And it was me who found your shots pretty ‘punchy’ compared to mine in particular the beach shots ...
BTW - I never thought of your shots as ‘awful’ in terms of IQ. Small maybe, but certainly not awful !
Bart - look at your test clickable for larger sized image - the detail difference between the 2 is there..
some photos don't need the file size to present well
and
other subject matter definitely lends itself to greater appreciation with more detail
balancing the two in order to get a decent shot posted on internet ( given all the jpeg compression that happens anyway) is tricky.
Mind you nothing is as frustrating as seeing someone do a 'dump' of really large files onto a page and having to wait and wait till they render - usually resulting in me just leaving the page and not returning..my internet speed has gone up a lot over the last few years so I don't experience this kind of meltdown anymore- however some people on GETDPi insist on posting massive files for no purpose illustrating nothing much except pretty awful photography using very expensive camera equipment to do it ..
live and let live is a good motto though - best to say nothing than put out negative karma - there is enough of that in the world anyway.
I would like to know what the forum suggested posting size rules are ( if any) and I'll knock up some processes to make various sizes for various sites accordingly.
Pete