Ice Storm/Ice Art

[Paul.S]

Grabbed the V1 this AM to take a few quick snaps before work. And a couple more later after returning home as the sun was setting. Feel free to critique as I am still just learning. I used the 11-27.5 lens. Shot all in BW but changed a couple to color. No post otherwise. I am not sure how to resize anything for posting here. I still do not know my way around LR4. I just simply exported the file to the desktop and whatever size comes out is what I have posted here.

[Paul.S]

I tried to add a number of pictures but only one came up.

[Paul.S]

Another one.

[Paul.S]

Okay....Figured out how to get more than one picture. Sorry.

[Paul.S]

Last One.

[Paul.S]

For anyone who wishes to comment or critique theses images (please do) as I need some guidance as I go along here, I have a question regarding exporting an image.

When I look at the vast majority of the images posted on this site, they really look wonderful. My images when looking at them in LR4 look okay(on my MacBook Air 11" circa 2011) but seem so dull once I have exported the image and then uploaded them to this site. Whatever "punch" they had seems to have been lost.

Is it the V1? Technique? Processing? All of the above?

Paul

[Bjørn Rørslett]

These images are too small to really display well. Seems like they are kind of thumbnails (?) 500x300(ca).

Make them at least 1000 pix on the long side. Convert to sRGB so most viewers will see a facsimile of what you intended to show.

Some judiciously applied sharpening usually is required as well.

[armando_m]

#1 and #2 are quite nice, showing the branches in ice

here is a  link to a video showing how to export images from LR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJsAzJdg34c

once you get bigger images , you can edit your posts and replace the current jpgs

[pluton]

In the Lightroom Export dialog, I recommend
"Sharpen for Screen" in the amount: "Standard". 
File Settings:
JPEG, SRGB, limit file size to 'X', where X will usually, but not always, be somewhere between 500kB and 2000kB.  I aim for under 1000kB if possible, but it depends on the detail in the file.  Files with less detail can tolerate more compression.

Fun Experiment:  Pick a visually 'busy' shot that has lots of detail, fix the pixel dimensions at 1200 or 1600 across the long side, and export(create) 3 JPEGs at 50kB, 300kB, and 1000kB.  Examine each one to see the effects of the JPEG compression.

**I try to make the file size as small as possible(to economize space on the Nikongear.net server) and still maintain adequate picture quality.