Monitor Gamma 2.2? easy to to calibrate?

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Ok, so I edit a shot that I took at the weekend of my 2 friends at their wedding.

I was trying to hide all the highlights etc from the background, so it is all black, on my monitor it looks fine, So i thought it looked good until I viewed on my iPhone 4s via facebook. on the Iphone you can actually see highlights in the background.

Here is the image

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How is it looking on your monitor?

Do I need to brighten up my monitor? I thought the Iphones display was a gamma of 2.2
 
My Gamma's more like 2.4ish (laptop, varies with angle) and it's all black here. In fact the couple look a squidge on the dark side too. No matter how I view it I can see nothing but darkness around them though.
 
I can see a bench or table to the brides rear and the ground/floor leading from the bottom left up to the grooms hip.
 
Yes I can see what looks like a picnic bench to my right and flagstones on the ground to my left

I'm having the same problem as you aswell with my monitor
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
My Gamma's more like 2.4ish (laptop, varies with angle) and it's all black here. In fact the couple look a squidge on the dark side too. No matter how I view it I can see nothing but darkness around them though.
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Thats how I want it too look, on mine the couple is exposed ok, and black all around them.
 
stumac said:
Yes I can see what looks like a picnic bench to my right and flagstones on the ground to my left

I'm having the same problem as you aswell with my monitor
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Need a bunch of people with their monitor correctly calibrated I think to come and help us, I know your not going to get the same display on different displays but they should be close
 
What type of monitor do you have? LCD or CRT.. if lcd is this just normal monitor or any versions of pro one?
 
btw are you shooting in Adobe RGB or sRGB because your image looks very dull ?
 
no its usually wise a verso .. people set adobe rgb and then wondering why images are dull on normal LCD monitor ... check that there is no adobe rgb selected in any programs you use in your production cycle ... like lightroom, photoshop .. etc
 
Slight correction here... shooting Adobe RGB doesn't make images dull.. the mismanagement of Adobe RGB images can make them look dull. However... he's right essentially. 90% of people's monitors will be set to display sRGB, and displaying an image embedded with Adobe RGB in a sRGB environment will result in desaturation.

Only use Adobe RGB if you know what you're doing.

Anyway... that image at the top of the thread is sRGB, so no worries there.

On my screen I can see the bench, and the floor quite clearly. They're dark, but easily visible.

Your monitor is clearly in need of calibration.

Is it easy to calibrate? Not really.. not manually. Your monitor doesn't have a gamma control, so all you can do is adjust the settings in your video card driver software and use a site like http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

That's hardly ideal though. If you're finding yourself needing accuracy, then you really need to invest in a calibrator. Color Munki Display is probably the best bang for the buck right now.
 
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I can see the bench/table to the right of the bride's rear end, and the path they are standing on, leading off behind the groom.
His upper half is unfortunately lost into the background since his tux is at the same black level.
 
Yep I too can see the bench / background . As mentioned the groom is merging into the black , the use of a back light would have separated him .
 
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