color correction

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trickmilla at 01.19.09 - 10:24 am

I had to do something about the sexiest photo... 
It was a bit too magenta.
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if one is to dominantin a photo it mutes it's "compliment" making a photo that appears lower in contrast and with less overall punch. 
Of course all monitors are calibrated differently, so a color "correction" will never be perfect for a web environment.
 trickmilla
trickmilla01.19.09 - 10:32 am
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C'mon, LaHarr does have a noticeable tan.
Why make him appear as if hemocytic, garlic-resistant, vampire?!?!?!?
 bentstrider
bentstrider01.19.09 - 10:37 am
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I went a little too far perhaps ... my bad.
 trickmilla
trickmilla01.19.09 - 10:41 am
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it could be my monitor. i've tried calibrating it a few times now because when i've seen my photos on different computer, the color seems off...i might buy a color munki
that and i think when you upload a pic to MR, there's probably some compression going on...
here's the original that i took of him. 
flickr photo
now keep in mind that i was shooting all night in Jpeg and didn't make any adjustments in lightroom or photoshop.
 FMontanez1974
FMontanez197401.19.09 - 10:49 am
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@trickmilla
on my monitor, your color corrected photo looks greenish and laharr looks pretty pale.
i'm going to try and adjust my monitor again.
 FMontanez1974
FMontanez197401.19.09 - 10:55 am
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Tall Cans you nailed it!
At least on my machine.
I didn't spend enough time on it 
mine is a bit pasty. 
my bad. 
Also my monitor shouldn't be used as any kind of reference at all.
 trickmilla
trickmilla01.19.09 - 12:49 pm
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well are we gonna swap this pic out or what? Sheesh after all my 'hard' work
 tallcans4tallbikes
tallcans4tallbikes01.19.09 - 4:19 pm
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I like the original one better!  It makes him look creepier.  Which after all is true to life.
 User1
User101.19.09 - 4:29 pm
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Damn I wish I had a calibrated monitor... Lucky.
 Velocipede
Velocipede01.19.09 - 4:38 pm
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