I posted a thread about the c-index being a bit off with many of us because of the voting system, but it got taken down. And rightly so, because apparently there had been a heated discussion on a another thread right before mine.
So I started trying to think around the problem. Why do pictures get bad votes when they are really not THAT bad.
Or why do bad pictures get good votes that they don't deserve?
Or mediocre photos, why don't they get mediocre votes?
The answer is pretty broad, a mixture of many things, one is personal opinion. Each one of us evaluates photos in a different way. One likes color, the other BW. Some like a single hue all over the picture, and the others want a rainbow of colors.
One reason is the voting routine. Some of us only vote when necessary to get our own picture in the voting booth. And some of us really just browse thru quickly without giving the necessary time to really be able to give a good vote.
These are things that cannot be helped now, or maybe not at all. And in the case of personal tastes, do not need to be helped. =)
So I tried to think further. What common denominator we have that could vary so much as to cause incorrect votes and comments across the system?
I opened my Caedes Control at work and it hit me. Me own photos looked TOTALLY different. I mean, they were too dark, did not have enough contrast, or looked.. well, not live in color at all.
My screen settings were right for the programs I work with, not bothering the eye at all, but the pictures of caedes did not draw well on it at all. If I cranked up screen brightness, the pictures would look like they look at home, but everything else would be too bright.
So there it is, there is the common denominator that I am sure plays a part in how we view and appreciate photos here. Our displays, their setting and their quality (my work monitor cannot compete with the one at home).
I dunno how this denominator could be removed either.. Maybe there is a site that offers a screen set up picture, with the grayscale for contrast and the color bars for color balance and warmth?
Anyways, If a picture looks too dark for you, maybe the uploading person has their brightness way too up, or your screen has brightness too down.
If the image does not look sharp, maybe your contrast is low, or the uploaders too high.
Not trying to get you people all fussy about your monitor settings, just wanted to bring up my brainfart.
Thanks for reading, and thanks even more for your feedback. =)
Check out the site "Between Truths", read, learn and pass on. The three steps is all you need to remember to get started. =)
http://www.freewebs.com/intween/
I posted a thread about the c-index being a bit off with many of us because of the voting system, but it got taken down. And rightly so, because apparently there had been a heated discussion on a another thread right before mine.
So I started trying to think around the problem. Why do pictures get bad votes when they are really not THAT bad.
Or why do bad pictures get good votes that they don't deserve?
Or mediocre photos, why don't they get mediocre votes?
The answer is pretty broad, a mixture of many things, one is personal opinion. Each one of us evaluates photos in a different way. One likes color, the other BW. Some like a single hue all over the picture, and the others want a rainbow of colors.
One reason is the voting routine. Some of us only vote when necessary to get our own picture in the voting booth. And some of us really just browse thru quickly without giving the necessary time to really be able to give a good vote.
These are things that cannot be helped now, or maybe not at all. And in the case of personal tastes, do not need to be helped. =)
So I tried to think further. What common denominator we have that could vary so much as to cause incorrect votes and comments across the system?
I opened my Caedes Control at work and it hit me. Me own photos looked TOTALLY different. I mean, they were too dark, did not have enough contrast, or looked.. well, not live in color at all.
My screen settings were right for the programs I work with, not bothering the eye at all, but the pictures of caedes did not draw well on it at all. If I cranked up screen brightness, the pictures would look like they look at home, but everything else would be too bright.
So there it is, there is the common denominator that I am sure plays a part in how we view and appreciate photos here. Our displays, their setting and their quality (my work monitor cannot compete with the one at home).
I dunno how this denominator could be removed either.. Maybe there is a site that offers a screen set up picture, with the grayscale for contrast and the color bars for color balance and warmth?
Anyways, If a picture looks too dark for you, maybe the uploading person has their brightness way too up, or your screen has brightness too down.
If the image does not look sharp, maybe your contrast is low, or the uploaders too high.
Not trying to get you people all fussy about your monitor settings, just wanted to bring up my brainfart.
Thanks for reading, and thanks even more for your feedback. =)