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Originally Posted by alphaboo
I know that most of the images here tend to be found gold but a few must be photos taken by the posters. I know that Canada girl stuff are photos that they take and post and are done excellently and can be enlarged without detail lose.
I wish I had photos to post but my young and wild days were pre-digital and I have no photo record.--SIGH--. I used a manual 35 mm canon slr then. I now use a manual 35 mm nikon slr and a digital nikon point and shoot and a digital d500 nikon slr. Techniques vary for each but there are common rules for all to ensure good resolution that can withstand enlargement.
Is there anyway we can tell people unschooled in or new to digital photography how to take photos that will stand up to enlargement without becoming a blur. Maybe help in posting them so the can be enlarged without losing too much detail or how to take the photograph so when it is enlarged past a 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 image is doesn't end up looking like a bunch of blurry squares. On so many photos if you just click on them they lose too much detail. Some aren't even viewable as posted.
As i said most of the stuff here is stuff we find but on those occasions when we do get lucky enough to take the photo it would be nice for photogs to understand how to take a good quality photo that can be enlarged without losing detail and without having to read a book that's geared to serious digital photographers who use digital slrs.
Should this be a new forum or do most members feel there is no need for it?
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To talk about taking photos that can "withstand enlargement" is like asking for money that grows on trees. I think I know what you are talking about, but your question is framed in such a way that it seems you expect digital photography to be able to do magical things that it really can't. There is nothing really magical about the process. You buy a decent digital camera and set it to take large pics. You point that camera and click the shutter. Then you upload those pics. Often these pics will APPEAR to be able to withstand a considerable amount of enlargement on your computer because your browser or software is not displaying them at full size when you first open them. But once you ARE viewing them at full size, the quality will degrade just like any other pic as you continue to enlarge past that point. But again, there is nothing magical in digital photography on the issue of enlargement. The "magic" is in the fact that your monitor may be tricking you into thinking these pics can withstand considerable enlargement. In reality, you've just taken and uploaded a very big pic that your browser or software first downsizes so that it can get it all on your monitor. So just buy the camera and set the pic size to "large" and the rest should take care of itself. Really, there isn't a lot of in depth reading you need to do. I have not had any problems in this area as I moved into digital - just followed basic instructions on taking, importing and uploading photos. Hope that helps.
KLondike