Autumn colours

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Ace, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. Ace

    Ace Guest

    Yeah, I think that's a better colour job than H's, although I prefer
    his crop - somehow this later effort loses the scale of landscape a
    little.

    But although yours certainly has better definition, I actually think I
    prefer the depth of colour on mine. Dunno if it's the original or just
    your effects though.
     
    Ace, Oct 24, 2010
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  2. Ace

    Ace Guest

    Oh sure, and there was no intention to do so. Just found it
    interesting. And although I suspect Champ might have been trying to be
    clever with his SLR, I just set the Lumix on 'Scenery' and let it do
    its stuff.
    Yes, that's clear (no pun intended).
    Yeah, the lens on the lumix is _tiny_, with only 3* optical zoom, all
    internal to the camera body. It's the price we paid for having a
    shockproof waterproof one.

    But overall, I'm rather pleased that my full-suto snap at least bears
    comparison.
     
    Ace, Oct 24, 2010
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  3. Ace

    Krusty Guest

    And this is what my cheap(ish) Samsung managed. Click to enlarge.
    http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v360/MuddyStuff/?action=view&current=S
    AM_0034_copy.jpg
     
    Krusty, Oct 25, 2010
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  4. Ace

    Ace Guest

    Also good. Also looks a little over-exposed, but now I think about it
    I think I may have metered mine on the foreground, before moving up to
    the horizon, so in fact under-exposing it. Gives a little more sense
    of shades, but loses on the colour front.
     
    Ace, Oct 26, 2010
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  5. Ace

    Krusty Guest

    I wonder how much is down to the viewer's screen calibration. E.g.
    yours looks very under-exposed on my screen & appears to have a reddish
    tint. Mine looks perfectly exposed, which it would do as I tweaked the
    brightness to look right on my screen. Champ's looks a little bit over
    (especially the rock), & also looks the most post-processed, but I also
    think it looks the nicest.
    Other way round, surely? Or was there a bright bit in the foreground
    you've cropped?
     
    Krusty, Oct 26, 2010
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  6. Ace

    Ace Guest

    No, brainfart time.
     
    Ace, Oct 26, 2010
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  7. Ace

    Krusty Guest

    Yeah I used to calibrate mine when I did graphics for websites, but
    then I decided life's too short. I just use the 'Auto' button on the
    Samsung screens now, & the lappie's as it came out the box.
     
    Krusty, Oct 26, 2010
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    Jim Guest

    It makes sense to keep as much detail as possible throughout the production
    process and then do the compression/encoding in one step right at the end.
    Doing otherwise leads to problems.
     
    Jim, Oct 26, 2010
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    nicknoxx Guest

    We used regularly calibrated grade 1 monitors for colour work on 'Life'
    but producers, who should know better, would spent all day in a
    specially lit room with all the latest gear would still take a dvd home
    and say "It looks a bit dark on my tv at home" or similar. FFS.
     
    nicknoxx, Oct 26, 2010
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    ogden Guest

    And the audience for 'Life', remind me, would they be watching it on a
    calibrated grade 1 monitor in a specially lit room, or on a tv at home?
     
    ogden, Oct 26, 2010
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    Krusty Guest

    That's what I was wondering. If you look at the TVs that are on in a
    shop, the pictures vary wildly. So what is a 'calibrated grade 1
    monitor' actually calibrated to? An average of the factory default
    settings of the top n selling TVs over the previous n years, or some
    specific standard that the flat panel manufacturers probably don't take
    any notice of as all they care about is their TV looking the best in a
    shop display[1]? Or something else entirely?

    [1] I suspect it's this one.
     
    Krusty, Oct 26, 2010
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  12. Ace

    nicknoxx Guest

    As you say there's a huge variety in domestic monitors so there's a
    standard to which all decent post production houses adhere so that if
    you did have your domestic tv set up properly you'd be able to see all
    the detail in the whites and black with realistic colours.

    Unfortunately there is no flat panel available that will meet this
    standard, yet, as they can't do proper blacks.

    My tv has a mode called 'shop' or similar to make it look good on
    display in a bright room.
     
    nicknoxx, Oct 26, 2010
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  13. Ace

    Colin Irvine Guest

    Thread hijack - Nick, I've emailed you but the addy may be OOD.
     
    Colin Irvine, Oct 26, 2010
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  14. Ace

    ogden Guest

    Most people don't really care, so long as the content is good enough.

    For everything else, there's HD.
     
    ogden, Oct 26, 2010
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    nicknoxx Guest

    I've replied.
     
    nicknoxx, Oct 26, 2010
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    SIRPip Guest

    That's Carmichael's problem, then.
     
    SIRPip, Oct 26, 2010
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    Jim Guest

    RFC2298-over-NNTP - it'll never catch on.
     
    Jim, Oct 26, 2010
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    Colin Irvine Guest

    Gorrit. I'll be in touch.
     
    Colin Irvine, Oct 26, 2010
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  19. Ace

    nicknoxx Guest

    Really? I've never seen a Pluge generator on a graphics card and that's
    a basic starting point.
    Printers are a black art IME
     
    nicknoxx, Oct 26, 2010
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  20. Ace

    nicknoxx Guest

    You're probably right. My experience of graphics cards is pretty lean.
    The software of the one I'm using now doesn't have PLUGE but there's
    nothing to stop me downloading one if I GAF which I don't as I don't
    watch tv on my laptop.
     
    nicknoxx, Oct 27, 2010
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