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Color Calibration - How's it look?

 
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May 14, 2011 15:21 |  #1

So I calibrated my display and am wondering how these look to you guys color/saturation wise?

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May 14, 2011 15:41 |  #2

The first and third image seem to be showing a green tint. Then again it could be my monitor.


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May 14, 2011 17:15 |  #3

Thanks Pierre,
Anyone else have any comments on this? Exposure, color, saturation etc.
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May 14, 2011 18:23 |  #4

I am also seeing a green tint on her face in 1 & 3 but that may have to do with the grass reflecting off of her face. Cute girl!!!! Exposure also seems a little bright...


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May 14, 2011 18:26 |  #5

On my Toshiba R705 they all look like they're a bit washed out and slightly overexposed. #3 is very washed out, especially the head and bottom of foot. They're screaming white on my monitor.
Saturation is decent in 2, but 1 and 3 get worse (in that order).
That's how it looks on my monitor.


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May 14, 2011 19:28 |  #6

These are super shots Andrew! Well framed and composed...good DOF.
The green is evident but it is reflected and where a very blurry grassy (?) area overlaps her hand in #3. I brought it into Photoshop and did a swatch test on other areas - nothing.
Grass will reflect when you are this close to it.
They are overexposed however as has been said....not by much.




  
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May 14, 2011 20:06 |  #7

Spike44 wrote in post #12410476 (external link)
These are super shots Andrew! Well framed and composed...good DOF.
The green is evident but it is reflected and where a very blurry grassy (?) area overlaps her hand in #3. I brought it into Photoshop and did a swatch test on other areas - nothing.
Grass will reflect when you are this close to it.
They are overexposed however as has been said....not by much.

+1 ^^^^

What did you use to calibrate your monitor? The color looks OK but they are a bit bright.


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May 15, 2011 06:15 |  #8

Titus213 wrote in post #12410608 (external link)
+1 ^^^^

What did you use to calibrate your monitor? The color looks OK but they are a bit bright.


I used Spyder 3 Elite, birthday present :-) Anyway I'm still fidling with my ambient light and exposure. These looked pretty good on the displays, there are some hot spots clearly though. I'll tweak a bit more and post my results.
Also, Titus 2:13, nice :-)


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May 15, 2011 06:17 |  #9

Spike44 wrote in post #12410476 (external link)
These are super shots Andrew! Well framed and composed...good DOF.
The green is evident but it is reflected and where a very blurry grassy (?) area overlaps her hand in #3. I brought it into Photoshop and did a swatch test on other areas - nothing.
Grass will reflect when you are this close to it.
They are overexposed however as has been said....not by much.

Thanks for the compliments. I will fiddle a bit more with the exposure in the hot areas. Now that I am looking for it I do clearly see the green tint on her face. I'll edit a bit more and post back.
Thanks for the input!


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May 15, 2011 10:44 |  #10

Ok dropped the green levels and tweaked exposure slightly on these. These look great on my screens. I am still seeing a bit of green, but I agree that this is reflection from the grass, I did drop the green saturation a bit to lessen the effect. Better?


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May 15, 2011 11:16 as a reply to  @ alasavio's post |  #11

Look darn good to me on my Dell HD monitor.


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May 15, 2011 11:48 |  #12

They look super to me. Just for comparison, here is my take on the changing the original compared to your edit. They are similar but it is getting down to subjective preferences - I think mine is a tad darker and I attacked the greens and yellows.
Regardless, looks like your monitor is tweaked to perfection. :)

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May 15, 2011 15:56 |  #13

Spike44 wrote in post #12413391 (external link)
They look super to me. Just for comparison, here is my take on the changing the original compared to your edit. They are similar but it is getting down to subjective preferences - I think mine is a tad darker and I attacked the greens and yellows.
Regardless, looks like your monitor is tweaked to perfection. :)

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Hey thanks, I like your edit, it's warmer than the original, more pinks and reds. I find that the 5dII raw files are a little on the cool side, I am constantly having to warm things up. Now I can just be annoyed with the grass on her face, haha. She's only two and a half so I was lucky enough to get here to pose like that for all of 20 seconds.

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May 16, 2011 06:42 |  #14

Those look pretty good to me, but you're on the verge of blowing out the highlights on her face, so I'd stay away from Av, even if she'll only pose like that for all of 20 seconds. ;)
I'd use this to be sure to keep the important highlights: Need an exposure crutch?


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May 16, 2011 07:04 |  #15

Agree with PhotosGuy re exposure, you're a little over on the exposure. Re color balance, it's difficult to judge the effect of monitor calibration because of variability in judgement of accurate color rendition. This particular scene is problematic since it has the problem with green reflection affecting color in subject's shadows. In that last side-by-side comparison the one on the right is a little on the magenta side and the one on the left is a little too green, so I'd pick somewhere just to the left of middle between the two.




  
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