Emaddphoto Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Hi Damien! I shot a wedding this past Saturday, and have experienced some banding in the sky on a few of my images. This is one example - I have searched and searched the internet for a solution and have gotten nowhere! Could you help? It looks pretty awful! This is a first for me - Never had this happen before. Thanks a TON! This photo was shot with my 70-200mm 2.8 @ 105mm 1/400 f5.0 - - Nikon D610 The day was cloudy, in and out with peeks of sun.
Samantha LaRue Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 In what program are you noticing the banding? In ACR on the raw file before or after editing? Or in PS after you have done some editing?
Emaddphoto Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 In Lightroom, before editing. Right after import.
Samantha LaRue Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Damien might want to look at the raw file, but it sounds like it could just be your monitor and not an issue with the file itself.
Emaddphoto Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 (edited) Oh thank goodness! Do you see what I see? I had downloaded an action to try to help it go away, and it didn't do a thing to it. So I was almost thinking it could be my monitor. I was wanting to do a facebook post of the finished edit, and I could still see it on three of my images. Ill go look at my raw file now, never thought of that. Silly me. Edited May 16, 2016 by Emaddphoto
Samantha LaRue Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 I can't see any banding in the image you posted. Worse case scenario, you just replace the sky - which should be pretty easy to do. I don't think it'll come to that though! 1
Emaddphoto Posted May 16, 2016 Author Posted May 16, 2016 Thank You, Samantha! Any other advice for the image?
Damien Symonds Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 4 hours ago, Emaddphoto said: Any other advice for the image? Yes, a whole class full. Please don't wait any longer.
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, Emaddphoto said: It is an Asus VN248 Gee, that's a really good screen, I think. It definitely shouldn't band. Do you see banding in this photo?
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 It is strange to me - I have never had this issue before. I was shooting with new equipment - but equipment that I know...So I don't get it. As far as your class - please tell me exactly what it is that you are seeing in that image that needs to be fixed - ? Does it still look cold to you? Even though I warmed it? Is it not sharp? I'm so curious. I want to get better. I'm working hard at it - but also am terrified to calibrate my monitor.
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 And yes - I do see banding in that cute babies photo! A nice circle of different greens.
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Ok, let's continue using that photo to troubleshoot. Further down that page is the download link for my PSD file. Can you download it and open it in Photoshop, then let me know when you have done so?
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Yes. I am having a quick bite with my husband and then I will get back to you. Dinner time here.
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Ok. Now go to Edit>Assign Profile. In the drop-down menu in that window, I want you to briefly try every available profile option. They will make the image all kinds of wild colours. I don't mind about that. All I want to know is if any of the profiles make the banding disappear.
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Only one where I could not see banding on the image is when it was changed to, e-sRGB - And it was all black around the baby.
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 Ok, yes, that was the same on mine. All right, that proves to me that there's no problem at the interface end. So it must be at the back end. Tell me, what kind of cable do you have connecting the screen to the computer?
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) HDMI - (My hubby does surround sound and large screen t.v.'s for a living.. ) He actually ordered this monitor for me from his work. Edited May 17, 2016 by Emaddphoto
Emaddphoto Posted May 17, 2016 Author Posted May 17, 2016 Did you see my file from earlier? Just curious what you see - Samantha said it looked fine to her.
Damien Symonds Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 1 minute ago, Emaddphoto said: Did you see my file from earlier? Just curious what you see - Samantha said it looked fine to her. Yes, of course. She's right, there's no banding.
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