Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only thing you can do is to make sure that your own monitor is calibrated and that you convert the images to sRGB when posting them. Because we have several computers at home, I get to see my images on several screens (and also at work, of course) and in different browsers. There are differences for sure, but by and large they seem OK on most computers, which is the most one can hope for on the web. It is also important to make sure you do not use a site that performs additional color manipulation when you upload the pictures (like PBase seems to do). Nathan David Rodgers wrote: > I viewed a series of bw images over the weekend that someone on the LUG > had posted and I was quite impressed. I was so impressed, in fact, that > I went back to look at them again today. > > Over the weekend I'd viewed them on my Lacie CRT. The images had deep > blacks and fine tonality. They had depth and they looked alive. This > morning when I went back I saw them on my LCD monitor. They just didn't > look the same. > > I knew it wasn't the images, but my system configuration. I tried to > tweak my LCD (which is a relatively high end model) but I couldn't get > the same look. > > It reminded me of just how much variation there is regarding hardware, > and what an impact that can have on how images look on-line. I used to > think color was critical, but now I think calibration is even more > important for bw images. > > It had me again thinking about how much of on-line presentation is out > of the control of the presenter. Yet presentation is so important. With > prints the presenter has more control of the environment. Anyone have > any tips/recommendations/discussing points for preparing bw images for > the web. > > I guess in a perfect world every monitor everywhere would be properly > calibrated with ideal ambient light. :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog