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i'm trying to figure out if i need to invest in a monitor calibrator. i had this one

professionally printed and it was wildly oversaturated, but it looks right on my monitor...

this is a digital painting of several photos in a collage.

I like the colors in this scene. Maybe too much sky at the top but I like it over all. My experience with pro printing is that sometimes my old printer can do a better job than theirs. Believe it or not I had good luck at Walgreens and paid a lot less. Jeff

Look like a painting!!I like it.DF

Very cool artwork, it really does look like a painting. I'd be tempted to crop a little out of the sky but other than that, its fantastic.

 

To try and answer your original question, I think it`s hard to tell because of the painterly effect that has been applied. I looked through your portfolio to try assess some of your other images, but they have all had an effect applied too. Maybe try posting an original image. This image as it stands does not appear over saturated on my calibrated monitor, if anything it has a pastel appearance.

 

Hope that helps,

thanks for checking it out folks. i agree that some cropping at the top could help-- it helps having it pointed out, that's why the critiques are important and appreciated.

 

to ryan and daniella: it actually IS a "painting", using my wacom drawing tablet, i use the brush tool to paint over the photos to bring out the details. sometimes there is more 'paint' than photo when i'm done.

 

to jim: thank you for taking the time to look over my stuff-- yes, your comments do help. i have an older page of more conventional photos (though i forgot the password to that page and haven't been able to access it for years).

 

http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=329683

 

these photos look oversaturated to me when viewed by my 'safari' browser, but not on explorer or firefox. i don't get it.

 

thanks to everyone for comments and compliments. cheers.

The colors on my calibrated monitor look very saturated but I think that is the intent. I don't think they are over saturated. I wonder if the problems you're having might be due to colorspace issues. I believe Safari reads the embedded color profile while IE does not (the world according to Microsoft is in sRGB color). A mismatch between color space in printing can also give strange results. For web display one should always convert to sRGB for maximum compatibility. With all that said I think a calibrated monitor is a worthwhile investment.