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monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:06

I only shoot motorsports and I post on various forums and my shots tend to be flat and dull .I use photobucket and just cut and paste the tag to the forum to show my shots .I notice a lot of peeps shots jump out of the screen at you ....how?when i look at the shot on my pc they look great but after posting they just look drab and lifeless:cry:which i feel is letting my work down ...............help guy's please but in easy terms if you can .........Steve

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:13

This is a good example looks good on the pc but after putting on the forum I am not sure...ok its not as good as some people on here they are in another league to me but i am learning this shot is out of the box as they say
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/monkeynuts1954/brooklands198.jpg

Lowner

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:21

Try saving one of the images you like to your own computer, then opening it in whatever post processing software you use. Enlarge it and have a good close look at the jpeg sharpening "nasties", as well as things like colour saturation and composition. Now do the same with one of yours. How does it compare?

Never forget that the web is generally not "photo friendly", colour management does not exist in the main. I often have exactly the opposite problem to you. I spend a lot of time and effort getting a good looking print, only to find that the posted version is totally "overcooked" . Every media has it's own special requirements and you need to experiment to find out what works for you.

Richard

Edited to add: Did not see your image until after I replied. Looking at it reminds me of my F1 shots about 5 years ago and my MotoGP shots of 12 months. Looks like shooting technique rather than post processing, but its just another learning curve to climb. The image is sharpish, but not quite "there" if you understand what I mean. My shots improved massively when I started using "L" glass.

RCB

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:31

Thanks richard but the shot i have posted is it a good forum shot ?not interested in compasition at this stage just color,sharpness etc .most of my work is batch done for club disc's .........Steve:cry:

cdifoto

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:42

It looks like ass because it's compressed to sh!t. 67kb is way too small data-ly for a file that big dimensionally. My 800x533s are usually around 200kb.

Save it at 8/10 in Photoshop instead.

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:45

It looks like ass because it's compressed to sh!t. 67kb is way too small data-ly for a file that big dimensionally.

Save it at 8/10 in Photoshop instead.
Great some one knows whats wrong ..........right in basic english do what ?........step by step cos i am a bit compooter thick :oops:.........all i do is upload to photobucket then cut and paste the img tag and upload onto this forum should i do something to the img before photobucket then ??????? steve

cdifoto

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:47

When you do your final output resizing for the web and saving, don't use as strong compression. Choose a higher quality level.

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:51

When you do your final output resizing for the web and saving, don't use as strong compression. Choose a higher quality level.
Right completly lost me now :oops::oops: after taking the shot its in my pc's picture folder then all i do is upload to photobucket and then onto here should i be doing something inbetween ...........even more cofungled :lol:

tommykjensen

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:53

I take your last post as meaning you shoot jpegs. Then you should adjust the in camera settings and set it to high quality jpegs.

cdifoto

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 06:56

Right completly lost me now :oops::oops: after taking the shot its in my pc's picture folder then all i do is upload to photobucket and then onto here should i be doing something inbetween ...........even more cofungled :lol:
That means you're letting photobucket do your resizing. Don't. Photobucket sucks at it - they take a full size image then squish the crap out of it and make it all fuzzy looking like that. Resize images yourself on your computer and only upload files in the size you need to post...ie for here just upload a 1024 pixel (on the long side) file and link to it.

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:08

That means you're letting photobucket do your resizing. Don't. Photobucket sucks at it - they take a full size image then squish the crap out of it and make it all fuzzy looking like that. Resize images yourself on your computer and only upload files in the size you need to post...ie for here just upload a 1024 pixel (on the long side) file and link to it.
Right so if i want to show images on here resize the one i want in p/s then attach it to the post ..........right i will give it a go ................ohh the settings for the camera are in large jpeg format

Shutterbug Doug

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:30

Yeah, photobucket is apparently resizing your uploads. Are you a pro user or just a freebie account? I think the free account goes up to 1600 at the pictures widest point. Check your settings on photobucket and make sure you're using the largest size available to you and resize everything in PS before you upload them with an 8+ quality level. I personally do all mine at the largest setting.
If you think you're going to use the photo here also, make one to conform to the forums while you're doing it.

René Damkot

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:32

here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=265690) is how to resize in PS

blackcap

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:46

Alternatively, if you don't want to resize your photos yourself, try other image hosting sites. Flickr seems to do a pretty good job.

Lowner

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:50

Monkey nuts,

Resize it, then post it again so we can have another look. You might get more useful advice. I've already learnt from your post, I never knew that some host sites messed with users images. I won't be going there!

Richard

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 07:51

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 08:01

yippie try this ...............maybe :o

Shutterbug Doug

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 08:03

Up to a 5mb file, which = larger photos. And FTP upload option with 10 GB of space and unlimited bandwidth for linked images. Maybe another perk or two. Turn off selling prints there if you do spend the $25 to go Pro so they don't make money off your shots and you get nothing.

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 10:37

well yet again you guy's have come up tops thanks for all your help ..........Steve:)

Sorarse

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 10:52

monkeynuts1

5th of July 2008 (Sat), 10:55

Looks much better Steve. Also, you may want to consider enabling Image Editing in your profile. That way, if you ask for help in the future, the guys on here will be able to take the image you post and be able to play around with it.
Ohh so is that a funtion in my own profile on potn ?i will change it now ........Steve:eek:...............just changed my profile