A lot of pics on the board allow you to click and make the image larger.
How can I get my posts to do that?? What have I missed??

Thanks all

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Photos which are too large to begin with go in smaller and then have the option of being seen closer to their actual size. But it wastes precious space and I'd rather you stick to images no larger than 800 pixels in either direction. Thanks.

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Thanks Tom,
Will do and happy to. I still need to learn more about digital photgraphy so I can get the detail to show without blowing it up.
Even when I do up-size the photo just gets blurry or pixelly. I guess that have to do with the camera resolution?

Thanks again!

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Making the photo larger will not show greater detail. You only have so much "information" in your photograph to begin with and once it's there, it's there. Making the photo larger resamples it then has less informaiton per the same area as before. That's why it gets blurry or fuzzy.

If you want great close up detail, you'll have to have the proper lens - a Macro, or a set of close up filters. Some point and shoot cameras have a digital macro mode that isn't too bad, but it's no substitute for true macro. You have to get close to get detail and many point and shoot cameras just wont't focus at less than a couple to three feet in.

Depth of field is also very important. If you want the item, foreground and background to all be in similar focus, you must use a small aperature opening. F11 and up. F22 is ideal. If you want to focus on a small portion of your photo and blur the rest, then a larger aperature opening, F8 or less, is better. An automatic camera will most likely choose a larger aperature opening and shorter exposure time thus resulting in shallow depth of field.

Anyone that really wants to take good photos should invest a few bucks in a basic photography book. In the long run it will do you far more good than worrying over how many megapixels your camera has. Keep trying. You will get better even if by trial and error.

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