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Photography Question 

Cynthia L. Cook
 

jpeg formats, sizes and pixels


 
  Man working on bridge
Man working on bridge
Too busy and background is too distracting. One of the problems/limits of the compact digital cameras is limiting DOF.

Richard D. Camper

 
  Fountain at Mellon
Fountain at Mellon
Just don’t like where the lines are taking me

Richard D. Camper

 
  9th Street Bridge
9th Street Bridge
Unfortunately we haven’t had a blue sky in over a week

Richard D. Camper

 
  You cannot go that way
You cannot go that way
Due to the steep bank and wet ground. This was the only angle I was willing to attempt.

Richard D. Camper

 
 
I have all the necessary equipment in order to produce very good prints of my images. I am interested in starting a web page with betterphoto.com. However, when I change my image to a jpeg format and burn the results onto a cd I find that the images appear much darker and to contraces than when they are printed out on paper. I have submitted a couple to this web site and they look ok but do not look as well as they do when they are printed. I know that I must be doing something wrong. I know little about pixels and resolution. The settings I have been using are...450 max pixels per inch and a 72 resolution setting. I then change to a jpeg and I place the setting to 10 for the file size. Can any one tell me how to make the images look better. Please......help. Please seee attached image.

Cindi Cook


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November 14, 2002

 

Ken Pang
  The pictures on my screen look a bit too light, but I agree, also too contrasty...

I suggest you don't stress about it too much, as everyone has different screens and settings - what looks good on yours may still be bad on other's

As long as they look reasonable, nobody expect great quality photos on the web.


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November 16, 2002

 
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