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05/11/2004 08:37:35 AM · #1 |
I seem to get a lot of comments that my photos seem dark. I did a little adjustment on my monitor and wanted to see what everyone else sees. The following photos look fine on my screen.... how do they look on yours?
Thanks!
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05/11/2004 08:40:08 AM · #2 |
not at all. great shots, too btw.
the second one seems a bit dimmer.. taken in shadow? ... but they don't look dark as a whole to me. |
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05/11/2004 08:48:59 AM · #3 |
They look fine to me also. Very nice shots.
Deannda
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05/11/2004 08:49:16 AM · #4 |
| I have noticed that a lot of people adjust theyr monitors too dark. If you think a shot is too dark then adjust your monitor after the bar under every picture when you are giving votes. If every one do that than every one will have theire monitors adjusted the same way :) |
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05/11/2004 09:08:09 AM · #5 |
Thanks for the responses. Hopefully this will be the end of my "photo seems dark" comments.
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05/11/2004 09:11:24 AM · #6 |
I think you would still get those comments on #3 and possible #2, but only because of the changing shadow and definetly not on #1...
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05/11/2004 09:43:55 AM · #7 |
i work at home on a dell 1901FP with a 600:1 contrast ratio. my rusted photo seemed fine at home, but when i got to work (a 19" Trinitron CRT) the photo looked significantly darker and alot of the detail was lost.
colors seem to be fairly consistant between the two (that was the first thing i checked) but the shadows are quite a bit different
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05/11/2004 10:16:50 AM · #8 |
if a pic contains a wide range of tones, ie from very light to very dark, then some parts may seem dark. this is only a problem if the 'important parts' are the parts that are in darkness.
all of your shots above seem to be properly exposed, but i noticed that, particularly on the second one, the important part (the woman) is in the shadows. so in comparison to the bright part, she does seem dark.
localised contrast adjustment, ie dodge and burn, or curves, can be a great help in this kind of situation to even out the contrast, so that the levels as a whole can be raised without losing any detail.
hope this helps.
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05/11/2004 10:21:38 AM · #9 |
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05/11/2004 11:55:42 AM · #10 |
They look fine to me :) Great shots btw!
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