discoloration of photos

[lemurs2]

Hello,
I downloaded some underwater photographs from my digit camera to my laptop when we were on a liveaboard. They came out in the right color, but when we transferred the pics to our desktop, they became green. Has anyone had this happen to them??

 

[justleesa]

sample pic?

What I sometimes notice is the pic looks good on the little screen and when I get it on the big screen of the computer.....:11:

 

[alcina]

Yes, I've seen it happen.

Most likely cause is your computer's monitor is wonky - you need to calibrate it.

Post a NON edited version (only change to size for web) and let us see if it's a camera problem...

 

[DennisW]

Alcina, do you have an easy way to calibrate the monitor? I would really like to make sure what I see on my monitor is what I get when I print. Of course, if I search the forum, I may find you have already answered this question.

 

[Gudge]

Here's one way of doing it that's free:

http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php

For better results there are dedicated devices that do it automatically and much more accuratley. I use a Pantone Huey:

http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=79&ca=2

Pantone also make much more sophisticated (and expensive) devices as well.

Another company that makes similar devices is Colorvision:

http://www.colorvision.com/index_us.php

 

[azcaddman]

Depending on how 'serious' you want to get with it, you need to look into calibrating every step of the process, the camera, the monitor, and the printer.

just having 1 'right' will not guarantee the others are.

THIS BOOK is a good start.

Alcina, do you have an easy way to calibrate the monitor? I would really like to make sure what I see on my monitor is what I get when I print. Of course, if I search the forum, I may find you have already answered this question.

 

[DennisW]

Thanks for the information.