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BrianC inAZ wrote:
She asked for feedback and you critique my suggestions as though I insulted your mother.
I disagree with your opinion about the images.
The child is cut, yes, the images are not exquisite though. The full body images could use a little more reflected light for balance. Shooting a full body shot with the bottom 3rd not lit is not exquisite, it is amateurish.
As far as calibrated screen, who said anything about whether or not anyone's screen is calibrated? How does that affect the issues of lack of light? It does not.
Too many people don't light properly, then they try to make it up in post. That is good software skill set, not good photography skills....Show more →
Brian - Yes, whether your screen is calibrated or not, and specifically how it was calibrated and to what target points, along with your ambient viewing conditions actually does make a difference - sometimes a little and other times a lot. It sounds to me like your screen isn't calibrated or you wouldn't be making the argument you're making, and it shows a basic lack of understanding of how calibration, viewing conditions, crushed blacks, etc., can profoundly affect your perception, and in this case, the ability to see into the shadows. If you're not able to see the girl's ear or feet, then your screen is crushing the blacks, plain and simple.
Even if you have calibrated your screen, you still need to do a few basic tests in order to make sure your screen can show you everything that is on the file. One of the most basic things to do is construct a neutral step wedge in Photoshop that goes from 0,0,0, to 255,255,255 and to it in approximately 5% increments but tighten that up at either end, from 0,0,0 to 10,10,10 and from 250,250,250 to 255,255,255 bring the increments down to two units per step. A great monitor and calibration will show you separation all the way down to zero to 2 range in the shadows and in the 253 to 255 range in the highlights. A step wedge like that will tell you immediately if your screen is crushing out black detail that is actually on the file, which seems likely in your case, based on your own claimed observations.
So let's hear about your screen, your calibration, what hardware and software and what your ambient viewing conditions are like. You're missing the exquisiteness of Dawn's images because you're looking at a crappy screen. Not any different than a sound engineer trying to mix on speakers that don't reproduce the full audio spectrum. The analogy here for you would be you listening to a great mix done in a great studio and then played back on a cheap boombox that can't play back anything below a hundred hertz and you complain that there's no bass in the mix.
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