taken with an olympus C-750 on fully auto setting. we were trekking and this man, superman, was one of our regular guides. i just love this shot.

Interesting image. Disconcerting in a good way.

When I view it at 100% I find the color patches and artefacts distracting.

Interesting image. Disconcerting in a good way.

When I view it at 100% I find the color patches and artefacts distracting.

no artefacts, jimmy. the photograph was taken in a banana plantation by a waterfall.

Interesting image. Disconcerting in a good way.

When I view it at 100% I find the color patches and artefacts distracting.

no artefacts, jimmy. the photograph was taken in a banana plantation by a waterfall.

Donna, the artifcatcs in your photo is very clearly visible when viewed at full size. This is caused by too high image compression. Your file size is very small compared to the number of pixels. The artifacts looks like squares and causes a lack of detail and tonal smoothness. If you print this out, it will be very visible.

Did you compress the photo or is this the way it came out of your camera? If it's straight from your camera, perhaps your quality setting is at small or something like that? i would change it to at least medium.

If you have opened it in a program on your computer and re-saved it, you need to cange the settings... look for JPG quality settings. There can be a number, usually 1-10 or 1-12, with high number being better. If possible, I suggest you revert to the original file from the camera.

I like the photo in itself very much, it's just the technical quality which is disturbing.

cheers

nm