Workflow - Submission Of Photographs For Competions
Question:
One of this years resolutions for me is to enter photographic competitions, whether they be just for fun or not. Indeed and to start the ball rolling I have entered into this years (2012) forum End Of Year Showcase and in doing so have discovered my possible first hurdle.
The original and Hi-res photograph of the shot I submitted was, in my mind/opinion of high quality/definition, full of detail (I think the phrase used universally is "pin sharp") however the constraints of the forum competition and no doubt others in the future were that the file submitted could not exceed 1Mb in size. Looking at my particular entry, I notice that the shot in quality terms does not match my original (obviously I expect a reduction) to the extent that a number of artefacts and "jaggies" appear to have been introduced into it resulting, in my opinion, in a poor representation of the original.
I firmly believe this to be a problem with the way I processed the original to get the resulting file (and not in the way the shot has been subsequently uploaded by any organizer of the competition) and therefore was wondering how others achieve more than acceptable results (as demonstrated by the majority of this years entries)?
The caveat to the question is that my processing was done using Canon software only (slight manipulation in DPP followed by conversion in ZoomBrowser and ImageBrowser). I appreciate that most photographers have or use an arsenal of programs/apps during their workflow but how can a good and acceptable conversion workflow be achieved using the supplied Canon software only (thinking of beginners here especially)?
Perhaps and assuming there is a definitive answer, this topic could also be a subject of a future edition of the EOS magazine.
Thanks in anticipation of any help.
Steve.
One of this years resolutions for me is to enter photographic competitions, whether they be just for fun or not. Indeed and to start the ball rolling I have entered into this years (2012) forum End Of Year Showcase and in doing so have discovered my possible first hurdle.
The original and Hi-res photograph of the shot I submitted was, in my mind/opinion of high quality/definition, full of detail (I think the phrase used universally is "pin sharp") however the constraints of the forum competition and no doubt others in the future were that the file submitted could not exceed 1Mb in size. Looking at my particular entry, I notice that the shot in quality terms does not match my original (obviously I expect a reduction) to the extent that a number of artefacts and "jaggies" appear to have been introduced into it resulting, in my opinion, in a poor representation of the original.
I firmly believe this to be a problem with the way I processed the original to get the resulting file (and not in the way the shot has been subsequently uploaded by any organizer of the competition) and therefore was wondering how others achieve more than acceptable results (as demonstrated by the majority of this years entries)?
The caveat to the question is that my processing was done using Canon software only (slight manipulation in DPP followed by conversion in ZoomBrowser and ImageBrowser). I appreciate that most photographers have or use an arsenal of programs/apps during their workflow but how can a good and acceptable conversion workflow be achieved using the supplied Canon software only (thinking of beginners here especially)?
Perhaps and assuming there is a definitive answer, this topic could also be a subject of a future edition of the EOS magazine.
Thanks in anticipation of any help.
Steve.
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