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Without a doubt - Winter is coming!
Yesterday...
WOW! How do you get the colors to come out so bold? I probably get 1 in 20 that turn out that vivid. Beautiful!
Paul,
Having looked at a bunch of your photos for a couple years now, I have a critical question or two. ...
I ask because I've noticed a certain grayness and lack of sharpness to the photos. It's difficult to tell if it's the camera, the operator, or an artifact of the image processing on photobucket. I believe it's mostly the latter. Could you possibly send me a copy of the original file of the above image from before it was uploaded to photobucket? scott -at- bmwmoa -dot- org.
Paul,
Having looked at a bunch of your photos for a couple years now, I have a critical question or two. What camera are you using? How do the photos before you post them to photobucket look in comparison to after?
I ask because I've noticed a certain grayness and lack of sharpness to the photos. It's difficult to tell if it's the camera, the operator, or an artifact of the image processing on photobucket. I believe it's mostly the latter. Could you possibly send me a copy of the original file of the above image from before it was uploaded to photobucket? scott -at- bmwmoa -dot- org.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?
the lack of precieved sharpness can also be a result of processing the photo for web viewing i.e. reducing the DPI for faster downloading, also the monitor of the viewer, there is a big differance between brands even with the same resolution, also how much the image was cropped and zoomed in proccessing. having tons megapixels does always mean better shots. One of the best shots I ever took was with a 3.1 megapixel as seen here...
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in other words, there are many factors that effect the digital image beyond the camera. just goes to show how its the photographer behind the camera more than the camera itself that makes a good photo an outstanding one, (like the cows!)
RM
It's photobucket. The difference is subtle, but, to my eye, is the difference between an ok photo and a good photo. The images you sent are crisper and have slightly more tonal range than the image processed by photobucket.
Go to this page and mouseover the image. It might take a moment for the second image to upload. You can best see the differences in the color of the big orange tree
http://conary.org/paul.html
You'll probably just think I'm crazy.
Admittedly, there are changes that happen when files are moved from one image space to another, and these were then uploaded to smugmug - which does a fantastic job of preserving the original.
We all have to have a sense of humor and thank you for the comments. Hopefully everyone can learn by well intended critical commentary.
Some of it is what we are viewing photographs on. They do not appear the same on an LCD screen as they do on an old fashioned CRT monitor.
You can modify a photo to look good on an LCD and it often shows too much contrast and too much saturation on a CRT. Laptop and desktop LCD users can be mousetrapped by the limitations of their screen.