Artist's description:
I took this picture of a local Scallop boat at dock during a heavy winter storm. The editing work was rather elaborate, involving the creation of multiple layers of differing exposure characteristics, to bring out the drama of the sky. (Read more about its creation here.) It was captured with a Canon 10D; 28-135 IS USM zoom at 56mm, f/6.7, 1/60s.
Artist's technical assessment of the image quality:
Sharpness: Superb
Camera shake: None
Digital noise: Minimal
Compression artifact: None
Chromatic aberration: None detected
Distortion: None detected
Maximum acceptable enlargement: This picture can be comfortably enlarged to 20x30 and larger, with excellent sharpness and detail. For obvious reasons, the streaks of snow/rain are motion-blurred.
Image detail:
*These are swatches from the image when magnified to the indicated size, as viewed on the average 17" monitor at 1024x768 pixels. They show you the actual sharpness of the print that will hang on your wall. If you have a smaller monitor or have your monitor configured with more pixels, you should "imagine" these swatches a bit larger. Please note that compression artifact (including checkering and banding around higher contrast edges) may be evident as you view these images online. This is a compromise in jpeg images that makes them quicker to load on a web page. The printed image will not have these defects, unless noted under "Artist's technical assment of the image quality. (See "Compression artifact")."