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Help! What am I doing wrong? Why is the upload so much less sharp than the original? Slightly less vibrant too...Related content
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Thumbs up for a dramatic foreground and background! Nice color contrasts too. I don't know how vibrant the original is, but you can always go back and edit the picture for increased vibrancy and then upload it again if you feel that this version has lost something in the translation. I've made changes to photos too, even after I had posted them. But anyway, it sure looks nice to me!
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The thing is that the export from Lightroom looks good, but the upload to DA changes it somehow. This happens with many of my pics. I'll show you the difference this summer.
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I just love this image, it has a great feel. I can see what you mean about lack of detail, but only in the largest size. Looks great in regular view.
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Many thanks, Barbara! 
I'm still trying to figure out why some of my images degrade upon upload and some don't. Even my computer savvy daughter is mystified after having tried different ways of exporting this image with no better results. And she agrees with me that there is a noticeable difference. But then she's the only one besides me who can see the pre-upload image for comparison. 'Tis a mystery...
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It does that, very well.
I suspect that the gurus on DA don't know either. All software has it's little quirks....
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Indeed, and it may forever remain a mystery. But I've not given up yet.
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Well, it's probably because I haven't cleaned my glasses today but this looks pretty sharp to me
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... but you aren't also looking at the image before it uploaded. So I think we'll exonerate your glasses.
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im not understanding how you are getting .png out of Lightroom! but yes, like others have said, it is mostly do to the size. im not sure how you export out of lightroom, but if you hit (ctrl+shift+e) it should open the export dialog window. through the options there is a choice for selecting .jpg's, i would also make sure it is exporting it as sRGB instead of ProPhoto or AdobeRGB. and lastly there is an option for resizing..you really just need to input the longest side size, for web i would do 1024px but if you are uploading only to dA i would do 900px. dA display size has a max of 900px wide unless you zoom in
here's a link to a screen shot of my export screen for web images.. mainly take note of the file settings and image sizing. would say where mine says 1024 yours should be 900
sta.sh/0dfp5lnrn1p
as far as the vibrance..the sRGB setting may help that but color profiles and the internet and all the different browsers. is really hard to have it display correctly everywhere :/
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I tried what you suggested (.jpg, 1024 and it was already in sRGB)... and it looked worse. 
Note from daughter: So I've tried what you suggested and there was still a super noticeable degradation in quality. I feel like I must be missing something obvious, since I'm unfamiliar with LightRoom. At first I thought my mom was just not saving as a web file until the last second and so was horrified when her photos made the jump over to 72 pixels per inch, but no. The jump over is way worse than it should be, and I am not at all sure why. Tried a couple of different file extensions just to see if that made a difference, but it really didn't. Then I thought maybe she'd auto-sharpened and lost quality there, but she hadn't. Gonna try a few more things, but I dunno if I can fix this. D: ...Any other ideas? Maybe it's just something to do w/ this specific photo, idk. So weird!
Edit: So I'm beginning to think it's just a case of getting used to our new retina screens... =__=;;
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well, shoot! yeah, unfortunately im not much more help without being there 
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Thanks for trying, Addam. 'Tis much appreciated!
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What size photo are you uploading here? I've found anything much over about 1000 get squishy...
love the lines in this with the varying colors and textures with the pop of the buffies
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I tried down-sizing it to 1000 but then it got squishy before I even uploaded. Maybe I should try a different format...
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how about - if you've got the option, it is one of the choices in Photoshop - "saving to Web" ? Some swear by it...
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That's how I saved when I was in Elements, but now I'm in LightRoom. It's a bit different. However, I just began using it so perhaps I don't know what I'm doing.
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I got LightRoom recently too! Love parts of it but other stuff goes over my head 
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Learning LightRoom is definitely a work-in-progress for me. But it's sooooooo much better than Elements!
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got to be willing to play - just slide those sliders 
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Maybe dA site compresses image as it loads? I believe FB does that. Still...nice shot.
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It probably does compress. What's weird is that some of my shots upload okay and others don't. A mystery to unravel. Anyway, thanks!
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I wouldn't say you're doing anything wrong....I'm not much of a photographer, but I know some shutterbugs do some post processing in other programs such as photoshop and the like.
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I did work on it some in Lightroom. If you could see the post-processed image before uploading, you would undoubtedly agree that the upload was not kind to it.
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wow
amazing view
(and if you watch it in full view it looks more sharp
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Thanks so much!
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love this scene... love the sense of history and open space.... well done
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I've always wanted to get a shot in that location. And even though none of the bison were looking up, I liked the two wandering up to the ridge-line. I think it gives a sense of the freedom they still have here.
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i am envious.... i want a shot like that for ME. I have vowed to photograph bison in the wild someday....
yes, i think for me i would want my photo of buffalo to have a sense of scale and space and open area... good job!
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You just need to get out to Yellowstone or the Tetons.
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yes.. I do... and I will. i hope i can get a shot as good as this...
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