[Schellamo]

Just playing around with some new actions I got, but wondering if these look a bit over cooked, what do you think?
Sorry, same old boring subject
P.S do they look dark on your monitor?

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Thanks a bunch

[Irma]

What do you want to achieve with this action?

The colors look very nice to me... very vivid... I like them... but I see the dark too dark, gives a nice contrast but I think I am missing detail in his eyes specially...

However I can't say much about colors since my monitor is not calibrated .... Sorry...

[byrt_001]

hi

i agree with irma the blacks are a bit too black, too strong

christian

[EnglishBob]

On my monitor the colors look stong and vivid, the whites and skin tones however look a little washed out. It is calibrated.

The subject can never be boring when it's a cute kid

[Petographer]

The only thing I noticed is #1 was a bit out of focus. Otherwise fine. Btw, what is the action?

[Russt]

the whites and skin tones however look a little washed out

Hi Schell, I take it you used your 50mm prime for these shots? The only reason I ask is that mine tends to do the same and when I check around the neutral (gray) areas of a picture in PS I find it is down on "red". This tends to happen more in low light.

[shuttertalk]

The colours are very saturated, which is nice. Yeah, what actions are they?

Nice to see your bub again!

[Schellamo]

Um, it was a velvia action. I also upped the contrast and sharpness in-camera which is probably why it is too contrasty and the detail in the extremes is hazy.

Yes, I was using my 50mm, and the light was pretty low (just around dusk and overcast in a usually shady spot)

This is how it looked without any processing except lightening up a tad

[Wedding Shooter]

Definite improvement over the original.

[Schellamo]

Haha, ain't it the way!! Spend all this time 'making them better' only to go to far the other way so it looks crap! But still, I have been trying to get better pictures straight off the camera, so that is a good thing. now I just gotta do something about my PS addiction!!

[wulinka]

hmmm, your fix is definitely a great improvement over the original.
other that that, I think all shuttertalkers should calibrate their screens to the same parameters, so that we can talk colors!! :-))

My screen is slightly on the red side, as far as I know from recent printing,
and even on it the skin tones look pale and bluish - which is a real shame with these great shots!
have you printed any of them?

uli

[Schellamo]

No I haven't printed. someone else told me they looked bluish but to me they look more greyish
I've been fiddling with my monitor, but it seems like i still don't have it right.