White pixellation on prints

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dizzyshell42

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Hi

I hope you can help.

I have just really edited some images and they look quite good. I looked anthem on my screen at home and at work and they look fine. I printed on a colour photocopier and they looked ok, needed some lightening on a couple of lowkey images, but the highkey ones looked fine.

I took the files into max spirlman (nothing else in local town) and used those self-service kiosks. The images looked fine on the screen but when they printed, the high key ones were absolutely awful!! There was loads of glossy White pixellation on the face.

Anyone know of any proper processing labs near Skegness?

How can I check this before I go an pay for prints? (it was fine on on several screens and a colour copier)

Kind regards
Michelle
 
To be honest I wouldn't take a print from a photocopier as a definitive test of quality

Any chance of you posting a sample image. I may well help diagnose the problem. It could be a over sharpening which does give some rather objectionable results.

Details of camera may also help
 
Sorry, I dont know what is NSFW, I posted off my iphone and may have accidentally selected it. What is it?

Camera is a Nikon D60.

I just ran it off a konica minolat bizhub c452 at 600x600 just to make sure reasonable before taking to the one and only printer in town and it coming out wrong - which it did anyway.

It was a test image with new flash heads so imaged it would be bright, but not THAT bright.

How do I attach an image? So sorry
 
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+1 on the forehead & T-shirt being blown. Suggests too much flash power.
 
NSFW - Ha - damn fool I am!

Yup, the t-shirt was white as white can be, and if I tilt my screen right back I see no colour on her forehead now. Now, is that image completely ruined, or would I be able to rescue it without it looking too dark?

That was the first ever time I had used external flash heads, so I have experimented again, and now have a much better image I think (maybe a teeny bit on her nose), what do you think? http://www.redbubble.com/people/dizzyshell42/art/7641983-lighting-test-2

So, now I guess that I need to calibrate my screen. Any recommendations for tools?

By the way, many MANY thanks for your help!
 
dizzyshell42 said:
NSFW - Ha - damn fool I am!

Yup, the t-shirt was white as white can be, and if I tilt my screen right back I see no colour on her forehead now. Now, is that image completely ruined, or would I be able to rescue it without it looking too dark?

That was the first ever time I had used external flash heads, so I have experimented again, and now have a much better image I think (maybe a teeny bit on her nose), what do you think? http://www.redbubble.com/people/dizzyshell42/art/7641983-lighting-test-2

So, now I guess that I need to calibrate my screen. Any recommendations for tools?

By the way, many MANY thanks for your help!
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I would say exposure has been nailed there :thumbs:
 
Check the cameras rear LCD screen to look for flashing areas. These "Blinkies" tell if a particular part of the image is overexposed. This way you can asses if the exposure needs to be reduced, either the camera exposure or the flash intensity
 
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