The November 2023 Photo Competition - Comments

Post by **Wondermike** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:43 pm

This thread has been created for discussion about the photo competition entries.
Please keep the image thread comment-free.

Contest entries go here:

Number5 · Post by **Number5** » Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:16 pm

Black Mountains October 2023

Photo removed and posted correctly in the other thread !!

Barty · Post by **Barty** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:26 pm

Number5, shouldn’t this go into the picture thread?

On a side note, the quality of pictures really seems to degrade after an upload. Crisp and sharp even when zoomed in on my phone or laptop, but pretty jagged when uploaded using the attachment feature. Any way to improve that?

Rsipad · Post by **Rsipad** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:32 pm

Barty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:26 pm
On a side note, the quality of pictures really seems to degrade after an upload. Crisp and sharp even when zoomed in on my phone or laptop, but pretty jagged when uploaded using the attachment feature. Any way to improve that?

I think manually decreasing the resolution to where the resolution is less than or equal to the forum image maximum would help (I think the max is under the photo contest rules). This should prevent the site from automatically scaling the image.

Number5 · Post by **Number5** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:16 pm

Barty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:26 pm Number5, shouldn’t this go into the picture thread?

Yep - sorry !
I uploaded it on my phone and obviously didnt see the whole topic title and note it was Comments only !!
Thanks. I'll remove & repost it correctly

Barty · Post by **Barty** » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:19 pm

Rsipad, good shout, thanks!

Coupe_Dave · Post by **Coupe_Dave** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:38 am

@j24 next time you got to Cheddar, let me know, we could meet up

darich · Post by **darich** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:50 pm

Barty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:19 pm Rsipad, good shout, thanks!

Same applies to Facebook.
If you reduce the image resolution prior to upload, then the site doesn't compress it. And it'll retain sharpness.
I reduce my images to 1600 on the longest side and they always seem to look fine to me.

Barty · Post by **Barty** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:45 pm

darich wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:50 pm
Barty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:19 pm Rsipad, good shout, thanks!
Same applies to Facebook.
If you reduce the image resolution prior to upload, then the site doesn't compress it. And it'll retain sharpness.
I reduce my images to 1600 on the longest side and they always seem to look fine to me.

Thanks guys, just adjusted the width to 1600 and reuploaded. Looks somewhat better at least

darich · Post by **darich** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 3:00 pm

Now that it's getting darker earlier, I'm thinking I might try for some milky way photos with the car in the foreground. Downside is, it's bloomin' cold out at that time of night!

Post by **Wondermike** » Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:59 pm

Barty wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:45 pm Thanks guys, just adjusted the width to 1600 and reuploaded. Looks somewhat better at least

Uploading it will always result in compression but at least all the entries are the same, which is why we don’t allow linking to third party sites in the comp.

You could post it in the gallery as a separate thread, linked from wherever, and we could see it in its full glory

TOMGREEN413 · Post by **TOMGREEN413** » Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:10 am

Very strong photos for November. It's going to be difficult to pick a winner

Doddsy · Post by **Doddsy** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:43 pm

Macca, have you been dogging in your Z4 in the dark again?…

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Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:01 pm

A worthy winner - again!

At least I got some votes this time, so thanks to those responsible.

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