2 Different sorts of colors?

[Bas]

Hi guys,

I've made a decent picture yesterday, but after some editting I get 2 totally different pics.

On my desktop the picture looks like it's having too much Saturation, while it looks nicer on my laptop.

Could somebody tell me how I could fix this?

It's about this pic:

http://www.bassius.nl/Pics/IMG_3867_resize.jpg

While i'm looking at it right now, on the desktop it looks too warm. On the laptop it looks WAY 'cooler'.

[In2Photos]

Monitors have different profiles. Each will look different. Even two of the same monitors could look different. This is why calibration is so important. Check out the RAW forum and search for calibration for more info. Then read this:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=296149

[Bas]

I've just been mocking around with the RGB Settings, i've loaded the AdobeRGB file for my monitor, but still the picture looks weird.

I've editted the picture again in photoshop, saved it as a AdobeRGB ICC profile, but still it looks weird. The sky is yellow-ish, and not as clear as it is on the laptop...

[Vinni]

The sky is far from yellow on my screen, though the building itself suffers from a yellow tint.

[tzalman]

I've just been mocking around with the RGB Settings, i've loaded the AdobeRGB file for my monitor, but still the picture looks weird.

I've editted the picture again in photoshop, saved it as a AdobeRGB ICC profile, but still it looks weird. The sky is yellow-ish, and not as clear as it is on the laptop...

Do not set AdobeRGB as your monitor profile. It has a gamut that is significantly wider than any monitor's, other than a few very expensive ones. In order of preference these are the things you can do.
1. Calibrate your monitors with hardware, cost from about $60 to several hundreds.
2. Calibrate (sort of) with free software like Abobe Gamma, Wiziwyg or QuickGamma.
3. Obtain a profile from the monitor manufacturer.
4. Set sRGB as your monitor profile (Windows default).

[Bill Boehme]

Other than implementing color management so that both of your monitor screens appear reasonably similar, this particular imageneeded some adjustments to the individual color gammas to get things back in whack. Here is what I did:

Used DPP to adjust the RGB gammas separately. By aligning the three curves at the far right hand end, you are reasonably assured that white will be white.
Used PS to adjust the overall luminance to bring out the details in the shadows.
Lost some quality when I saved it for the web.Hope that this is useful. How does it look on your two monitors? I believe that mine is fairly well calibrated, but I had to make some assumptions about color (like the sky is blue and the grass is green).

[Bas]

It could probably do with a bit more color I guess, it looks a bit desaturated on both computers..

[René Damkot]

Calibrate your monitor first..
I agree Bills version is too light, but colors are closer.

[DocFrankenstein]

It's up to your interpretation. It looks yellow just as it is supposed to because you shot it in the evening or morning.

I like the original on the calibrated monitor. It looks just a bit too yellow and the edit is way too washed out and low contrast. My monitor is calibrated.

[Bas]

It was shot at around 1800 CET (That's around dinner time) :p

[Bill Boehme]

You are right ... I did desaturate the colors somewhat ... perhaps a bit too much ... I did not want to overdo the color so I left it desaturated. Also, adjusting the luminance to lighten the dark areas gives the appearance of less saturation. I did another version last night where I added a bit more blue to the sky, but it may be on the verge of looking too "painted".