Posted by GJC (Kyoto, Japan) on 11 May 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Why do these horizontal shots look so mushy on aminus3? Any suggestions? I've set the maximum parameter to 800 pixels and yet. . .
Anyway: When I was a little kid I remember once riding in the car with my mother. It was spring and I told her how much I liked all the beautiful green of the new leaves. She said, "Yes, and what I love is how many different kinds of green there are!" I have never forgotten the sudden blazing recognition that my mother was in fact right -- there were hundreds of kinds of green. Until then I'd never truly seen that, and if she had never showed me I don't know if I ever would have . So, Mom, thanks so much for opening my eyes to the world, to taking in its beauty, and for always being patient and passionate enough to show me. Here are some greens for you -- for us. A large part of the globe separates us, but you are with me every day. Happy Mother's Day!
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Beautiful composition and shades of green. You wrote very moving words to your Mom. She surely is very proud of you!
11 May 2008 3:54pm
A beautiful palette of green for your Mother ... you do, indeed, have an extraordinary array on display in this magnificent landscape ... thank you for sharing ...
11 May 2008 5:00pm
I'm sure you inherited the visual competencies of your mother, this picture is another proof! BTW my son and I bought five rose plants for in the garden, not only she, but also we were very happy about it. Next to this I gave her a CD with Buddhist songs and music - she uses to medidate often and to see life from a universal, non-dogmatic view like in Buddhism. She is also reading "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig. My own mother has passed away four years ago.
11 May 2008 3:06pm
very nice shot from nice plae. & Happy Mather's day to all kindhearted mothers :)
11 May 2008 1:25am
Beautiful tribute... :) Happy Mother's Day to your mother from me too.
11 May 2008 1:36am
what a green image, very nice
11 May 2008 1:55am
Beautiful Green!!!
11 May 2008 2:19am
Beautiful nature shot.
11 May 2008 3:19am
What a fantastic sentiment and photo...you do your mom Proud ;)
11 May 2008 5:59am
excellent landcape with great green tones
11 May 2008 7:53am
Beautiful picture with all that green and the pagoda. Thank you very much for your kind comment. I don't understand exactly what means "mushy" but if you look your picture with the "small" option try to change it in "large". I have found a difference...
11 May 2008 8:20am
Limitless shades of green. But only one Mom. Lovely posting.
11 May 2008 9:46am
Great shot and story there! Happy mothers' day to all moms out there!
11 May 2008 9:56am
Nice photo. Go for 1,000 pixels wide and see if you like that better.
11 May 2008 6:48pm
Love the sentiment, the observation AND this shot, especially the splash of pink below the pagoda. A smashing shot.
11 May 2008 8:24pm
are you resizing to 800 pixels wide before you upload? weird. about the shot: sweet. even before i read your description i thought about how you captured all these different greens. nice treescape
11 May 2008 8:39pm
I remember a similar converaation with my mam =D) I love all of these different greens.
Do you sharpen the picture after resizing? I found that a small amont of sharpening after sizing to 800pixels helps but the compression does seem to affect the horizontal shots more than the verticals. Only way to avoit that is to become an A+ member!
Dan
11 May 2008 9:15pm
Marvelous pallet green
12 May 2008 2:00am
Someone suggested sharpening, which is a good idea. Also, do you post them as jpg? I do, and I don't think I've had problems with fuzzyness. If the problem persists, you might pose the problem on the forum.
12 May 2008 5:21pm
This is wonderful and perfectly lovely, and a great note in your caption too. Thanks.
13 May 2008 1:49am
Beautiful photo! If you set the size of your photo to be 800 pixels wide, apply a bit of sharpening after resizing and before posting the photo, there should be no problem on the sharp quality of the photo if you post it without the option of high quality.
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