Thanks for your comments, Brian. I will keep that in mind.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 10/23/2013 11:10 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Jim wrote
>> &> After 50 years of service, the city entered into a contract to re-line the
>> &> sewer line on our street, and re-make all of the sewer taps. I have seen
>> &> this from a distance, but, today, decided to see what it was all about.
>> &> Fortunately, I'm on the corner, and connect to a large main on the
>> &> adjacent street, so my yard escapes the damage.
>> &>
>> &> The job boss was waiting for his dump truck to return, so we discussed the
>> &> job. He was happy to allow me to take photos. Here, he is in the cab
>> &> waiting for the truck, and I got a bonus in a "selfie" in the mirror
>> &> mounted on the upper corner of the cab.
>> &> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9125
>> &>
>> &> When the truck returned, he resumed digging to expose the main sewer for
>> &> the new tap. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9128
>> &>
>> &> Swinging around, he dumped the bucket load in the truck.
>> &> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9131
>> &>
>> &> There are also a water main and a gas main along the street, so this takes
>> &> more care than might be realized at first glance. And, beforehand, they
>> &> asked customers to make limited use of their sewers while the work was
>> &> underway, because their lines are open to the excavation.:-)
>> &>
>> &> Fuji X-E1 and 18-55
>> &>
>> &> Comments and critiques welcomed.
> What a great record of local infrastructure ( actually, I detest that word)
> renewal, Jim.
>
> But there's something that puzzles me about how your shots display.
>
> Now, I'm not running the latest of computer gear. XP, with a small Compaq CRT
> monitor..
> But all the photos of this group posted over the last few days have
> displayed as one would
> expect and hope for, and I process my own shots on it, with results which -
> even if they don't
> always please some people, do print up very well.
>
> I know my eyes are failing now as sometimes I see evidence of cataracts
> developing, but that
> doesn't seem to affect what I see on my screen. It's different if I look at
> the full moon - I see
> the outlines of at least 4 of it :-(
>
> So. ... you used a recently new camera for those three shots, but they do not
> display well on
> my computer set-up, at either the small size or the large size. They are in
> focus, and not
> blurred by shake, but, they look for all the world like scans of
> transparencies which have not
> gone all that well. I can't put my finger on what might have caused this,
> and wonder if there's
> something in your post-processing procedure that has gone astray?
> As far as I can see it's not what I would expect from over-sharpening, but
> maybe it is?
>
> May I suggest that you start again with your images ex camera, and look
> closely at the
> results?
>
> Sorry to maybe sound negative, but these three shots are away off the quality
> of your usual
> results.
>
> Brian Swale
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