Artist's description:
It was surprising to find this beautiful, lush oasis in the middle of the desert near Phoenix, Arizona. I was captivated by the cool reflections in the glassy water. Captured with a Canon EOS 10D, 17-40/4 L at 17 mm, f/8, 1/40 sec, linear polarization filter.
Artist's technical assessment of the image quality:
Sharpness: superb
Camera shake: none
Digital noise: little/none
Compression artifact: n/a
Chromatic aberration: little/none
Distortion: unimportant
Maximum acceptable enlargement: This image enlarges comfortably to 20x30 and beyond, with superb sharpness and detail.
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")."