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Since I started posting and viewing art on the gallery, it has been done virtually all on my I.Pad, but then quite stupidly I supose, I realised, when I am looking at the postings of other peoples and my own art work on my main desk top computer, the enhancement shows you a totally different image to the one I made comments on previously, not always for the better. Is the enlargement a good thing? I suppose we should be seeing the image in all its glory so to speak?
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Agreed: 9 times out of 10, the new look of the site works brilliantly. For some smaller pictures, maybe not so much - but the advantages of the format enormously outweigh the disadvantages, I believe: I had one picture which wasn't perhaps exactly flattered - against around 150 others (I think) which aren't flattered either but are displayed to their best advantage; than which one can hardly ask more.
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I certainly prefer the enhanced quality of the images on the new site (it's about the only real improvement that I can think of!). I often find - not just on this site - that a small version of a painting looks interesting, only to be disappointed when I see an enlarged version. Certainly, with my own efforts, a preparatory study or tonal sketch often looks quite good, but trying to take it further results in a let-down. I reckon this is mainly due to my limited technical skills inadequately matching my vision. I suppose this might also be the case with some gallery postings. However, I think there are also instances where I just don't like aspects of the style, however well executed, which are only really apparent in a higher-resolution image. Either way, I reckon that closer approximation to the "real thing" must only be of benefit to the viewer.