Re: TB: Bold Vision (Mickey)

Thank you for your kind words Mickey.  I'm really glad you enjoy the photos so much.
 
I use a digital camera. It's almost 3 years old now. It's a Sony DSC-S70 digital and is equipped with a precision 6x zoom. (Optical zoom - - is unknown to me).  It also has a 3.3 Mega Pixels CCD.  (Note that: digital zooming deteriorates the picture quality.) So.......
 
For me - - I find the best photos are taken when I use a higher Image size/resolution ( like 1280x960 or even higher).  It does take up more space on the memory stick and the size is quite large, but it's worth the clarity. Later, on the computer I can cut away the excess, without cutting away the size or reducing the quality of the photo. If I do reduce the size of the photo it's still better quality than beginning with a lower resolution/Image size - like 640x480.  
 
(Photo quality IS compromised a little though when I compress it for displaying the photo on Iris-Photos.) 
 
Using the Sharpness Level option in conjunction with the higher resolution - - makes for great computer photos, reproduced photos on photo paper, as well as poster size print-outs. Investing in a larger memory stick was definitely worth the investment.
 
The Carl Zeiss MTF lens does a top notch job reproducing the subject contrast.  The camera also has a built in microphone to record the names of the iris (or whatever) as I take the photo. (that comes in handy)  Rarely do I use the focus and AE options, but when I do - - that can make a difference in the photo as well.  
 
The program I use to help with cropping etc. is Paint Shop Pro 7.
 
Concerning rebloomers: We do have reblooming iris out here..................... that actually rebloom.  :-)  But,  I personally don't have too many.
 
Margie V.
Oro Valley, AZ.
Zone 8/9
IrisLady@comcast.net
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] TB: Bold Vision (Mickey)

Message text written by INTERNET:iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
>Micky.............. Bold Vision is not blooming now. Most of the photos
I'm posting now were blooming this past spring.
<

Thanks,   All of your photos are gorgeous.  I'm guessing you're using a
35mm single lense reflex camera.  When I started looking for a digital
camera, I was told they would never make one that would take the place of
the SLR as far as the quality of the image was concerned.  I've seen so
many on iris photo that looked as good as any I took with a 35mm.  I
haven't acquired the capability yet of taking really good pictures with my
digital.  The only draw-back with the 35mm was that by the time I got the
photos back, I would have trouble IDing the various cultivars.

I don't feel so bad about not having any rebloomers other than Eleanor
Roosevelt, which only blooms about every 5 years for me.  I've never looked
for rebloomers but was beginning to think I had missed something.

Mickey
Bethany, OK - Center of Oklahoma, USA
Zone 6/7


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