Help please. Portrait has not printed well

[Boynielaad]

This seems just right on my screen but when it came back from a (well-known) printer today the faces were too dark and overly pink/orange.

Might I ask, please, if you have a calibrated screen whether it looks OK or is the saturation too high?

Thanks

Andy

[/url] ABGBHigh Key by Boynielaad, on Flickr[/IMG]

ps; other prints came back and were accurate according to my screen.

 

[Dave P]

Looks fine on my monitor

 

[Bristolian]

Faces are very pinky/orange on my screen (calibrated this morning).

 

[Boynielaad]

Thank you both for your input.

I've shown it to various people and it's been viewed on several different screens now. Consensus seems to be that it's correct.

I've spoken to the printers and it seems their IT autocorrects the image and has done a duff job on this one - the others I sent at the same time are fine.

I await the reprint.

Thanks again

 

[Danzaroonie]

My laptop screen makes the subjects look very dark but on my attached monitor they look fine (other than mentioned a little orange)...

 

[Phil V]

They're definitely not 'right', a bit orange - it might be 'acceptable' to your friends uncalibrated screens, but it looks fairly awful, You really need to be processing on a calibrated screen and stopping the lab from altering them. Otherwise you'll keep getting the same issues.

 

[treeman]

Underexposed and orange on my calibrated screen. Unless you asked the lab not to correct it they should have printed it correctly.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

They look pinky orange on my monitor to.
Tooth colour yellow peach. (calibrated)

I have changed it so it looks better on my screen though not perfect I have also added a slight tone to the background. Hope you don't mind.

 

[GHP]

Looks very pinky orange on my calibrated monitor too I'm afraid.
Terry's edit looks better with regard to skin tones IMHO.

 

[Boynielaad]

Thank you all. Seems the consensus is too pink/orange.

I'm not sure I can calibrate my screen but altering the angle at which I view can help to avoid this in future.

Thanks again

 

[Boynielaad]

Is this any better? I've redone this with the angle of my screen as I think is required to best render the colours (in the absence of calibration).

Cheers

[/url] ABGBHighKey2 by Boynielaad, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Bristolian]

Still not looking right to me, I'm afraid, but I'm on my laptop now so it might actually be okay :shrug:

This is one of several drawbacks of trying to edit on a laptop screen - the viewing angle can make huge changes to what you see. I've given up trying to edit on mine unless I can attach it to a remote monitor.

 

[Boynielaad]

Thanks Steve, one thing I've learned from this is the need for a proper screen.

I'm curious though, of all the photos I've taken (and had printed) before, all but one have been spot on.

 

[kevwatfot]

Quick curve, RGB up, RED down a bit. Hard to do exactly not knowing the girls skin colours, best to shoot in RAW and to a custom white balance

 

[jeniveeev]

The colour is way off. Their hair is the same colour as their faces too. Strong red/orange going on here and its under exposed . This would go unnoticed if your not calibrated.

 

[fatmarley]

Your edited image lacks contrast but the colours look pretty good on my uncalibrated monitor. I added a bit of contrast for you (using your edited image).

You could add more contrast but you lose detail in the clothing (not that it really matters)