Damien Symonds

Gee, interesting. I think your next step has to be recalibration of the external screen. It might even be worth doing this first.

Right, so what about on the laptop screen? Same thing?

Darn it. You're a troublemaker, Jess. Do you have an external monitor attached, or is it just your laptop screen?

Interesting, so Photoshop is the odd one out, eh? Have you checked Photoshop's Color Settings (in the Edit menu) to make sure they're still on "North America General Purpose 2" the way they should be?

In your title you said Bridge, but in your screenshot it's ACR. How does Bridge compare?

Great! Then what I think doesn't matter. As you were.

How did you go?

Gee, I think they pop plenty. I mean, they are the first part of the photo I see, my eye goes right to them. PLEASE don't wait too long to take The Raw Class.

Hi WGP, can you post here?

That's a really good selection of photos for calibration verification, well chosen. So they match (except for the red stripes). And do you like how they look? (This question is not relevant to calibration, by the way, I'm just interested.)

Great, may I see all four?

No, that's the photo you're working on now. I want the ones you've already printed - the ones you're comparing to verify your calibration. Jpeg files will do - they don't even need to be very big, you can reduce them in size.

I have to take the kids to gymnastics now. I'll check back in later.

Ok, that's excellent news. Do you mind sending me the files of the photos you're comparing?

Ok. And after calibration, does the screen match your Bay prints exactly?

Is it a new screen too? Or did you have the same Viewsonic attached to your old PC?

And the screen?

In the Table of Contents, you want Section 2, Module 2. Also, have you searched "Gradient tool" on my site?

Well, have you refreshed your memory on the gradient tool section of the Levels Class?

Hi @ShellyF, let's continue our discussion here. Can you remind me which Spyder you have, what screen you have, and which lab you use?

Ah. In that case, you'll need to find a sky-with-clouds photo and replace it.

Sorry, I can't discuss that here. I wouldn't mind discussing it in the class, though.

Three, actually. Download my PSD

Yes, that's right. Your focal plane looks pretty much perfect, and there's no motion blur. I think you did everything exactly right, within the capabilities of your camera in that light. Don't attempt to print this one until you've taken the Sharpening Class.

Obviously it's not great, but yes, it'll be passable.