Why do my photos listed in my portfolio look better (less grain, better shadow detail) than they do on my computer screen (iBook)?
Do the folks that run the website process the entered photos to make them look better?
I always try to compensate for not getting close enough to my subject by processing the photo to the best of my and my software's ability.
Posted by David Bostedo on January 27, 2010 at 4:44 PM
One of the main benefits to down-sizing your photos is a reduction in noise (and some other effects like posterization). In effect, 1 pixel in your shrunk Photoportfolio's image is made from several pixels in the original image. That means that the effects of noise can be filtered out.
That one of the main reasons why the increase in noise from higher pixel count sensors isn't all that much of an issue. While individual pixel noise goes up, if you are outputting the same size digital image or print as you did with a lower res sensor, then the noise largely gets washed out by having a higher resolution in the first place.
So small images will always look smoother. And if properly sharpened after down-sizing, can appear very sharp as well.
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1 repliesDo the folks that run the website process the entered photos to make them look better?
I always try to compensate for not getting close enough to my subject by processing the photo to the best of my and my software's ability.
That one of the main reasons why the increase in noise from higher pixel count sensors isn't all that much of an issue. While individual pixel noise goes up, if you are outputting the same size digital image or print as you did with a lower res sensor, then the noise largely gets washed out by having a higher resolution in the first place.
So small images will always look smoother. And if properly sharpened after down-sizing, can appear very sharp as well.