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Postby DionM on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:10 pm

Originally went looking for turtles, captured this instead.

I think it would have been better without the footprints on the lower part of the beach (they're my size 15s :oops: ).

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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:28 pm

Hi Dion

It looks like your link is broken.
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Postby DionM on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:30 pm

cricketfan wrote:Hi Dion

It looks like your link is broken.


Fixed - thanks for that (rejigging my albums on my gallery!).

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Postby Killakoala on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:33 pm

Nice, perhaps a bit more light in the foreground so i can actually see more of the image, but very nice anyway. I think the footprints work well.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:35 pm

Hi Dion

This is a lovely moody photo. However, the bottom 25% seems fairly dark on my monitor. I can barely see the footprints.

It's lovely seeing the sun set into the ocean. :)
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Postby DionM on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:37 pm

Thanks Killa / cricketfan.

I'm using my new 19" LCD ... so it could be a problem with my PP ... though I had calibrated it fairly well (by eye) and it comes up okay on my DVD player in a slideshow.

Anyone else got problems with the image darkness?

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Postby rebel on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:43 pm

I see it alright on my LCD aswell. Lovely photo!
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Postby mudder on Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:52 pm

Might be a smidge dark in the foreground but works well for the mood of the image (17" non-calibrated CRD here at work)...

Looks like you've had a great day!
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:08 pm

My LCD is ultra bright and its a tiny bit too dark on mine (to my tastes).
You have size 15, :shock: how tall are you ?
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Postby LostDingo on Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:19 pm

My monitor is calibrated and it is just a bit on the dark side on the bottom half, if you have CS or CS2 you may be able to boost the shadow detail some :?: :idea:

I think it is a great image otherwise and has great warmth from the light, you did well fcing the sun to get the exposure you have :!:
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Postby Killakoala on Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:57 pm

It looks a lot better on my work LCD screen than my home CRT.
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Postby big pix on Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:03 pm

very nice image..... but have you tried some pp in lab colour.........
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Postby avkomp on Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:44 pm

nice image although I agree with it being dark in the foreground.

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Postby Steffen on Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:04 am

I didn't find the image foreground too dark, maybe that impression stems from most people using the (far too bright) default forum skin? After dragging the pic onto my mid-gray desktop it looked even less objectionable. There is not a hint of darkness if you switch the forum skin to "broken LCD" :) That one is a bit hard on the eye otherwise, though.

Maybe we need a new, neutral, mid-toned, non-distracting yet clearly legible theme?

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