I'll have to let Moose speak for himself but I did not interpret his
comment as meaning that FastStone ruined any of your shots. Rather it's
not doing much to help you out. The problem with the vinyard shot is
that it is fairly significantly overexposed... probably by at least 1/2
stop. You can tell that by checking the histogram on the camera that
you seem to proudly proclaim that you never use. Had you checked the
histogram when you took the shot you could have seen the overexposure
and chosen to reshoot. The overexposure has also led to an image which
has very low overall contrast. The image can be improved without too
much trouble but one first has to admit that it's overexposed to begin
with and could benefit from some fixing.
Chuck Norcutt
Brian Swale wrote:
> A little trial to see if FastStone is as blunt an instrument as Moose
> suggests.
>
> At the top of
> http://www.brianswale.com/zuikoholics/
>
> I have uploaded a 1.6 Mb segment of the Gibbston vineyard image,
> containing the sky that Moose suggested should have shown a lot more
> detail than my (large) web image presents.
> This is a crop from the jpeg straight out of the E-3 using Irfanview,
> unmodified in any way by me except to crop. No sharpening, no gamma, no
> resizing, no file size reduction, nothing.
>
> Moose suggested that the sky had been spoiled by FastStone in the web
> version lower down in the page.
>
> In my opinion, it has not been spoiled.
>
> If any of you have the time, I'd appreciate comment about that.
>
> in any case, from my point of view as photographer taking the photo, the sky
> was not the reason for the shot. If I had been thinking of taking sky shots
> that day, the camera would have stayed locked in a cabinet at home ... the
> sky was totally unremarkable to look at. But not the poplars in new leaf, as
> a
> backdrop to the vineyard in Spring.
>
> I was amazed I managed to upload a file this size to my site without
> disconnection. From NZ to Singapore. When I tried to download the file to
> check its dimensions just after, I was repeatedly disconnected; so all I can
> say is that at least 90% of what I intended to upload actually made it there.
>
> If somebody can tell me what the height of the uploaded file is, I'll be
> grateful. I can then set the correct size in the html file that contains it.
>
> Brian Swale.
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