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10/22/2003 10:16:34 AM · #1 |
This is not to complain or start whining thread, but is it just me or are there a lot of very dark images in the "all alone" challenge. I just wanted to know because maybe it's my monitor going bad...
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10/22/2003 10:24:03 AM · #2 |
Alone can equate to sadness, sadness can equate to the colours blue and black.
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10/22/2003 10:30:05 AM · #3 |
| Does the greyscale bar below each pic look ok? |
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10/22/2003 05:28:12 PM · #4 |
The "alone", "light", and "shadow", are and will be very dark that's why pictures with vibrant colors do well like :
Message edited by author 2003-10-22 17:31:16.
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10/22/2003 10:53:27 PM · #5 |
Unfortunately, not sure what the hell happened, mine ended up brighter than the original and the colors off, and the score is showing it. I have never had the problem before, May have to reload PSE II or see if there is an update. Because, I am pretty meticulous about it. Damn
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10/22/2003 11:04:12 PM · #6 |
I don't know why people here have a problem with dark pictures.
There are bright pictures that fit well some themes, and some subjects are better depicted low key. I don't see what's wrong with that. |
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10/22/2003 11:23:44 PM · #7 |
There is dark, and then there is DARK. If the photo is so dark that you can't make out what the subject is supposed to be, it's too dark.
There are photos like this in the Alone challenge. But there are also some excellent dark photos as well. Just gotta get the balance between mood and detail right, I suppose.
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10/22/2003 11:31:45 PM · #8 |
Timmi
I know you were not complaining but I just wanted to say that I really like the dark images if they are done right.
They are just as hard if not harder to pull off than the more brighter/vibrant photos. Getting the lighting just right can take a lot of work somtimes.
Just wanted to speak on dark images as long as it was brought up.
:)
Calvus
Originally posted by timmi:
This is not to complain or start whining thread, but is it just me or are there a lot of very dark images in the "all alone" challenge. I just wanted to know because maybe it's my monitor going bad... |
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10/22/2003 11:34:28 PM · #9 |
Dark seems to be a problem as people's monitors are calibrated differently.
One of my early challenge shots looked supberb, to me, and although it would not have been a winner I was very disappointed with how badly it did.
I then discovered that there was a "dark problem". When I looked at it on different monitors at work I saw three different pictures:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=40804
1) Exactly as I intended it to be, which matched what I saw on my monitor. Excellent, I'll have an 11 thank you very much (hey, leave off, it's my photo ;)
2) Far too dark, you can't even make out there are faces there. Crappy out of focus shot, give it a 1.
3) Too light and the nice black faces look brown. Average shot, nothing special, give it a 5.
I felt some relief when I realised what was happening as initially I was very disappointed indeed.
It seems to be the curse of online photo publishing :(
I have since become rather wary of dark shots when I do them, but at least I learned something important. |
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10/23/2003 09:18:48 AM · #10 |
Christo and others, let me repeat again. I didn't post this to complain about the quality of the images. I only wanted to know if others see many dark images or if my monitor indeed needs fixing (which it porbably does). It has nothing to do with mood or quality.
Why people here are always ready to kill the messenger? I didn't say anything negative. I asked a question. Thank you to anyone who understood what I was asking about and replied to let me know.
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10/23/2003 09:23:23 AM · #11 |
Timmi
I' am sorry I should have mentioned I did not submit or vote in this challenge. I did go through them real quick and most of what I seen looked fine. I will take a closer look at the images later when I have more time. Sorry for any confusion.
Can you give us an idea of some of the photos that you are having trouble with seeing? If you do not want to post them send a PM to me.
Calvus
Originally posted by timmi:
Christo and others, let me repeat again. I didn't post this to complain about the quality of the images. I only wanted to know if others see many dark images or if my monitor indeed needs fixing (which it porbably does). It has nothing to do with mood or quality.
Why people here are always ready to kill the messenger? I didn't say anything negative. I asked a question. Thank you to anyone who understood what I was asking about and replied to let me know. |
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10/23/2003 09:32:03 AM · #12 |
| Hi Timmi. My photo is very low key. I didn't stop to think what it would look like on other people's monitors. Oops. If you are looking at them and they seem to be too dark, maybe you could leave a comment for the photographer. It is always helpful to know what other people are seeing. I assure you, I would not take it as a negative comment. |
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10/23/2003 10:42:36 AM · #13 |
| I also noticed that some pictures were just too dark for me to even tell what they were about. Some that were way dark were obviously done that way on purpose and were perfect the way they were. I see the grey scale below the pictures, but can find nothing on the site that explains what it is for. I assume it is to aid in setting your monitor brightness/contrast for best picture viewing, but I don't know how to use it. Can anyone help? |
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10/23/2003 12:10:40 PM · #14 |
You should be able to see each different tone of the greyscale.
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10/23/2003 12:23:40 PM · #15 |
| Just to go with the opposite, my urban landscapes image got hammered for being too light. The computer I did the color correcting on showed the image to be much darker. I thought it looked fine. Then when I saw it on other computers it was really blown out. So it can go both ways. I have since turned up the brightness on my monitor and that helped with how my images look on other monitors. |
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10/23/2003 12:57:37 PM · #16 |
My entry is definitely a dark shot (a little darker than I intended, but I ran out of time to improve it). But both at home and at work, I can definitely make out the detail in the dark area. Timmi, if you remember after the challenge is done, check it out and see if it's one of the ones you had a problem with. If it is, then maybe it is a problem with your monitor.
I am getting the good comments/mediocre score routine, so maybe it is one that people are having trouble seeing. But it was a rushed shot with some definite flaws, so I don't have any complaints.
As far as calibrating your monitor, do a search for "calibrate" or "calibration" in the forums and you should find several links and techniques for it. |
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10/23/2003 05:40:05 PM · #17 |
It's strange as it started only happening recently. I have my monitor calibrated through Adobe Gamma for working purpose. I do graphics for living, so it's important to me to see things accurately.
I noticed lately, that my son plays lots of different games and he always switches the resolution of my monitor. Some games do it automatically. Sometimes if I don't restart after he's finished, the monitor shows weird colours.
I think I will have to recalibrate and ban my son from the vicinity of cyberland :-)
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