13 | April
General: 6:30 PM on 4/1/06 | Canon 20D
Technical: 1/250sec | f/2.8 | 100mm (160mm) | ISO-200
Lens: EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Exposure Mode: Av (Aperture Priority)
Exposure Bias: -2/3
Flash: No

Another from the avage series. No title. :P

In other news: I've had my new 19" LCD (Dell 1907FPT) for about a week now and even though it's resolution is the same as my old 17" CRT (1280x1024), it is a welcome change for my eyes. Brighter, crisper, and most importantly no flicker! Unfortunatly, calibrating the color has been a royal pain. After adjusting the red, green, and blue gamma levels individually (to reproduce the best color, as well as brightness levels) it was looking better, but still too contrasted and I wasn't seeing shadow detail that I used to enjoy on my CRT. I tried adjusting the curves (similar to curves in PS) for the gamma levels with no success.

Yesterday, it finally dawned on me to raise the low end of the curves (manually, using vectors). I should have just treated it like a photo and "processed it", but at least now it's fixed and now I can ditch my CRT that's been sitting on the desk until I get used to processing on my new monitor. I wouldn't normally be so excited, but I've spent hours tweaking the color and finally have it at usable levels.

categories: abstract macro nature

Thoughts of: owen
April 13th, 2006 at 2:07 AM

calibrating monitors seems to be the bain of my life too at the moment. I think the colours and contrast of this image are spot on though.

Thoughts of: bcw
April 13th, 2006 at 2:11 AM

hello, i am new here! excellent shots!! i hope to see more of your work in the future!

Thoughts of: Kris
April 13th, 2006 at 3:23 AM

First visit to your site and I'm quite impressed! Great pictures to see here!

Thoughts of: Chantal
April 13th, 2006 at 5:50 AM

@ Kris, do keep visiting, it is a nice blog here.

Thoughts of: jamie
April 13th, 2006 at 12:38 PM

Ryan - what type of calibrator are you using. I have a SpyderPro but still have problems with my CRT and I'm afraid to switch to an LCD.

I'd have to agree with Owen that this colors are fabulous!

Thoughts of: jasonspix
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:13 PM

I'm curious about your calibration method. I have a new 19" Samsung LCD and have noticed the colors are just not right, though I have no clue about monitor calibration. Neat shot by the way, excellent colors.

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