Quote Originally Posted by mjs1973
I just got a new laptop, and I really like the large, bright LCD screan that is has. Last night, I processed a photo, that I wanted to post in critique. I made my changes on the laptop and got everything just how I wanted it. I saved it, burned it to a CD, the reopened it on my desktop PC, so I could post it, as my laptop is not set up for the net yet. The photo seemed really flat to me, so I had to do tweek it a bit more before I posted it.

Here are the two photos: 1 is straight from the laptop, 2 is after I tweeked it on my desk top before I posted it. Which one looks better to you? Neither one of my monitors have been calibrated... so could someone with a calibrated monitor and everyone else, let me know how they look to you, color wise?
Was number 2 sharpened? It looks like it was to me and it gives this picture more visual impact than the first one. About the colors, for what it worths, (my monitor is calibrated) I'd say that I prefer the colors of the first picture. They are
a bit too flat but more natural to me. On the second picture, the colors have a great initial impact but look a bit overdone.

Overall, I'd pick number two but my choice is motivated by the mix of color and sharpness in it. If I was relying on colors all alone I'd rather choose number one.

Could you tell us all the post processing that went into these?

regards

Seb