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Nov 17, 2019 09:42:28   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
Golden Rule wrote:
Epson P800 Surecolor printer is not printing colors shown on monitor. I calibrated monitor twice with XRite iPro and using the ICC profile for the particular paper that I'm using from Red River Paper. Whites come out off white or kind of a very light gray and the other colors are a bit dull maybe a very very slight tint of magenta. Any tips on what steps to try to remedy this dilemma? To make a print come out looking like what was on monitor I had to really brighten photo up almost blowing out whites. Thanks in advance for any remedy to the problem.
Epson P800 Surecolor printer is not printing color... (show quote)


One more tip; I took the advice of others here on UHH and on several other forums to lower my monitor brightness to about 90 CD/M2, when working on an image for print. Also as someone with vision problems, don't trust your eyes to accurately judge an image's brightness, instead use your software's histogram and move the"pile" towards the right.
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Nov 17, 2019 09:32:41   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
Bubbee wrote:
With an Epson printer you must use both Epson paper and ink for best results!
And, in the printer settings you have a choice of using their color correction. Try with and without. PSE also gives you the option to use Adobe srgb or the other . I think the Adobe is brighter. I suggest you check out the aforementioned options.
Good luck!


I find the Red River papers the OP is using to work very well with my Epson printer.
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Nov 17, 2019 09:28:16   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
bleirer wrote:
I think the out of gamut is derived from the printer profile used for soft proofing,. If the printer is unable to reproduce those colors they are highlighted in grey and they look different in softproofing and in the final print then they do on the screen. Of course the screen being backlit will always look better than a print viewed with reflected light.


That is true as out of gamut needs a "target" to judge gamut against. What happens if you don't pay attention to the warning and just go ahead and print? Your printer driver will, for want of a better word, "compress: the out of gamut color to the nearest in gamut color it can print. Which is something I used to spin my wheels trying to do using PS' sliders.
BTW In preferences, I changed that grey to a bright red to make it more obvious.
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Nov 16, 2019 17:30:12   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
bleirer wrote:
I assume Lightroom has a 'show out of gamut' menu item when you softproof. I know Photoshop does in the view menu. The out of gamut colors for that printer get greyed out in the image meaning the printer is not capable of fully reproducing them. You fix it by adjusting saturation or vibrance, or other settings that can impact color such as white balance, hsl, curves, contrast......


I read somewhere recently (sorry I don't recall where but will try to find it) that the out of gamut tool in Photoshop goes back to the early days of PS, has never been updated and really isn't reliable at all.
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Nov 16, 2019 12:22:09   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
Genessi wrote:
What is soft proofing?


I don't know about processing programs other than Photoshop but they all seem to have the same tools. Soft proofing is a way to see how your print will look before you actually print it. Since monitor screens and print paper display your image differently you need a way to visualize on your monitor how the print will look. When you use this tool you need to have a profile for the paper you will use loaded into to you processing program. (These profiles are available from the paper manufacturers)
A image printed will always look a bit darker and duller than what you see on your screen. When you soft proof and see how the image will look, you can adjust for that (to some extent)
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Nov 16, 2019 11:50:54   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Dull colors from printer
Golden Rule wrote:
Epson P800 Surecolor printer is not printing colors shown on monitor. I calibrated monitor twice with XRite iPro and using the ICC profile for the particular paper that I'm using from Red River Paper. Whites come out off white or kind of a very light gray and the other colors are a bit dull maybe a very very slight tint of magenta. Any tips on what steps to try to remedy this dilemma? To make a print come out looking like what was on monitor I had to really brighten photo up almost blowing out whites. Thanks in advance for any remedy to the problem.
Epson P800 Surecolor printer is not printing color... (show quote)


Are you "soft proofing" images you process for printing?
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Nov 15, 2019 17:22:40   #
(Trains)
A Tale From The Wrong Side of The Tracks
As long as you managed to get some good shots further down the line that becomes a fun story in the life of a rail fan.
Thank you for posting!
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Nov 15, 2019 11:50:41   #
(Landscape Photography)
I dare you...
Najataagihe wrote:
...to find a spot in this photograph that is in focus.

I can't find one, but I like the shot, anyway.

The only thing I can figure is that the camera focused at infinity and we are seeing the "benefits" of f/9.


I swear I am GOING to get used to autofocus...


Now, to play with it in Photoshop for a bit.


Looks to me like the culprit is camera movement. You had a 1/320 SS but that might not have been enough to off set something like an involuntary twitch, or a jab at the shutter button (rather than a squeeze) or a sudden wind.
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Nov 14, 2019 09:58:12   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
ND Filter with milky results
Architect1776 wrote:
It looks like flare.
Did you use a hood?
That is why I love my Variable ND by Hoya. Tack sharp and fists the lens with the hood on.
You might try it.
But these look like a hood was needed.


I agree. Judge by the shadows you were shooting at an angle close to the sun
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Nov 12, 2019 15:13:42   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Ball head vs Video Head
Richard Engelmann wrote:
At a garage sale, I picked up this Gitzo video tripod with a leveling bowl. I bought the matching Manfrotto leveler that allows instant adjustment without messing with the tripod legs. It provides the full-motion advantages of a ball head.


Add a panning clamp (and maybe a tilting mono-pod clamp) to the leveling bowl and you will have a pretty versatile set up
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Nov 11, 2019 17:15:44   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Photoshop Menu and Layers print are too small on my Eizo monitor
ldhflyguy wrote:
I have the Eizo CX271 monitor. It seems to be a wonderful monitor for photography images, with the following exception. I use Photoshop CC, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. With my Windows 10 computer monitor resolution set to 2560 x 1440 to get full picture quality and size on my CX271, I'm finding it impossible to make the print for dropdown menus and layer tool menus large enough for really comfortable viewing. For Camera Raw, the menus and adjustment slider labels are even smaller. I've tried all sorts of settings within Windows 10 and Photoshop Preferences>Interface and nothing really solves my problem. Lightroom is not a problem at all. In LR I can make the menu print and slider labels really big. When I set my computer resolution to 1920 x 1080 the Photoshop and Camera Raw print size problems are all resolved, but that seems to waste the capabilities (really sharp images) of the expensive monitor. A while back Adobe told me they hadn't felt the need to fully fix the 2560 x 1440 issue.

I don't think my problem is specific to monitor brand. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with there monitor, regardless of brand, set to 2560 x 1440? Did you find a "fix"?
I have the Eizo CX271 monitor. It seems to be a wo... (show quote)


As my eyes started to "go south" I found the only solution for me was to reduce the resolution from the monitors native 1920X1200 to 1680 X 1050. This only changes how much fine detail is available to see, it does not change the file resolution at all so prints and images displayed full resolution on other monitors will not be affected. Yes it bothers me not to be able to use my monitor at its max but, if I really want to see an image in all its glory, the resolution is an easy thing to change.
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Nov 11, 2019 10:19:28   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
d600
Joecosentino wrote:
At this point I would look for a used D750. I went through 6 D 600's with bad shutters. My post are here a while back if you want to look.

Buy from a god dealer. KEH I picked up lens there, it is an older shift 35mm and it was like brand new.


6? Good grief why didn't you avail yourself of the Nikon repair program?
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Nov 11, 2019 09:30:38   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Why does this happen in RAW Editors
srt101fan wrote:
I may not fully understand your question, but here's my take. The White Balance and Picture Control settings you apply in camera are used to generate the JPEG file. They do not change the Nikon RAW file but are saved along with it. The Nikon RAW processor software can show the RAW file with these settings applied but other, non-Nikon software cannot.


EXactly!
A raw file is just that, the raw unprocessed data taken off the sensor at the moment the image is captured. Repeat "unprocessed".
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Nov 10, 2019 11:31:15   #
(Trains)
Promontory Point
claytonsummers wrote:
Yes, they were. That is live steam and smoke. The park fires these up and drives them out almost every day. I'll see if I can post a video later.


Thank you, that is really cool to "hear" !!
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Nov 10, 2019 10:30:16   #
(Trains)
Promontory Point
claytonsummers wrote:
Thay are real steam locomotives. The Jupiter burns wood and the 119 burns coal. The replicas were built in the 70s based on photos and what little documentation was available, but were built to be as accurate as possible. They were built to modern standards, however, so they are safer and more reliable than the originals.


Thank you but my question was, were they hot? Very often display engines use smoke "bombs" so visitors will get the feel of how they looked in the day without incurring the expense and wear of actually building a fire in their belly. (and filling the tender and engine with water
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