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A trip up to the Brisbane bayside suburb of Manly last weekend provided some interesting opportunities. For much of it I was shooting into the strong morning sun.

I'm not sure about the b&w photos. On my laptop at home they look fine but at work on the CRT they look quite dark. Neither monitor is calibrated. CC away.

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Sigma 70-300DG, 1/1600 @ f10

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Nikkor 18-70, 1/4000 @f4.5

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Sigma 70-300DG, 1/25 @ f10

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Nikkor 18-70, 1/40 @ f18

Jonas, All nice shots and is hard at times when the sun is not working with you. The laptop bit is same with mine as i looked at the pics i took at Car racing well any really on the laptop and they look bloody great, put on the computer at home with CRT and the pics are dark so laptop is very decieving.

I intend not to do any PP work much on the lap top for this reason and have found that my CRT monitor not been calibrated or anything is very true to scale as what i see on here i see the same on my prints. If i was to send a file in for print from the laptop it would have been dark as hell and i wonder if this is where the calibration comes into play, maybe some one will tell us.
Cheers
John

hi jonas, that last image is terrific, nice colour and scene.

regards,
owen

Thanks BBJ and Owen.

I suppose the issue of monitor calibration is one of the downers of digital photography. Just as many people see my pics online/onscreen as they do in prints, but the results of the two mediums vary widely.

I agree any PP done on an LCD never looks as vibrant or bright on the prints. It's all guess work I suppose.

My pic is the first one. The sun sparkling off the water always looks great in B/W.

Every magazine/company's production department I submitt to all use CRT's. I could not tell you the specific reason for this, though there is something maybe about the contrast and brightness lattitude of a LCD? Like I said, I can't remember exactly why but using them for PP is a plain and simple no no. Having people that critique your work from a LCD (even one that has been calibrated with the most expensive gear you can find) to a CRT can also result in very varied results. Laptops are the worst as the slightest angle change on the screen results in some major differences

Brad

Thanks Brad, i agree with you as i do a lot of printing and after seeing the differance from the laptop to the crt here at home i would not use it to do any PP work and send to printers from the Laptop.

I had thought about a lcd for home but i do like my 19inch AOC and i know when i adjust things here and get them printed it is spot on or that close to it i cant tell the diff. I dont do my own printing but all done at lab and the pics are micky mouse.

Cheers
John
BBJ