper contrast.

Ex:

You should be able to read a word in both the black and white sections, the words are the color of the blocks that are 1 over from black and white.
Now it may not have to be this drastic but I think that some check should be in order.

My 2 cents

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

03/30/2005 08:12:39 PM · #2

boop

Spitfire

Canon EOS-20D

03/30/2005 08:14:16 PM · #3

test1 elephant2 now where's my prize?

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

03/30/2005 08:15:00 PM · #4

shhh its a secret :)

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

03/30/2005 08:16:07 PM · #5

i can only read the word on the white.

edit: i found the word in the black now... but it's just a blob really.

Message edited by author 2005-03-30 20:17:33.

gwphoto

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

03/30/2005 08:28:21 PM · #6

How about having their monitor color calibrated too.

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

03/30/2005 08:44:38 PM · #7

I can only read the word on the black part...nothing in the white part :/

I'm using a laptop :/

BeingClever

03/30/2005 09:07:10 PM · #8

I can read them both, took me a second though. It's not my monitor it's my blind eyes!

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/30/2005 09:09:58 PM · #9

I can read them both.

kawesttex

Apple iPhone 11 Pro

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/30/2005 09:12:50 PM · #10

Thanks, I generally work off of the laptop also. My laptop shows both!

ReallyColorBlind

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

03/30/2005 09:20:51 PM · #11

I can only read the white . . . unless I look at my display from an angle. Then I can read the black. I can't read the black straight on no matter how I set my contrast or brightness.

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

03/30/2005 09:22:46 PM · #12

You must have an LCD, It is still possible to get it right on an LCD, I have tested it on both a LCD and CRT. LCDs change gamma from diffrent angles.

ReallyColorBlind

Canon EOS-70D

03/30/2005 09:26:33 PM · #13

Originally posted by RebAl:

You must have an LCD, It is still possible to get it right on an LCD, I have tested it on both a LCD and CRT. LCDs change gamma from diffrent angles.

Yeah, I have an LCD. I've run it through the Adobe Calibrator that comes with PS, and thought I had it set fairly well.

ReallyColorBlind

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

03/30/2005 09:38:51 PM · #14

Originally posted by ReallyColorBlind:

Originally posted by RebAl:
You must have an LCD, It is still possible to get it right on an LCD, I have tested it on both a LCD and CRT. LCDs change gamma from diffrent angles.

Yeah, I have an LCD. I've run it through the Adobe Calibrator that comes with PS, and thought I had it set fairly well.

Okay, I fixed it. I'm running an nvidia card and fiddled with the contrast and brightness in the monitor setting options. It's got a whole lot more control than the monitors adjustability. Thanks for the post RebAl.

goodtempo

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/30/2005 09:43:25 PM · #15

I just calibrated my Samsung Syncmaster 997DF monitor and I can't read the black but I can read the white.

edit: I used the Pantone Colorvision ColorPlus sensor and software to calibrate my monitor.

Message edited by author 2005-03-30 21:44:15.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

03/30/2005 10:05:19 PM · #16

Odd, well that grad bar is the same as the one on this site

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

03/30/2005 10:09:40 PM · #17

I see em both!

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

03/30/2005 10:44:20 PM · #18

Isn't it better to have people voting with less than perfect monitors than to exclude people from voting?

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/30/2005 10:51:53 PM · #19

The topic probably goes both ways. There are people like me with crappy monitors who miss stuff and get scored low by the people with great monitors and then there are the people with great monitors...actually, unless there's a TON of detail in the SUPER LOW shadow areas, I don't think many people are going to vote down. If that's the case, your photo probably won't do that well anyway...there has to be SOMETHING else there to look at.

As far as calibrating monitors, I see your point, but seriously, even everyone's eyes see everything differently. Maybe with brightness and contrast, but more importantly with color.

I calibrated mine a while ago with adobe whatever and it made my screen way too bright. The way I see it, when my screensaver comes on, my room should get dark -- the way it had it, the screen still illuminated the room quite a bit even with a dark screen up.

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

03/30/2005 11:21:46 PM · #20

Give this a try //www.easyrgb.com/calibrate.php

sofapez

Canon EOS-10D

04/03/2005 07:13:45 PM · #21

One of course one could set different profiles for different purposes, but I wonder how many people are not as PS proficient as some others. I received several comments on my image saying it was "washed out" and was probably scored down for it eventhough the image is actually well saturated with neither hot or cold areas. It was very frustrating at the time but realize that not everyone has the bucks to afford a good let alone great monitor. On this site the grey scale is located at the bottom of the image page, it only takes a second to see if its your monitor or the image.

Personally, I am not going to recalibrate my monitor, which is set to high end output at the lab and for press, to be perfect on this site. I just don't have the time to dink with it.

I just think in scoring a little latitude should be shown by those doing the scoring. IT IS NOT A PERFECT WORLD. And as was mentioned everyone sees color and contrast a bit differently

lyta

Canon EOS-40D

04/03/2005 07:38:21 PM · #22

yee haa I see both!

Beetle