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To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:58
PM
Subject: RE: [iris-photos] best catalogs
for pictures
In
answer to Cathy and Michael's comment on file size. I have DSL but still
remember the unpleasant reality of dial up service. Last year I scanned and
edited a number of photos for the web site update and cut the file size to
about 15 k. This year most of the unedited scans were in the range of 75 to
100 kb. I would just as soon have those be used directly as it would save a
tremendous amount of work. One of each size is attached. Comments would
be appreciated.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
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www.beautiful-view-iris.com
Harold Peters
wrote:
I have just finished scanning several hundred TB photos in
preparation for a
major update of my web site. When the site is
complete, there will be 2000
to 3000 iris photos. That will probably be
more photos than all of the
printed color catalogs combined. Take a
look at Leota's Garden web site for
quality photos. Ron is a good
photographer.
If it wasn't for the fact that a significant number
of iris customers are
not computer oriented, there would be no printed
color catalogs. The
economics of a website are far better than the
economics of a printed color
catalog. My website host charges $25
per month for up to 100 megs of
memory. That will easily accommodate
4000 photos. I estimate the marketing
value of the color catalog
diminishing in less than 10 years to the point
that printed color
catalogs will be extinct. Rather than collect catalogs,
why not just
visit iris sites and save photos of cultivars of interest.
Harold
Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado
Hills, CA 95762
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www.beautiful-view-iris.com
Wow!
Thats a big project. Knowing your diligence for naming iris pictures to
aerospace tolerences it will not only be a great catalog but possibly the
best reference available. Considering the number 3000 I assume these photos
will be the easily downable size of most of the Iris-Photos
files?
Cathy and Michael, Stockton Ca.
