Most of the large ferries appear to load at the rear, lowering large hatches at their stern to connect to loading ramps. This one, however, has raised it's bow in order to let out a conntecting ramp to the dock.
Most of the large ferries appear to load at the rear, lowering large hatches at their stern to connect to loading ramps. This one, however, has raised it's bow in order to let out a conntecting ramp to the dock.
Hmm. It looks like the grainy thumbs started after you resumed posting in February after not posting for a while. Sometning change? It isn't too bad as this is the first time I remember noticing it. It stood out in the yellow of the bow I guess.
I'm at work, and use Microsoft Photo Editor for thumbnails. The main thing that changed early this year was I had a PC rollover at work. Old PC went away, new PC replaced it. Still using MPE in old and new cases, but it never occurred to me that I might be using a different default pic type. I'll definitely check, and see if I can set the default back to JPG.
While we're on the subject of Photoshop, a while back when posting a GM of a Chinese sub(http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/20420/), I attached an article from the Washington Times that had the nearly the exact satelite imagery: http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060216-020211-7960r.htm
The only difference was the newspaper's image looked like a photograph, while mine looked like a washed out sat pic.
So I sat down with my Photoshop and tried to figure out what they were doing that I wasn't. Simultaneously, I enrolled in an art direction class that taught many of the same conclusions.
Lessons Learned:
The one Photoshop technique that has the most dramatic effect on not only satellite imagery, but your personal photos as well, is to simply "adjust levels," (in the ADJUSTMENTS menu) moving the two sliders on each side of the bell curve until they touch the beginning slope of the bell.
Next, increase the hue/saturation just a tad. Lastly, "Sharpen Image" (Filter menu) followed by "Despecle" in the noise menu. And voila! You've got the same imagery as the Times.
Sea - Ferries 
If you're using Photoshop you can change it in the "export to web & devices" menu.
The only difference was the newspaper's image looked like a photograph, while mine looked like a washed out sat pic.
So I sat down with my Photoshop and tried to figure out what they were doing that I wasn't. Simultaneously, I enrolled in an art direction class that taught many of the same conclusions.
Lessons Learned:
The one Photoshop technique that has the most dramatic effect on not only satellite imagery, but your personal photos as well, is to simply "adjust levels," (in the ADJUSTMENTS menu) moving the two sliders on each side of the bell curve until they touch the beginning slope of the bell.
Next, increase the hue/saturation just a tad. Lastly, "Sharpen Image" (Filter menu) followed by "Despecle" in the noise menu. And voila! You've got the same imagery as the Times.
I do an Alt-P, position a fixed 150x150 frame and click for a thumbnail.