Photo Album
Early images
are sized to 700x525 and later ones to 800x600.
All the JPEGs
run between 100KB and 500KB. There is one problem with this:
1.
the images are served via an ADSL link which is limited to approximately 500KB
up.
Early images
(before 2004) were
scanned using a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual
slide and
transparency scanner. This is a nice toy but it lacks the dynamic
range
necessary to deal with the bulk of my photography and will be replaced
before I mine my 5000+ slides. Some of the later
images were scanned with Hamrick's VueScan
software
rather than the Minolta Twain stuff. Digital
cameras
include a Fuji S7000, a Pentax *istDS, and finally a Pentax K10D; I really like the Pentax (size,
ergonomics, interchangeable lenses and actually being able to see the
REAL image in the view finder). I now use large SDHC cards for travel and as a
digital wallet. I used to use RSE (RawShooter Essentials) to sort and process the
"raw" images (this was a great tool with a very good workflow paradigm
and processing algorithms) and it has been replaced with LightRoom (more capable but more difficult), IrfanView to generate the thumbs and HTML. I used to use
ImageMagick to resize, sharpen and watermark the images, and PWP
(Picture Window Pro) to tweak but almost everything is now done in LightRoom. As to the
photographer's eye, Dr. Lyn would say "look behind you". If you have
comments send them to hrae@telus.net