Comments on: Ok, I was wrong… well, nearly

By: Oh bugger! | Adventures of an Idiot – occasional ramblings of a photography freak

Mon, 17 May 2010 23:36:29 +0000

[...] after having seen them on Flickr. Cos in fairness it has to be noted (and something I’ve observed before) that pics on Flickr render somewhat differently to how they do in [...]

By: fotdmike

fotdmike — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:52:04 +0000

Well, Flickr definitely does something to uploads, but the mods aren’t quite as dramatic as I’d originally thought. Certainly not sufficient to worry about at least.
But re the plugin, I’ve now made my mind up and am pressing on without it.

By: forkboy

forkboy — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:06:32 +0000

I think the second image (the original upload to Flickr) is darker and the colours more saturated. I was so focused on the blue of his kit that I didn’t bother to look over the rest of the picture at first.

After looking around more of the image it becomes clear that you were right in that Flickr does something. But did it really?

Your further research and experimentation leads one to believe that it is the browser itself (itself or in conjunction with the colour management plugin) that is creating the difference and not necessarily Flickr at all.

Of course, I don’t know why a colour management plugin would have any impact on the apparent lightness/darkness of the image.

By: fotdmike

fotdmike — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:26:55 +0000

Heh heh. In the one embedded from Flickr there’s also a slight loss of detail in the shadows, plus it seems to have been sharpened a bit… look at the cop’s hat and that doorway and you’ll see what I mean. Also, the differences are quite noticeable with that woman on the far left holding… well, I don’t know quite what it is she’s holding.

By: tam

tam — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:23:55 +0000

Your eyes must be better than mine… I had to study the pictures long and hard to see the difference.

I suppose it’s time I visit the eye dr again.