GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

weka2000 wrote in post #13690391
TODO tommorow: calibrate laptop screen.

How can you calibrate a laptop screen? Unless you use it at exactly the same angle and sit in front of it at exactly the same place, every time, then there is always going to be variation isn't there? Or have I missed something.

joeseph wrote in post #13696624
visit to optician, subject, lighting, composition, processing, photographer, equipment. (in that order I'd say)

corrected.

tag141 wrote in post #13697006
How can you calibrate a laptop screen? Unless you use it at exactly the same angle and sit in front of it at exactly the same place, every time, then there is always going to be variation isn't there? Or have I missed something.

corrected.

Well .. yes and no!
It certainly can't harm can it!
On my Sony laptop, the screen calibrates pretty well, and the colours/brightness seem to be pretty stable and consistent even if you look at it from different angles.

I always sit on my bed with laptop ...... in my robe
Any more check about my eye sight and you will get weka blue robe pics for weeks then you can get your eyes checked

Ok been playing and thinking ...... and goodness knows we need some sunshine in Auckand anyway .....

Reverse grads ...... here is my attemp doing in photoshop. Often horizon during sunset way to bright normal grad filter only darkens top, reverse grad does opposite center outward.

Yes histogram checked before posting and during PP

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weka2000 wrote in post #13700247
Ok been playing and thinking ...... and goodness knows we need some sunshine in Auckand anyway .....

Reverse grads ...... here is my attemp doing in photoshop. Often horizon during sunset way to bright normal grad filter only darkens top, reverse grad does opposite center outward.

Yes histogram checked before posting and during PP

I like that much better than the other, nice and warm, would strongly consider hanging it in my lounge.

Surprised to see others who like me, believe the photo should as far as possible be made in the camera. Recently took a 16 yr old schoolgirl under my wing and she was most unaccepting of that theory (it can be fixed in photoshop, she used toycamera). Wasn't even prepared to learn the very basics of the relationship between aperture and DOF, wanted to just leave the cam on auto, I could not get her into raw at all, take pics and play on the computer. Most of her work looked like faded old polaroids. While teaching her was a struggle, I did feel she was wasting the potential of a nice brand new Nikon dslr

I always try and get it as right in camera for proper processing later!

Tony that looks great! I have a reverse nd grad its 0.6 (2 stops) normaly need a stronger one but you can use a normal grad upside down half way down the frame (on the horizon) and two upside down together too..

I like that Tony

Nice Tony, if anything I'd say lighten up the bank on top left and the sea on the right. Otherwise I really like it.

Taken in 2008 .... RAW never goes off and PP acan only get better

Oh got 10 stop filter today ...........

Rob 3 stop be better?

weka2000 wrote in post #13701931
Oh got 10 stop filter today ...........

did it get out of the packet?

joeseph wrote in post #13701992
did it get out of the packet?

Tommorow ...... was ready to test and it started to rain again

weka2000 wrote in post #13701931
Rob 3 stop be better?

In the situations I've tried to use one yes.

weka2000 wrote in post #13702017
Tommorow ...... was ready to test and it started to rain again

Hopefully should be able to do something tomorrow as well.

Wifiee went out and bought the lights etc for the alterations and I've had to spend most of the day altering the wiring to suit the new switching and control layout required. Grrrrrr. No easy when the ceiling is in!

weka2000 wrote in post #13700247
Ok been playing and thinking ...... and goodness knows we need some sunshine in Auckand anyway .....

Reverse grads ...... here is my attemp doing in photoshop. Often horizon during sunset way to bright normal grad filter only darkens top, reverse grad does opposite center outward.

Yes histogram checked before posting and during PP

Nice work. Almost makes me feel like it's summer.