On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 04:50:29AM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: > > Larry, I really like both of your "selected" photos. > > Might I suggest, though, that you use 600 pixels vertical dimension (rather > than 1200 pixels on the longest side) for re-sizing? That way, almost > everyone can get a decent-sized image on their monitor without scrolling or > fussing.
How to size and display pictures is proving to be more challenging than taking and processing them. If someone has a decent sized monitor then going too low on the resolution makes it tough to see, but if I size for that, then I run the risk of making them too big for people's screens. So, to help, if I post something that's too big: When I post single pictues on flickr, at a large size, then at the top is a set of links: square, thumbnail, small, medium, large and original. If I post it too large, you can always click it down to "medium" which uses about 500 as the big dimension. Likewise, trimming off everything from "sizes" will take you to the medium size that they display by default: so http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3458852452/sizes/o/ becomes http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3458852452/ I think I'll probably just go back to the default flickr display which is about that size. I'm not going to have time to set up a new photo account someplace else, much less research them. Another thing that may help, is that one really nice feature of opera is that if you hold the control key down and spin the scroll wheel, it will zoom in and out on what is in the browser window. All of that being said, is there a consensus on "the optimal size" for displaying photos. On my little monitors, it looks like 900 vertical pixels is about the best for a big picture. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Zab had asked for a particular type of poppy photo. On my > > way to work > > I stopped to shoot some poppies near Lexington Reservoir. I > > thought > > I'd try a test, shoot them for a bit with one camera, > > then put the > > lens on the other and shoot some more. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616985839165/ > > > > or > > > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616985839165/ > > > > to get all 31 at the medium size at once. > > > > I just processed the jpegs to 1200 pixels on the largest > > side, which > > not only saves bandwidth, but levels the playing field a > > little bit. > > > > Without getting all scientific, and recognizing that > > it's a somewhat > > unusual color balance, I think that the K100 did just fine. > > There are > > a lot of situations where the K20 has a lot of advantages > > (starting > > with ergnomics and weather sealing), but it doesn't > > necessarily always > > do much better pictures. > > > > Note: I realize that I really should trim the gallery down > > a bit from > > 31 images, but it's late, and I'm tired. > > > > Here are two of the better, one from each camera: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3458852452/sizes/o/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3458861764/sizes/o/ > > > > -- > > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is > > to post > > the wrong answer. > > Larry Colen [email protected] > > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
