Erring on the side of caution...

02/23/2004 08:25:23 PM · #1

...do you go light or dark on your shots. Lately, I have been getting reemed bc my shot is too dark & other times for being too overexposed. Not placing blame anywhere other than where it belongs (with myself if any were wondering). So, for this upcoming challenge I want to be super careful. I have changed my shot several times and am still unsure of what to do. Do people find that most others' monitors are on the lighter side or darker side?

Any feedback and/or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

02/23/2004 08:28:10 PM · #2

Is there a certain shot that is looking too dark or light? Post it so we can help.

02/23/2004 08:38:34 PM · #3

Faidoi, my man! I would post it but I want to submit it for the conflict challenge. Dunno what to do!!! I want to be cautious about the lighting, not making it too light or dark for the EVER differing monitors at DPC.

02/23/2004 08:40:49 PM · #4

Originally posted by Rooster:

I know what you mean. Looking at some of the discussion threads after the black challenge it makes me wonder too.

sfalice

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

02/23/2004 08:44:19 PM · #5

Rooster, in your "Blowing in the Wind" shot for Elements, you had good lights and darks all across the board on my monitor, even with the difficult brown grass you had to contend with.

02/23/2004 08:46:17 PM · #6

Hows the b&w bar on the bottom of the voting pictures looking for you? Total separation of each box?

02/23/2004 08:50:51 PM · #7

no. the the last three on the black side blend into each other. But here's the thing. I pm-ed a few folks that said my last shot was too dark (still in the textures challenge) & most of them hadn't calibrated their monitors. I'm guessing that this is true for most folks (would love to be proven wrong on this). So I'm wondering if people's monitors are on the darker or lighter side. Dilemma, dilemma!

02/23/2004 08:52:42 PM · #8

Originally posted by sfalice:

Rooster, in your "Blowing in the Wind" shot for Elements, you had good lights and darks all across the board on my monitor, even with the difficult brown grass you had to contend with.

Cool! I think that colour shots far well with the differences in monitor caliberation but that b&ws take a beating. The shot I want to enter is a b&w.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/23/2004 08:55:25 PM · #9

Originally posted by Rooster:

Originally posted by sfalice:
Rooster, in your "Blowing in the Wind" shot for Elements, you had good lights and darks all across the board on my monitor, even with the difficult brown grass you had to contend with.

Cool! I think that colour shots far well with the differences in monitor caliberation but that b&ws take a beating. The shot I want to enter is a b&w.

I've been doing a lot of b&w because my color shots have been getting a beating.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

02/23/2004 09:06:01 PM · #10

Originally posted by faidoi:

Hows the b&w bar on the bottom of the voting pictures looking for you? Total separation of each box?

I have repeatedly found that the last two or three boxes on the dark end are indistinguishable; whether two or three depends on room lighting. If you can easily see the difference in all the dark boxes, your monitor may be miscalibrated.

StevePax

Canon PowerShot S50

02/23/2004 09:17:05 PM · #11

To answer the question, I'd say most people's monitors are too dark.