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Andrew Harley
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For critique please

Post by Andrew Harley » Wed May 25, 2011 8:09 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

This is my first "proper" LF image.

Previous attempts at LF have been with "Heath Robinson" arrangements - easy to excuse poor results. Now I am responsible fro the image.

So here is the first (if I can get the technology to work).

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Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1:50, 8 ims at 20C. Scanned Epson V700 and dust-busted in Lightroom!

Any constructive comments please.

Thanks

Andrew

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Re: For critique please

Post by Peter Phipp » Sat May 28, 2011 10:49 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Looks nice , you could have maybe made the sky more dramatic with a deep yellow filter but that's personal. nice perspective. Peter

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Re: For critique please

Post by Andrew Harley » Sat May 28, 2011 12:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi Peter

Thanks for the comment.

I did not get my stepping rings until the day after I shot this - otherwise the sky might have had a bit more presence.

Thanks again

Andrew

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Re: For critique please

Post by Neil Barnes » Sat May 28, 2011 5:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Andrew,

Did the forum image size restriction require you to apply so much compression? It looks a nice picture, but the jpeg artifacts on the lichen on the side of the bridge and in the branches are giving an odd 'defocussed' effect.

Any chance of a pointer to the image in higher resolution/lower compression?

Thanks,

Neil

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Re: For critique please

Post by Andrew Harley » Sat May 28, 2011 5:30 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Neil

The problem that I have is that the site that I use for hosting limits each image to 250k.

My original scan at 1000dpi creates a 10mb file. Any guidance on how to preserve the integrity of the image while fitting it ito a small package would be welcome.

Andrew

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Re: For critique please

Post by Joanna Carter » Sat May 28, 2011 10:22 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Just be aware that publishing an image at high resolution is one good way to let people steal it for their own use :roll:
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Re: For critique please

Post by Neil Barnes » Sun May 29, 2011 9:01 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Tsk. After thirty years on the various versions of t'internet, I *still* assume people are basically civilised. You'd think I'd know better...

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Re: For critique please

Post by Joanna Carter » Sun May 29, 2011 9:39 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Neil Barnes wrote:Tsk. After thirty years on the various versions of t'internet, I *still* assume people are basically civilised. You'd think I'd know better...
:lol: 8)

And, yes, for attachments we do have a size limit. However links to externally hosted images are only restricted by the hosting site. Large images can be problematic for those who do not have high speed internet connections or who want to access the forums from a mobile device, therefore we consider it courteous to limit size for those reasons. But we would still counsel only ever publishing lo-res images, because there are unscrupulous so-and-sos out there who have created businesses out of stolen hi-res images.

Like you, Neil, possibly due to my memories of more trusting times, I can be far too trusting at times :? :shock:
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Re: For critique please

Post by Patrick Dixon » Sun May 29, 2011 5:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

One other reason for a smaller/lower res version, is that it's always nice to see the whole picture without using the scrollbars ... and I only have a 17" monitor!

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Re: For critique please

Post by Neil Barnes » Sun May 29, 2011 6:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Indeed, hence my largish but forum-friendly previews with a link to a 10MB download/100MB display.

In most cases, a smaller image at lower compression will give a subjectively sharper image on the browser. That's a problem with perceptual compression systems like JPEG. Another hint is to make sure you're compressing an 8-bit monochrome image; if your scanner or whatever has left it in colour, the JPEG codecs will waste half their bit budget compressing the U and V images.

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Re: For critique please

Post by Joanna Carter » Sun May 29, 2011 6:26 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Neil Barnes wrote:Indeed, hence my largish but forum-friendly previews with a link to a 10MB download/100MB display.
I see no link :?
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Re: For critique please

Post by Neil Barnes » Mon May 30, 2011 8:40 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Under the photo in my 'for critique' thread, Joanna. But don't click it if you don't have a machine with at least half a gig of memory, preferably a lot more. On a smaller memory it will be swapping in and out of the disc...

Neil

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