Meadow
Meadow, originally uploaded by Liam O’Neill.
This is a shot from my first outing with a digital SLR, my housemates.
The setting sun was casting the most lovely light, the sort that really highlights the texture of the countryside and lit up these weeds. I notice that the fence has since been replaced with a far less photogenic version.
Since it was my first outing with someone elses camera, I was in jpeg mode. If you change a jpeg and resave it, it does lose some quality with every save, even a resize and necessary touch of sharpening, to say nothing of adjusting levels, contrast or white balance. I don’t want to change this shot, but the frustration of not being able to anyway is why I’ve only ever shot RAW since.