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Originally Posted by philiphart
I agree with Marcus! 
There is a danger that many people viewing on crummy monitors will miss the faint stuff so being a little conservative on black point is ok but still time for you to replace the nice monitor that went kaput.. |
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Yep, histograms don't lie Mike and it's clear you need a new monitor!
My 2c: Even though I did say your contrast was understated in my joking response, we are almost in personal taste territory here anyway. After all there are a few folks in this forum that like the "misty" look. With so much tonal range in the neb thoughout the image, the nuance of variation at the dark end will be hard to discern in anything but a darkened room on a perfect monitor if you are ruthless about levelling the histograms. So, is that what you should do? Depends on the subject matter and your taste and whether you're catering for those with "perfect" monitors. For a small galaxy in a sea of black space it makes sense (because you may not want the space to appear grey), but for a neb whose dynamic range is large across the frame it may not make sense because your eye may not perceive the tonal subtelties you want people to see at the dark end. EG: can you see the difference between the background and 1 & 2 in http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php . Now imagine if 1 & 2 were surrounded by brighter areas, would you be able to differentiate them?
It's all debateable I know, but do get a new monitor so you can make the decision and not your monitor! |
Thanks my faithful monitor monitors
I appreciate the feedback
Marcus, I have adjusted my screen so I can juust see all 20 squares on that page you linked to. So, can you both adjust the following image to look good on
your monitors, please
...and post the result for me
Gabriela
EDIT: After adjusting my screen contrast & brightness to reveal all 20 squares on the page link Marcus supplied, I have now adjusted the black point of the Gabriela close up image, to look like Phils reworked version in post No 31, and posted it seperately on my site, what do you think?
Adjusted Gabriela
Mike