[KenCo1964]

EXIF
Camera
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

Exposure time 1/60 s
F-number f/20
Exposure program Aperture priority
ISO speed ratings 100
Date/time original 10/05/2005 21:21:15
Date/time digitized 10/05/2005 21:21:15
Shutter speed value 1/60 s
Aperture value 8.643860
Exposure bias value 0.000000
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire [off]
Focal length 18 mm
Colorspace Uncalibrated
Custom Rendered Normal process
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Manual white balance
HandHeld
The only other thing I can mention is for the first time I have noticed an incredible amount of loss of quality in the pic when converting from tiff to jpg and resizing. Subsequently everything seems a little blurred especially the ripples in the water and clouds compared to the original. I say the first time but never took much notice before.

[CT]

The only other thing I can mention is for the first time I have noticed an incredible amount of loss of quality in the pic when converting from tiff to jpg and resizing. Subsequently everything seems a little blurred especially the ripples in the water and clouds compared to the original. I say the first time but never took much notice before.

Don't forget Ken that you've gained 2 million pixels with the 350D, so you are seeing a higher quality pic when you're looking at the uncompressed original. The difference isn't staggering, but it is there. That's perhaps the reason for the increaased drop in quality you're seeing when you resize.

The other thing is that when you resize a picture it will suffer a resolution drop and benefit from a resharpen. I tend to apply moderate amounts of USM until it looks over-sharpened and then revert to the last one. Sharpening should really be the last thing you do to your pics before you save them. If you sharpen early in the editing process it's entirely possible that other parameters you alter afterwards can mean you haven't sharpened optimally for your finished pic. Downsizing then just compounds the problem.

Nice shot btw! :wink:

[Steve]

Just to add to what CT has said, another useful step in the reduce for web saving process is to drop the dots per inch (DPI) down to 72. This is widely regarded as the maximum viewable on a monitor screen so having any more is just increasing the file sizes. Obviously this should be done at the very end of your post processing stage and only on you "display for web" version of your picture.
A word of warning though, If you reduce your normal picture to 72dpi while it will still look the same on screen, when printed it will look horrible so never do it to your originals.