[LRflex] Re: IMG: more Goldeneye ducks
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:08:50 -0800
On Jan 11, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> Hello Doug,
> I have an observation/query about the very cool images you regularly post
> on the list. I'll comment specifically on the ones in the 'more goldeneye
> ducks' post, but it's a line of thought I've had on a number of other images
> and posts as well.
true of images in general, from other sources.... ie all internet jpegs?
exceptions?
only from the LUG gallery?
only on one screen, one computer? all screens?
please tell us about your hardware/screen...
not true here, there must be an explanation, we have to find it...
Steve
> When I hit an image's link, my first thought after seeing it load is usually
> 'great capture of a moment in time', but my second is almost invariably to
> wonder about what I perceive to be an overall harshness to the image which,
> to my eye, is wreaking havoc with the aesthetic enjoyability of the posted
> images. I come away with the distinct feeling these images have run afoul
> (pardon the pun) of a scale down to internet process run astray or have been
> the victim of extreme over compression at a host site somewhere. To use a
> movie-making analogy, I suspect these image's 'best scenes' ended up on the
> 'cutting room floor'. If I was these 'actors' agent, I'd be most upset with
> the editors. :-)
> Maybe I'm just expecting to much of a jpeg of unremarkable pixel counts,
> but I really have this strong sense there is a distinct difference between
> the images you capture and process at home and the ones making it to our
> screens. Of course, Maybe I'm being stupid, but I hope not gung-ho stooopid!
> Sincerely
> Richard W.
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> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; LEG <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> LeicaReflex <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 11:56:32 AM
> Subject: [LRflex] IMG: more Goldeneye ducks
>
> Friday morning I spent a few hours at the state fish hatchery at Nimbus Dam,
> a few minutes from home. The hatchery's water outflow often contains small
> fish (or portions of fish), a fact not lost on the local birds. A portion of
>
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/cogo03.html
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