I got a lot of comments with the word green in them for this picture:



On my screen, at least the foreground, is predominantly yellow or at least a greenish yellow. What colour comes to mind when you look at it? At work it definitely looks greener/bluer.

Definitely, yellow.

"Definitely yellow" or "definitely needs recalibration yello(dog)"?

wow is very nice

How do u recalibrate it?

Buy a Spyder 3, maybe 4 by now, calibration tool. Load the program, hook it up and let it run. Does wonders!

greenish yellow, even the sky looks a bit greenish... and calibration is something I think I need to do too.... but I was under the impression that Spyder was kinda pricey...

Ob my brand New iPad it looks yellow, too yellow

To me it looks like you say, greenish yellow. I don't see the "greener/ bluer" that you say you see at your office at all.

I once did an experiment and sat 3 laptops side by side with the same photo as the desktop and there were 3 totally different looks. So it's not necessarily only YOUR computer's problem.

Does your screen have calibration controls?? Some computers (my Apple laptop for example) have built in color calibrating which I can go to and tweak. That's where I'd start if I suspected a problem.

i have spider3 and i calibrated my screens...definitely greenish yellow, even the sky!

I did find this which seems to give a link to a free calibration site.http://www.overclock.net/t/1206517/is-there-any-free-monitor-calibration-software-or-does-it-all-cost

This site seems worth looking into...

Thanks for the links. It looks like my screen is as spot on as it can be with such a simple test so I don't know what to think.

Here's another version where I have adjusted the white balance so now it looks more "natural" on my screen. How does it look to you compared to the other one?

Seems like a step in the right direction from my end... the clouds are a crisper white and the sky more blue. It no longer had a 'cast' of greenish yellow over the shot.

What about using photoshop or something to remove the cast, taking clouds as a reference of "white"? It would look like this:



All in all, I'd definitely recommend spyder for screen calibration.

http://www.obturations.com/2009/02/test-la-sonde-de-calibration-spyder-3-pro/


Un site intéressant sur le sujet.

@yellodog... your second version definitely looks better on my screen too.

Spyder calibration systems range in price from $120 - $250. That's more than I'm willing to spend, for sure. Renting one is a possibility, if you have a shop nearby.

@Rokas that's what I did with the second version (except in Lightroom) but I used the white on the very edge of the cloud.
It looks more like what I remember from "real life". Your version is too "cold", I got that as well when I used the greyer portions of the cloud. I think I remember the vegetation in the foreground being rapeseed so it should be really yellow and it's what threw me off the first time.

Does the Spyder work on all laptops or just stand alone monitors?