Color Monitors: I am curious as to what color monitors you are using? I personally own a 2018 version of a 27 inch Apple MacIntosh computer. I use it only for my photography. I have 4...

Richard1947 Loc: Knoxville, TN

I am curious as to what color monitors you are using? I personally own a 2018 version of a 27 inch Apple MacIntosh computer. I use it only for my photography. I have 4 external hard drives that are loaded with pictures I have taken. I also have calibrated my monitor for color with special equipment to make sure my monitor and photography displays proper color. I use Lightroom 6 for all my photography. What some people may see on their end may be entirely different from my end. I get a lot of comments about my work being “over” saturated. I wonder if you are viewing exactly what I am? To me, my photographs are not that saturated with color.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I have two, an HP 24" and an Acer 23".
Every monitor is different, whoever views your images will not see it the same way on their monitor as you do on your monitor. Look at the differences in the TVs in store displays, they are all a bit different.
I don't worry about it.
I save a lot of money, I just get a monitor...
Get what floats your boat.
Calibrate it if that trips your breaker.

Richard1947 Loc: Knoxville, TN

Longshadow wrote:

I have two, an HP 24" and an Acer 23".
Every monitor is different, whoever views your images will not see it the same way on their monitor as you do on your monitor. Look at the differences in the TVs in store displays, they are all a bit different.
I don't worry about it.
I save a lot of money, I just get a monitor...
Get what floats your boat.
Calibrate it if that trips your breaker.

I guess I’m a perfectionist! I try to be the same with taking pictures.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

It’s hard to tell without seeing your work.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Richard1947 wrote:

I guess I’m a perfectionist! I try to be the same with taking pictures.

Many do! Nothing wrong with that!

Ruthlessrider

Have you calibrated your eyes? Or maybe you have and we haven’t calibrated ours. While we all strive to achieve sameness in all that we sense, it is still just a perception based a lot on past experience. In reality all we can hope for is a close proximity. It sounds like you have done everything you could have to assure that close proximity of color and clarity.

bleirer

You've only posted a couple images, but some of those were way over the top to my eye, but taste varies. Do you convert to srgb when you post? That could be part of it. You should. Otherwise look at your own work on a tablet or someone else's monitor, see if it looks right to you.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Ruthlessrider wrote:

Have you calibrated your eyes? Or maybe you have and we haven’t calibrated ours. While we all strive to achieve sameness in all that we sense, it is still just a perception based a lot on past experience. In reality all we can hope for is a close proximity. It sounds like you have done everything you could have to assure that close proximity of color and clarity.

Yes, no two people will "see" an image identically either. Everyone's eyes and mind are different.

Richard1947 Loc: Knoxville, TN

bleirer wrote:

You've only posted a couple images, but some of those were way over the top to my eye, but taste varies. Do you convert to srgb when you post? That could be part of it. You should. Otherwise look at your own work on a tablet or someone else's monitor, see if it looks right to you.

I judged my work on my acceptance by calendar, magazine and post card publications. They seemed to accept it just as it was. There were never comments made about over saturation. No, I don’t make the conversion.

anotherview Loc: California

Our visual sense involves the mechanism of perception which may skew our conscious sight of something.

Richard1947 wrote:

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GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

SuperflyTNT wrote:

It’s hard to tell without seeing your work.

True but easy to remedy:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-635594-1.html

Richard1947 Loc: Knoxville, TN

anotherview wrote:

Our visual sense involves the mechanism of perception which may skew our conscious sight of something.

That’s heavy!

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

I'm not sure what happens when we age but when I used to do home TV repair the older folks always had me turn up the saturation way more than my at the time young eyes could stand.

Richard1947 Loc: Knoxville, TN

Drbobcameraguy wrote:

I'm not sure what happens when we age but when I used to do home TV repair the older folks always had me turn up the saturation way more than my at the time young eyes could stand.

LOL! That’s it! I’m 72 years old and over saturated!

Ruthlessrider

I hope is is with something really good.