Winter photos of Tahoe

DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
edited October 12, 2006 in Landscapes
Alright, I took this last winter actually... I just never messed with the photos I had taken. I looked through my archives and found a shot of Tahoe I liked, and I was wondering what you think.

I think I need to buy some gradient filters to improve my skies though. (ND gradient).

wintertahoexz3.jpg


wintertahoesepiaqx8.jpg



I can't figure out which one I prefer more. What do you think? Any suggestions for improving this shot, so when I go out this winter I can get better shots? :)
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  • DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2006
    *bump*
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  • cwphotoscwphotos Registered Users Posts: 763 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2006
    sigh.......sometimes I wish that I lived out that way and not the midwest. Nice shots, im just mad my sucky monitor at work is always so dark.
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  • DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2006
    Midwest can't be that bad, can it? I'm sure you can get some good shots there too. :)

    It snowed today and the past couple of days at Tahoe. I think I am going to retake these photographs. Can I get any suggestions?
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  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2006
    sRGB looks better on web
    DRT-Maverick wrote:
    Alright, I took this last winter actually... I just never messed with the photos I had taken. I looked through my archives and found a shot of Tahoe I liked, and I was wondering what you think.

    I think I need to buy some gradient filters to improve my skies though. (ND gradient).

    I can't figure out which one I prefer more. What do you think? Any suggestions for improving this shot, so when I go out this winter I can get better shots? :)

    You might want to convert to sRGB before sharing on the internet (the image you posted appears to be adobeRGB). The colors in the first one are much more dynamic when it's viewed in the right color space.
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  • DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2006
    jfriend wrote:
    You might want to convert to sRGB before sharing on the internet (the image you posted appears to be adobeRGB). The colors in the first one are much more dynamic when it's viewed in the right color space.


    Well I guess that all depends on how your color profiles are set up on your computer. sRGB looks identical to Adobe RGB on my PC.
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  • DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2006
    Here's the color image converted to sRGB. Anyone know the reasons to why they look identical (on my PC)? headscratch.gif



    wintertahoerk9.jpg
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  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited October 11, 2006
    DRT-Maverick wrote:
    Well I guess that all depends on how your color profiles are set up on your computer. sRGB looks identical to Adobe RGB on my PC.

    Ahh, the aRGB one looks much nicer to me.

    I can't explain why you wouldn't see a difference. Most people will see a difference so it's a good practice to only post to the web in sRGB. What browser are you using? There are a few color-managed browsers that will properly display aRGB. But, Firefox, IE and Opera will not display it properly and many colors will be less brilliant and sort of "washed-out". That is how I saw the difference in your image in Firefox.
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  • DRT-MaverickDRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins
    edited October 12, 2006
    I'm using Firefox, but I'm also using hardware color management on my GeForce. *shrug* To me, the colors look identical to what they looked like in the field. (well, as identical as a monitor can get).
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