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03/05/2005 05:54:04 PM · #1
I wandered up to the Thai takeway this evening and took the cam with me (forgot my 580EX and my glasses). Took a bunch of pics of St Andrews, I think this is one of the best but took it in portrait mode and felt it looks better in landcape. Did a bit of a crop then built up the left side by increasing the canvas - can you see the join? it looks fine on my monitor.



Thanks in advance
03/05/2005 05:55:56 PM · #2
Oh yes, I can see the join clearly. There's a strong difference. Use the dropper tool to get the same colour or light values.
03/05/2005 05:59:22 PM · #3
Andi, yes I can see the area you added clearly. You need to adjust your monitor to see the difference between the dark tones!

I don't think what you're trying will work anyway, even if you adjust using the dropper. There are light clouds visible in the sky, and even if you were to match the variable sky, there's the trees at the bottom left that would suddenly "end". Of course, using the clone tool, you can get around all of this. But you will need to be able to see what you're doing!

Regards--Neil
03/05/2005 06:00:07 PM · #4
try to increese brightness on your monitor then youll see it, there is a wide black line on the right, a slightly thinner one on the top and the one on the left is about double the width of the right one, not a very good job ;) here are the lines..
03/05/2005 06:01:13 PM · #5
It's incredibly clear where the line is.

Can you see all the squares on this bar?



-Terry
03/05/2005 06:09:33 PM · #6
Ah, thanks Terry, I have 7 black bars there - will go play. And thanks for the quick responses peeps, at least the take-a-way was nice lol


03/05/2005 06:15:38 PM · #7
I had a quick go at this one so it's very rough. Selected the area to the left of the actual photo and duplicated it. Then flipped it to create a background that had a smooth flow - cloning would have been much harder work here. Perhaps you can play around with something like that because a plain colour background isn't going to work.

03/05/2005 06:18:15 PM · #8
Do you even see the bushes on your monitor? I am thinking you probably don't if you can't see the black lines. I always use 2 monitors when I work on pictures Both LCD and CRT - CRT is good for seeing what the print will look like but my LCD sees the smallest of flaws! If you need some work done on it I would be happy to throw it on my Photoshop and give it a quick over if I know what the final pic is you are looking for!
ebertdj@hotmail.com
03/05/2005 06:31:17 PM · #9
David, thanks for your offer. Have just been playing with the monitor and can now see all of the individual squares in the chart, only problem is everything looks c**p. hehe, just clicked on my image to check things out and clicked on your edit gina, was confused for a while as the black bg had gone lol - thanks for the spooky edit :)
03/05/2005 06:36:23 PM · #10
Andi,
You may want to go through this procedure for setting up your monitor. Short of hardware calibration tools, I've found it to give the best results of the softare-based techniques I've used.
03/05/2005 06:43:08 PM · #11
Here is a very very quick rework - using only the clone tool - I lost the border but ... anyway - you get the look

If someone could tell me how to post a pic right on the Thread that would be great!

ebertdj@hotmail.com
03/05/2005 07:35:33 PM · #12
Thanks ebertdj :) to get an image from dpc in a thread go to the picture and copy the thread_id from the address bar (just the number), just above where you type the thread there is a small image , click on that and past the image id - voila!

Now, this one looks ok on my monitor (no added borders) and the sky should be black not a dull grey.

03/05/2005 07:40:42 PM · #13
03/05/2005 09:44:32 PM · #14
.. and another view from a little further away


03/05/2005 09:56:36 PM · #15
It looks (might be the perspective) like it is leaning a bit to the right.

03/05/2005 11:56:15 PM · #16
I did a bit of an edit as well. Hope you don't mind...


03/06/2005 03:34:20 AM · #17
I would also like to point out this thread and image as a very good example of why regular monitor calibration is really, really important. :)

I like your last edit Ecce, and I do agree there's a touch or perspective distortion.

Clara
03/06/2005 09:21:40 AM · #18
Originally posted by blemt:

I would also like to point out this thread and image as a very good example of why regular monitor calibration is really, really important. :)

I like your last edit Ecce, and I do agree there's a touch or perspective distortion.

Clara


hehe, I knew it would be good for something lol.

and thanks for taking the time to do an edit for me Stephanie
03/06/2005 09:41:58 AM · #19
just as an aside (or FYI), if anyone is looking at purchasing an LCD monitor, the "contrast ratio" is the spec that we're talking about here. it is an indicator of the "spread" that you will see (typically in your grey tones). for this reason, the higher the contrast ratio, the more variation you will be able to see. i recommend LCDs with at least a 500:1 contrast ratio. 400 might be acceptable, but wouldn't go any lower than that.
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