Comments on: What am I, chopped liver? On crafting a self-realized response … https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/02/28/what-am-i-chopped-liver-on-crafting-a-self-realized-response/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sun, 07 Apr 2019 12:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Scott Donkin https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/02/28/what-am-i-chopped-liver-on-crafting-a-self-realized-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1761943 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 12:04:44 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=59896#comment-1761943 In reply to Scott Donkin.

Oh, and I’m not suggesting he does calibrate and profile his monitor. Just wondering if it was done and if that was the cause of the problem here.

]]> By: Scott Donkin https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2019/02/28/what-am-i-chopped-liver-on-crafting-a-self-realized-response/comment-page-1/#comment-1761942 Sat, 02 Mar 2019 11:51:13 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=59896#comment-1761942 I’d be interested to hear about how Andrew is displaying images since it’s not been brought up. Any half decent – or perfectly brilliant image as is the one being brought to the question – will look like mud if the monitor ain’t right. Hell, if I change monitor profiles and then turn up the brightness, I can make all the colour look plastic too.

Has Andrew calibrated and profiled his monitor and if so, with what and how. Because that’s a good way to get plastic colour when it’s not done right.

1. Which monitor/Mac he is using?
2. How old is the display/computer?
3. What profile is he running (System Preferences > Displays > Colour) and then look at which one is selected?
4. If available, is Night Shift turned on by any chance? That’s going to screw with colour and especially make browns look off because of the lower colour temp. (System Preferences > Displays > Display).
5. Is the display brightness set to auto adjust? System Preferences > Displays > Display).
6. What does a step wedge look like? http://www.cav-sfo.com/stepwedge.html Is there a separation between steps? Is there odd colour shifts in the grays?

If brown looks plastic-like, then I’d suggest an incorrect/wrong profile and/or a monitor with brightness set too high.

Just my AUD$0.02 worth.

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