Fairbanks Museum of Natural History

Thank you for your ratings and comments - Glenn++++

... feels like an HDR even with the window blown out in the back, but the colors are wonderful. Love the perspective. Would like to see a larger version so that I can see it without the moire pattern in the transverse arches at the far end of the vault. Great job, Glenn.

 

Ah, just saw it in context on your portfolio page and recognize your other work on which I've already commented. No wonder I liked this shot as well.

You have captured a nice effect.

Thank you gentlemen! About those larger sizes, I am a little embarassed to admit that I have no idea how the sizing works... when I 'save for web' I have to knock down the JPEG from 100% to 46 or 47 most of the time (medium to low quality). To make it larger I would have to knock the quality down to 30 I imagine. Am I missing something/doing something wrong? Glenn

Nice work...

.... in PS you look at the Image/Size screen and you will get a listing of the pixel size of the image. There is also a resolution, which is set depending on whether you want print or computer viewing. 72 pixels per inch is the computer resolution, and PS gives you an automatic calculation of the size of the image at that resolution.

 

For purposes of Photo.Net, here is their recommendation: Photographs uploaded to the photo.net Gallery should be JPEG images less than 1024 pixels in the long dimension. You will not be prevented from uploading images larger than this, but be aware that this will result in most of the viewers of the image having to scroll. photo.net will create a small thumbnail for your image, which is not charged against your quota. If your image is large, either in dimensions or in file size, photo.net may create a smaller file and display this by default. This "medium" view will also not be charged against your quota, and viewers will generally be able to request your original file, if it is not displayed by default. If you upload a file that is very large, we reserve the right to serve only the "medium" view and not to make your original available.

 

So the best way to do it is to create a version 1024 pixels in the long dimension (width if landscape, height if portrait format). Assuming that you have kept the setting for Constrain Proportions and have selected "Resample Image", a new version will be created. Be sure to save this with a different name from your original, and you are in business. A PN version of your archived image.

 

You can do the same thing with the "Quality" control, but it is better not to do it that way. The JPG algorithm will throw away a ton of data, meaning that the image will look acceptable smaller, but not at the original size. But this way you are interpolating the picture to a smaller size rather than running a lossy compression algorithm to get rid of detail.

Dennis, thank you! That is a great help! I knew it had to be easier than I thought... thank you again - Glenn

... and great work on your sight. I love your self-portrait! I've admired your HDR work over the last several visits.

Funny thing is that I have been complaining about how the HDRs just do not look as good here as they do in print... now that you have told me about posting without those 'lossy algorithms' I have to wonder how much of it was my own dumb fault...

... the lossy algorithm throws away repetitive data and then stores a record of what it threw away. The greater the loss that you select, the less precise are the restrictions on what gets thrown away. Usually it results in a degradation of the high frequency data ... meaning the detail.

 

Since PN does not restrict us on file size, I tend to keep everything in "High" quality, a setting of 10 or so. That way the image is as clear as I can keep it.

Another winner shot Glenn 7/7 ;-)

 

Perfect geometry... nice colour, the light is very good and the manipulation is great.

Excellent shot in all respect !. I like the composition, the light, the sharpness and the 3 dimentionality. Nice work !.

Thanks again all. And Dennis, I just uploaded a larger version - thanks for the info! Glenn

Very pretty. Beautiful palette. Thank you.