2022 - Image of the Week #11

[HDNitehawk]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?

[Kayaker72]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?

Are all the owls getting a little boring?

"Naptime"

537A7767 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?

Looks sharp on my computer, both in Flickr and here at TDP. Years ago, I thought I noticed that if you have too large of a file when setting up the BBC code in Flickr that it sometimes TDP compressed the images a bit oddly. Ever since, I have always brought photos over here at 1000 to 1600 horizontal pixels. The forum is set up for 1000 horizontal pixels. So maybe something there.

But, like I said, looks sharp to me.

[HDNitehawk]

Ever since, I have always brought photos over here at 1000 to 1600 horizontal pixels. The forum is set up for 1000 horizontal pixels. So maybe something there.

But, like I said, looks sharp to me.

I edited and I saved it at its largest file size on Flickr and posted to TDP. TDP downsized it but now it looks better on the TDP side to me.

Thanks

[Joel Eade]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?

I agree that TDP "softens" images a bit. They always look sharper in Photoshop compared to the uploaded files. Maybe that is due to compression. I usually upload using a URL directed to the image in my Zenfolio account. I try to sharpen the image a bit more than I normally would but I do not resize them to 1000 pixels wide. I may try that though.

[HDNitehawk]

I agree that TDP "softens" images a bit. They always look sharper in Photoshop compared to the uploaded files. Maybe that is due to compression. I usually upload using a URL directed to the image in my Zenfolio account. I try to sharpen the image a bit more than I normally would but I do not resize them to 1000 pixels wide. I may try that though.

It seems to me I loose something downloading even to Flickr.
In the instance of the pic I poste the sun reflection at the tip of the beak on the computer at home is a perfect little star burst, and you barely make it out on Flickr.
I haven't posted much online in the last few years, if I start to again I think I should switch to a different type format rather than Flickr.