Loch Locky

[LJG]

Loch Lochy by LJG_Images, on Flickr

[loose cannon]

Must have used up all the good names on the other Lochs.

Looks dark, cold and forbidding but probably so because I'd be way out of my comfort zone.

[seaslug]

Lovely, very Tasmanian looking.

[Sully]

Impression is it's very cold. Excellent vanishing point.

Originally this looked quite dark on my lap top ...... I had to adjust the screen upright to bring detail into the shadows.

Now this begs the question .... What is the correct position (degree) for the lap top screen to view/edit my images?

I only use a lap top to work on.

[Isac]

Lovely photo Lloyd. Like the others said, very dark and gloomy place. They could rename it "Loch Loggy". I can never use a lappy to edit, as I find it very difficult to get the colours looking good. I use one of those old things called a Personal Computer with an IPS panel. It seems to still work OK. They are real cheap these days, about 1/4 of what I paid back in the old days - 6-7 years ago! I just did a shadows adjustment on your photo Lloyd, so maybe it could be a guide for you to adjust things. Here's a website that can help with calibrating a monitor.
The Lagom LCD Monitor Test Pages.
I hope you don't mind.
Cheers

[Alan]

Looks a tad dark to me too - but that's the mood you were after I'm thinking. A shadows adjust may be worth looking at as Greg suggested. I'm in a brightly lit room atm. I'll have to come back to this tonight. (which is when I do most of my editing)

I also have problems editing on a laptop Barb. Changing the angle on the screen alters the image too much to be an ideal tool. I only do it when I'm traveling. If a laptop was all I had at home, I'd connect a bigger and better monitor to it for photo editing.

Someone on a Forum somewhere once wondered why some people spend $$$$ on good glass and cameras and travel etc and then edit their photos on a laptop screen or on a possibly cheap and uncalibrated monitor, under less than ideal conditions (it wasn't me).

But if you're anything like me, after spending $$$ on cameras and glass, family, cars, bills and any other number of things, there probably isn't any money left over. Or there may be space constraints or any number of good reasons to persist with a laptop.
After awhile, I do find an angle on the lappy that seems to be about right and try not to change my head position too much .

And then I check the images when I get home and they are usually ok. But, my Mac monitor is far from perfect too - I've only adjusted it for brightness with a grey scale and the basic adjustments that 'Settings' allow.

It's all a dark science to me. Sorry for getting a bit side-tracked there.....

Where were we? - ah yes, lovely Image Lloyd - agree about the mood generated and the vanishing point, diagonals, reflections and foreground interest with lines parallel to the shoreline - nice touches

Cheers

[Sully]

Thanks for the input Alan (and Isac).

We have a 'home computer' with a large screen ... previously monopolized by Bill playing 'war games'.

I have an acer Aspire E17 ... full HD1080 ..... that sits (permanently) at one end of our rectangular dining table (only two of us here most of the time, so plenty of room for my 'work station').

Because I look 'down' on the screen it is slightly tilted back (but to view the shadow details in the above image I had to almost pull the screen back to 90 degrees).
Viewing images on G+ and other sites or watching videos at 'my preferred tilted angle' has been without drama ..... so I will presume that Lloyd's image is a little on the dark side in the shadows.

[LJG]

Thanks for the input and suggestions guys and yes, it was a dark gloomy day and absolutely freezing cold!!