Day 2 of the Print-a-Day-for-30-days experiment is this photo of two of the altars in St. Bridget's church. This is another test shot from the same church in yesterday's photo. Photographing the church will be a longer term project for this year.
Someone asked about the location of this church yesterday. It is in Omaha, Nebraska. <http://georges.posterous.com/st-bridgets-church-print-a-day-2> Given all of the linen and marble in the photo you might think setting the white balance would be easy. In this photo, the perception of white is more important than a technically correct white. In a print, the color of the paper has an effect on the "whiteness" in the photo. Lightroom can help with this if you've calibrated your monitor and have accurate profiles for the ink and paper you've chosen. But the process isn't perfect. A simulation on a monitor will never perfectly match a print. So, there isn't any substitute for a test print. On the screen, even though I'm using a calibrated monitor, I don't know what anyone else will be using. My guess is most people will have the monitor setup just as it came from the factory. It's probably set way to bright and the colors will likely skew to the blue end of the scale. I just take my best shot at getting it right for a calibrated monitor and let the chips fall where they may. GS George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
