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  1. 08-04-2010, 03:40 PM #1
    Dale Benham
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    Default Wisconsin morning loon

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    We sat in kayaks for hours loosely following a pair of loons.
    Canon XSi Sigma 200-500mm at 500mm f/6.5 1/500 ISO 640 hand held.
    I cropped just a bit from top and bottom and sharpened.

    Wow. This image I posted is NOT what it looks like on my computer...the BPN image has much lower color saturation. Can anyone help with this issue? I've posted before without this issue (but this is my first time running an image through Lightroom3 (I followed this with CS4 and saved the image there). My monitor is calibrated with Eye-One.

    I placed the image on a website and it looks just like the BPN image. :o
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    reset CS4 color management....this is what i meant to show the first time
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  2. 08-04-2010, 04:13 PM #2
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    The soft light, eye contact, angle and water colors make this one for me. I would tone down the whites and they seem to have a magenta cast. I might also run NR on the BG and wish the bird were a bit angled toward you.

    I compared the images, they look identical on my monitor. I use Firefox 3.6.8, which is color-managed.
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  3. 08-04-2010, 04:33 PM #3
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    Axel, thanks for you comments. My point was that on my monitor the image is very different but the image on BPN and on my website are the same (lower saturation) thus it must be something I am doing (I was just trying to offer some trouble shooting). I'll try the NR on the BG - the color is very different on my computer image and I don't think the whites have a magenta cast but I'll look more closely. Bird angle is not perfect I realize now...this image is 2 yrs old and I have learned lots from the BPN!
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  4. 08-04-2010, 04:37 PM #4
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    Dale, I misunderstood, I thought they look different on your website and BPN. You could try to reset PS to standard settings, there should be no big difference between PS and browser since your monitor is calibrated. Are you using a color-managed browser such as Firefox or Safari?
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  5. 08-04-2010, 05:06 PM #5
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    Now I am more confused....I just showed my wife the "improvement" between the two images on her computer (Windows 7 vs my iMac) and there is no difference in the two images (both look good). However with my browser on my iMac there is a tremendous difference.:confused:
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  6. 08-04-2010, 05:16 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dale Benham View Post
    Now I am more confused....I just showed my wife the "improvement" between the two images on her computer (Windows 7 vs my iMac) and there is no difference in the two images (both look good). However with my browser on my iMac there is a tremendous difference.:confused:
    Why don't you start a thread in the Digital Workflow forum. Maybe we can figure out what is going on. BTW, I just merged a few posts so that it does not get too confusing to others. I don't see a big difference between any of your images.
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    I am confused to and am having similar problems. In Pane #1 the image on the bottom looks great and the top image looks flat and dark.... It seems that some folks are seeing them as identical.... I am viewing in Google Chrome. My biggest problem is that images that look borderline over-saturated in Photoshop look flat in Breezebrowser, in e-mails, and here. Maybe my problem is with Photoshop....
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  8. 08-04-2010, 06:22 PM #8
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    They both look identical on my Safari browser.
    Very beautiful green water and you were able to capture the teal neck very well. Desaturating it a bit, as Axel suggests, sounds like a good idea.
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    Dale:

    Good advice from above. I see the two images as identical, Safari, NEC monitor.
    The color balance is off a bit, the eye is too pink.
    Unusual to see the green extend up under the chin, very soft light.

    Hope to see more. I am a bit partial to loons.

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  10. 08-04-2010, 08:43 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    I am confused to and am having similar problems. In Pane #1 the image on the bottom looks great and the top image looks flat and dark.... It seems that some folks are seeing them as identical.... I am viewing in Google Chrome. My biggest problem is that images that look borderline over-saturated in Photoshop look flat in Breezebrowser, in e-mails, and here. Maybe my problem is with Photoshop....
    I think Chrome is not color-managed, neither is Internet Explorer. Firefox and Safari are and the images above look identical in these browsers. If there is a big difference between PS and browser, it might be a monitor calibration issue.
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    I see a difference in Firefox but not in Safari on my iMac.
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    I'm on I.E. 8 and the bottom image is over saturated and the top one is more realistic.
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