I got several comments about what I had done to the turk’s cap photo. I played around with it using the photo editing software I have, which is Paint Shop Pro. I am less talented using photo editing software than I am with the camera, which is to say that I know practically nothing. But I am trying to learn by experimentation.
Anyway for those who care here is the original photo. Or almost original. I use a 5 megapixel camera so the original image was 36 inches wide. This one is reduced to 7, just slightly less than the column-width of the text. I was going to upload the original but MT would not let me do it.
Also I “compressed” it. The original was 1.5 megabytes. Compressing the image reduces the quality but makes it easier for viewers, who don’t have to wait as long for the image to download. I usually crop my pictures and compress them to around 60K. Also when I compressed it I specified a “progressive” format, which makes it come into focus gradually instead of downloading it one line at a time. I do these things for almost every picture that I post to my weblog. Also I usually sharpen them after I have reduced the size, but I did not do that with the image above.
On the other hand I don’t usually do any of those things to the pictures I post to my photo album. The software that I use for the photo album automatically reduces them to a specific size. Often I do crop those pictures too if I think they need it but usually that is all that I do to them.
Anyway I appreciate everyone’s comments about my photos. I am just fumbling around with the camera and the photo editor both. Someday I hope to have the time to take a class where I can find out how it’s actually supposed to be done.
Comments (3)
You know what I like best about this photo, and this plant? All those little insect nibbles on the leaves. Makes me feel much better about my sagging, chewed, shredded, mildewed, and generally TIRED zone five garden.
Sigh. In the middle of fall melancholy, I am, and it’s only 4 days past the equinox!
Zone 5. Sigh. To us Canadians, that would feel like Death Valley.
Have fun playing, Bill. It’s the best way to learn.
Yes, maam, Leslie -
and in the middle of the muggy summer when I am complaining about the heat, I’m sure Bill is laughing at me.
But I’ll bet you don’t lose as many plants in the winter as I - because you are more likely to have snow that comes down and stays down. In this area, we have alternating snow and bare ground all winter. I have a lot of zone five plants that don’t or won’t winter over for me. *pouts*