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From: Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Images of the Eastern Front
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On 18 Jan 2015 06:59:21 GMT, Frank Colessi <root@localhost.locldomain> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:33:20 -0500, Erinnerungen wrote:
>
>> That's about all the photos, for now.
>>
>
>I concur with the others that the posting is valuable, but
>there is a serious shortcoming to the effort.
>
>The images are TOO SMALL. The average dimension is roughly
>700x700 which makes each of them about as impressive as a
>postage stamp. I am sorry to say, but this collection verges
>on being totally useless.
>
>A subject of such vast import deserves to be presented in a format
>of at least 2500x2500 resolution. Only with much larger images can
>all of the tremendous detail become blazingly discernible.
>Only with much greater resolution can these historical scenes
>become brilliantly alive.
>
>One may argue that significantly lager images would cause storage
>difficulties. This may be true if one still uses floppy disks, but
>with current hard drives and/or blu-ray optical disks the storage
>issue is meaningless. At 2500x2500 resolution and JPEG compression
>the entire collection could be stored in 4-5 gigabytes, which should
>be no problem for anyone.
>
>The original photos should have been scanned at 600 dpi and posted
>at 2500x2500 pixels. Who wants to view history from afar through
>a soda straw when total immersion is quite technically feasible?
Wow, talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth.
If it is important enough for you to bitch about then I must assume it is
important enough for you to actually do something about it?
Why don't you take the photographs and enhance them in Photoshop? Here are some
instructions.
http://www.howtogeek.com/105952/3-simple-ways-to-improve-low-resolution-images-and-typography/
If you can't be bothered doing something about the situation, then I would urge
you to shut the fuck up and stop trolling.
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