Monitors and Browsers
Technology is ever evolving. When I created
this website, I used a monitor set at 640X480. Now my monitor won't even
display a setting that small. So how large should I display the images
on this website? Not everyone has the latest technology - the highest
resolution monitors, the fastest computer, or the quickest internet
connection. The most common screen resolution is
1280X1024, followed by 1024X768 and the most popular Browser is MSIE 7.x
.
Images and Resolution
Many of the images displayed on Primula
World are limited in size by the size of the original picture sent to
me, though larger originals have been sized smaller for display. It is
difficult to go back and revisit hundreds of old pictures to resize them
larger when technology changes. Therefore, I will now size all images to
a maximum of 700X700. I will continue to use techniques in Lightroom to
compress those images to an appropriate file size without compromising
quality. Images for determining identification may be based on higher
resolutions which are not displayed.
Cameras
In 2001 I changed to digital photography. I
have used the following cameras: Nikon Coolpix 995, Nikon D70 and Nikon
D200, and currently a Nikon D700. Combined with a Nikon
Micro 55mm 1:28, extension tubes, and other lenses, I am able to take
extreme close-ups of many key primula features.
Photogalleries
Generating the html code for the species
gallery is time consuming with so many pictures on display. I am now
upgrading from a modified version of JAlbum,
ExhibitPlus
skin to Adobe Lightroom 3 to generate these pages.
Pam Eveleigh
March, 2011
