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Snake Eyed RAPTORs

go figure (about the size)

Oh cool , Thanks alot ! Yea i cant seem to get good pics of something so small . They look good when looking at the whole pic , but as soon as i crop stuff i loose all kinds of detail and they get fuzzy .
 
Thanks ! They are doing really well ,that guy hatched at only 3 g. 6-8-05 and is now 12g.

The most luck i think i need with them now is that the one is indeed a male and makes for a good breeder . :cool:
 
groovygeckos said:
Oh cool , Thanks alot ! Yea i cant seem to get good pics of something so small . They look good when looking at the whole pic , but as soon as i crop stuff i loose all kinds of detail and they get fuzzy .
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What software are you using? Cropping doesn't have *any* effect on the content of what is inside the crop box, unless you are then enlarging it. A crop tool is like a scissor. Imagine a print photo that you cut with a scissor; would any detail in the remaining image be lost? Of course not. Now, crop a negative and enlarge back to the same print size and of course you will lose sharpness.
 
MS Digital Image pro 7.0 . I really dont know what happens , maybe it just looks more clear being so small in the whole pic , then when i crop out the rest , im seeing what the pic really looks like up close (?)
 
Is it possible that you are looking at a 50% size (or similar) image before you crop and a full size image after? That might explain it. I'm not familiar with that software but I can't imagine that "old softy" would make a product where the crop tool actually alters the pixels not cropped out. Just a guess of course.
 
Thats the thing , it seems to enlarge it . Say pic is X - size on my screen , i crop it and it blows the selected part back up to X-size . Which makes it more fuzzy than it looked in the whole picture . make any sence ? any settings i may have wrong ?
 
Yes, that makes sense and that is the reason. It seems the software is "set" somehow to enlarge the area left behind resulting in loss of clarity. I am not familiar with that software but I imagine that someone here is and can help you turn that "feature" off.
 
Duh(smacks self) I guess you already said that. Darn can't help with that, sorry. However would you be able to get your hands on a graphics program? Especially one set up to manipulate photos, it would make it easier for you to change resolution, color, and size how you want.
OK I'll shut up now. :)
 
Sorry, but I have to say it . . . "get a Mac . . . "

This pix is crappy - I just did a quick crop of it with iPhoto. Never even worked to get this shot with macro. My point is - get a good machine with easy to use software.

Oh yeah - no virus'.

Plus - it' looks cool . . .
 

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LOL Oh Thanks Monte ! Now you tell me ? Virus ?

Great picture ! Is a Kodak Easyshare DX4900 4.0 MP a decent camera ?

Thats my question ,and what im using , i KNOW this computer and program stinks
 
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