Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 5 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Hi Robin,

\" I always thought your pics were fabulous, now they\'re fabulously amazing! \"

I\'m glad that you like them.

\" What camera do you use? \"

I use a Nikon D3200. lt is an older entry level DSLR. It takes 6016 x 4000 pixel pictures, in JPEG or raw (NEF). I use the raw NEF files, because they don\'t use lossy JPEG compression, and they have a lot more picture information. I do most of my processing on the raw files, and convert them to TIF files for final processing, like cropping and downsizing. And, as a final step, I convert to a JPEG file format for posting on the Internet.

\" Here\'s another trick, if you click on the Daves Garden image you uploaded, then right click and select view image, it gives you an appreciable size. \"

Wow! Double wow! That is so freaking good. I am embarrassed that I didn\'t discover that myself, and so grateful that you called our attention to that. There are some interesting details to that technique that deserve further exploration. I am going to upload some test images of different sizes as the basis for subsequent discussion. More later.

ZM