Problem with larger photos...

[McNulty77]

Another newbie trying to learn the ropes here...

I have been busy learning the ropes with my new Canon S3 IS and I have a number of shots I took with my older Olympus (just before it malfunctioned). Many of the images are quite large, some close to 3MB, and I am working on saving them as smaller images.

I have some already small enough to upload, however. I uploaded two for the contest this week and they look fine... until you click for the "larger image". The larger image looks like a blotchy mess. I am stumped.

On my computer I view these images in a very large format and they are fine. ONe of them I have made into a large print and it was fine. I thought maybe my Canon was just taking crappy photos but based on my own viewing and the prints that may not be the case.

Even though I am a relative rookie in the world of photography, I'd like to at least have quality photos on here and a SHOT in the contest. The regular photo size does not seem too bad to me, just that larger size that seems screwy.

Any advice is GREATLY appreciated... thank you!

[STaylor]

Hi .. and welcome to bytephoto...

I looked at one of your images in the largest view ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ and it’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚s 1875x2500 ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦

Large View
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/s...74747&size=big


the gallery application tries to make your image more user friendly by resizing

Medium View
http://www.bytephoto.com/photopost/s...hp?photo=74747


if you want control over the image it’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚s recommended that you resize the image 'before' you upload it .. if you set get the maximum dimension to less then 800 in height / width .. the gallery application won’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t make the medium size view .. thereby giving you control over your image quality

[McNulty77]

Thanks... I took some time to practice resizing the images today and I think I got it. I was able to test this out by resizing another image and then uploading it to my gallery. It worked just fine. Thanks again!

[northbeach]

I did want to add one thing. Make a duplicate of your original and re-size that. Always keep your original intact - that way if you ever want to make a nice print you have lots of pixels and can up your resolution.

Sheila.