I tried to "do a Carter"...
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3 days in the Peak District over Christmas with the girlfriend. Lovely, it was. Even went for a little walk (gratuitous shot of me at bottom 
) - unfortunately Gina got the throw up bug that was going around and our lovely little break of two nights spent over half with Gina very unwell. Boooo 
Such a shame but never mind - it was lovely fun! The weather was appauling for light and when I did get a couple of hours to myself (Gina went to sleep in afternoon) it absolutely chucked it down and the pictures I took were dull as dull things.
So, doing my best to learn some new PS techniques (mainly in blending) here are a couple of my Carter-esque efforts;
and, gratuitious "Tony really enjoying himself" shot;
oh, and also, I tried to have a play with HDR but failed miserably. Need more practice!!
(this is not a very good attempt)
) - unfortunately Gina got the throw up bug that was going around and our lovely little break of two nights spent over half with Gina very unwell. Boooo Such a shame but never mind - it was lovely fun! The weather was appauling for light and when I did get a couple of hours to myself (Gina went to sleep in afternoon) it absolutely chucked it down and the pictures I took were dull as dull things.So, doing my best to learn some new PS techniques (mainly in blending) here are a couple of my Carter-esque efforts;
and, gratuitious "Tony really enjoying himself" shot;
oh, and also, I tried to have a play with HDR but failed miserably. Need more practice!!
(this is not a very good attempt)
Edited by TonyHetherington on Thursday 3rd January 20:23
I'm certainly not immune to early mornings (see here; http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... ) but on a romantic weekend break, the girlfriend didn't think it was the best idea
V6GTO said:
They all look a tad dark to me...
Martin.
Oh no, we are in agreement again (hence my comment about the light). What's the world coming to? Also seems the camera metered for the sky and lost the foreground. Graduated ND filter and better time of day?Martin.
p.s. mwahaha me going on like I have a clue
Edited by DanH on Thursday 3rd January 23:09
Right this is getting annoying; they look dark to me too here on my monitor at work.
The shots are two and three shots; exposed for sky and foreground and middle ground, and then blended in Photoshop.
The HDR one and the "me" one are just messing - nowt special about them, but the top two I quite liked.
Ok first step, calibrating my monitor at home as their darkness that I see here at work ruins the vibrance that I see on my big 22" LG monitor at home (and hence why I like them!) - which I guess is what you guys are seeing, hence you saying it's dark. Either that or my eyes need brightening up
The shots are two and three shots; exposed for sky and foreground and middle ground, and then blended in Photoshop.
The HDR one and the "me" one are just messing - nowt special about them, but the top two I quite liked.
Ok first step, calibrating my monitor at home as their darkness that I see here at work ruins the vibrance that I see on my big 22" LG monitor at home (and hence why I like them!) - which I guess is what you guys are seeing, hence you saying it's dark. Either that or my eyes need brightening up
TonyHetherington said:
Right this is getting annoying; they look dark to me too here on my monitor at work.
The shots are two and three shots; exposed for sky and foreground and middle ground, and then blended in Photoshop.
The HDR one and the "me" one are just messing - nowt special about them, but the top two I quite liked.
Ok first step, calibrating my monitor at home as their darkness that I see here at work ruins the vibrance that I see on my big 22" LG monitor at home (and hence why I like them!) - which I guess is what you guys are seeing, hence you saying it's dark. Either that or my eyes need brightening up
Are you saying your home monitor is calibrated? Also do the jpegs you are posting look ok at home, or are you looking at them in photoshop etc? Just wondering if you are having a colorspace/reproduction issue.The shots are two and three shots; exposed for sky and foreground and middle ground, and then blended in Photoshop.
The HDR one and the "me" one are just messing - nowt special about them, but the top two I quite liked.
Ok first step, calibrating my monitor at home as their darkness that I see here at work ruins the vibrance that I see on my big 22" LG monitor at home (and hence why I like them!) - which I guess is what you guys are seeing, hence you saying it's dark. Either that or my eyes need brightening up
I recently had similar on my non calibrated monitor at home due to vista downloading a profile for my monitor that was wrong.
Nope, my monitor at home is NOT calibrated, but the shots look a lot more vibrant and colourful when I view them at home compared to here at work.
My monitor at home is a nice monitor; 22" LG 16m colour jobby, at work just a 17" HP 4:3 thingy. Which I assume, the "at work" version is how you guys see them as here on my screen they look dark and lack life.
My monitor at home is a nice monitor; 22" LG 16m colour jobby, at work just a 17" HP 4:3 thingy. Which I assume, the "at work" version is how you guys see them as here on my screen they look dark and lack life.
TonyHetherington said:
Nope, my monitor at home is NOT calibrated, but the shots look a lot more vibrant and colourful when I view them at home compared to here at work.
My monitor at home is a nice monitor; 22" LG 16m colour jobby, at work just a 17" HP 4:3 thingy. Which I assume, the "at work" version is how you guys see them as here on my screen they look dark and lack life.
Yep sounds likely. I haven't got access to a calibrated screen, but I've seen your pics on 3 different LCD monitors now and they look way dark on all of them. Especially the shaded hill in the first shot (which is why I commented on the time of day!).My monitor at home is a nice monitor; 22" LG 16m colour jobby, at work just a 17" HP 4:3 thingy. Which I assume, the "at work" version is how you guys see them as here on my screen they look dark and lack life.
TonyHetherington said:
Calibrator things are scarey money 
Dam, now if my monitor becomes calibrated it means the past 6 months of shots will look rubbish. Ah well, we live and learn
Not that scary really - you can get a basic one for £50 or so.Dam, now if my monitor becomes calibrated it means the past 6 months of shots will look rubbish. Ah well, we live and learn
And look at it this way - at the moment all your shots might look rubbish to everyone else in the world except you - at least with a profiled monitor, you'll see the same thing as everyone else and can correct them
ehasler said:
TonyHetherington said:
Nope, my monitor at home is NOT calibrated,
Definitely calibrate and profile your monitor, as it could be way out and it's like trying to hit a moving target without an accurate baseline to work with.
Next stop... here
http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/PANT054?cidp=Fr...
Huey looks good as it apparently supports vista 64.
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