On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:20 AM, wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Richard Ward wrote: > >>>> > ... 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. > <<< > > Without seeing what's on your computer screen, a number of factors can be > in play here. Some ISPs compress images before sending them to > subscribers, for faster dowload times, also much is lost when downsizing > from the original dimensions to 600 pixels wide (what I typically use). > I'm also using enough jpg compression to keep the web version of the file > to about 100k or smaller, as an attempt at finding a good balance between > image quality and download time. Since I'm not exactly an unbiased > observer, perhaps those who have seen some of my prints can compare the > screen image with the prints. it's not clear to me Richard whether you refer to all images on all screens, certain images on one screen, or something in between. As I have not noticed this problem with most images on many screens, I have to wonder if this is not possibly something about your screen, setup, ISP...? I am looking at Doug's great egret, his print on my wall next to his image on my i Mac... I see no difference, Steve > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/