First things first, I have made a discovery – I need to invest in a monitor for post-processing photos. The display on my laptop is very vibrant and so when I see my photos on another screen they look a bit flat. It’s basically misleading trying to PP photos on such a vibrant display – they will inevitably look better to me than they will to others. This explains why prints come back darker than I anticipate.
If anyone reading this can recommend a good but reasonably priced monitor with this in mind, then it’d be much appreciated if you could leave a comment. In the meantime, I have tried to compensate but it is difficult to do. So for now, I will just have to accept that all images are going to be a bit offish.
Several times a month, I go and stay in Southend-On-Sea, for that is where my mum and the majority of people that I know live. Between the train station and my mum’s house, there are quite a few office buildings – some in use, some not. The whole area from A to B is a mini concrete jungle. As imposing as it all is, I find something quite beautiful about it. I’ve been meaning to take photos there for quite some time and finally got around to doing so on Thursday:
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| Southend's answer to Stonehenge. |
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| "There's a little bird that somebody sends / Down to the earth to live on the wind." |
As I mentioned during the last post, I am not a fan of water. I make an exception at sunset though. When I eventually upgrade my camera, I look forward to getting some decent sunset photos. As much as I have loved the Canon 450D, it gets so grainy in low-light situations and my hands are not steady enough to keep the ISO set below 800 in such lighting – grainy is at least better than blurry. Still, my photos would be improved by being able to up the ISO and shutter speed as and when required. Yes yes, I would carry a tripod if it were practical. I should probably try spot metering also – that I can do with the 450D.
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| My mum as a silhouette. |
Aside from blabbering about cameras, I can tell you that my router has died. Thus I shall be spending a lot less time online until it is replaced. Not a bad thing at all. Perhaps I will have an epiphany. Or at least make a start on the book pile that sits here beside me.
That line in the text is driving me crazy but I cannot seem to delete it. So I am going to calmly back away from the computer now...
ReplyDeleteHave you considered a monitor calibrator instead? They're a good idea anyway, and it might kill two birds with one stone for you. I have one of these and it would work for a laptop too: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/pantone_huey.html
ReplyDeleteYou'd just have to be careful that your viewing angle remained constant while you're working, since LCDs look dimmer from different angles. :)
blogreading to Trifonic ~(e.e)~ you made a typo on your introductory thingses, but don’t worry, i got past it.
ReplyDeletejk. is this your laptop monitor you're talking about? it must be very old then bc most have the option to lower brightness nowadays, no? you could try wearing sunglasses, the nontech, po' man's alternative. 8-/
i like these..they're very, uhm, well, womack explained it in song.
"(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance…"
this cheesefest just covers the whole idea of tiki monuments eroding and gone with the wind and colossal towers..all that glitter isn’t gold, but i especially like the metallic sunset..it looks like gold foil or synthetic cloth.
the borderlines automatically appear when you “-----“ :-/ at least that’s how it works on MSWord. Once I’ve started some, they sometimes continuing popping up automatically. Either I untick the Borderline checkmark or paste my new text to Wordpad and drop it back as a plain text. it’s the curse of being a stickler..