On Wed, 05 May 2010 09:53:59 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Hell, *my* 3 MP camera would never, ever take a picture like that, no
>>> matter how perfect the lighting or how close up you were. The sensor
>>> just isn't of high enough quality.
>> 
>> If it was bright enough and you were a metre or two away from the
>> action then even a cheap consumer digital camera should give a pretty
>> decent image:
>> 
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/visithra/321853035/
>> 
>> That one was taken with a Canon A620.
> 
> Well, try this:
> 
> http://www.orphi.me.uk/rev1/04-Photos/2007-04-14/DSCF0064.html
> 
> That's probably a metre or two away, it's a dazzlingly bright June
> afternoon, and the image sucks. It's flat and utterly devoid of colour.

It's not a function of the sensor, look what a couple seconds of 
postprocessing in GIMP shows.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/7b757979306284

I increased the colour saturation and adjusted the brightness/contrast a 
little.  Took < 10 seconds to do.

> http://www.orphi.me.uk/rev1/04-Photos/2007-04-14/DSCF0011.html

http://www.imagebam.com/image/24509579306856

Almost the same adjustments on this one.

> There's no way my camera would ever capture the lush colours and sharp
> edges of the images you show.

Well, I'd disagree.

Jim

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