Exporting from Lightroom

[toketog]

Hello there, i have recently bought a new DSLR camera, the Canon 1100D and i'm doing my firsts steps in photography. Although, i'm facing a problem when i'm uploading a picture in my facebook page...The quality of is dissapointing, but the sane picture in my hard drive looks great. Here is how it looks normaly and how it loooks in the facebook..I'm using Adobe Lighroom to edit my photos

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2678/rgiq.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1468684_665674323483639_233457010_n.jpg

Here is the Lightoom export settings

http://i.imgur.com/qUXaIlI.png

Is there any tip to look better?

Thank you

 

[EIngerson]

It's not Lightroom. It's the filters used by Facebook upon upload.

 

[toketog]

It's not Lightroom. It's the filters used by Facebook upon upload.

Thank you

 

[Braineack]

I've actually noticed if I upload large images to facebook, they tend not to resize them, but if I upload smaller files (like 1024px or smaller) they get ruined.

Here's an example:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1399630_10101475764153856_508401003_o.jpg

I had saved this at 300dpi and 1920px wide.


I uploaded this as well, at 1024px and 300dpi:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1102686_10101475764188786_1637548136_o.jpg

I can really see the compression noise in this one, where the first example looks pretty damn good still.


If you're saving it at 72dpi, like shown, it's not going to look good at the export, let alone when it gets reuploaded on FB.

 

[kathyt]

I have always saved at 1600 on the longest side, 72 dpi, and sharpen for screen. I am a creature of habit.

 

[toughsamurai]

When you upload a photo in facebook you can find the high quality button on the bottom left side, just check that box it will help a lot.

 

[The_Traveler]

You aren't setting any sharpening requirements in the LR export. I don't know if there is de facto sharpening but you should really decide.

In a little more abstract sense, this picture is marginally enjoyable at a larger size because the detail and the colors are nice; when seen large there is an impact just because of that color and detail. In reality, this isn't a great picture, there is no center of interest and there's no obvious attempt at showing us anything. When the picture is made smaller, all the impact of color and detail is lost.

Sorry.

 

[toketog]

You aren't setting any sharpening requirements in the LR export. I don't know if there is de facto sharpening but you should really decide.

In a little more abstract sense, this picture is marginally enjoyable at a larger size because the detail and the colors are nice; when seen large there is an impact just because of that color and detail. In reality, this isn't a great picture, there is no center of interest and there's no obvious attempt at showing us anything. When the picture is made smaller, all the impact of color and detail is lost.

Sorry.

It would be better to give some advices rather than criticizing me...As i said i'm an amateur photographer in my firts step....

 

[The_Traveler]

You aren't setting any sharpening requirements in the LR export. I don't know if there is de facto sharpening but you should really decide.

In a little more abstract sense, this picture is marginally enjoyable at a larger size because the detail and the colors are nice; when seen large there is an impact just because of that color and detail. In reality, this isn't a great picture, there is no center of interest and there's no obvious attempt at showing us anything. When the picture is made smaller, all the impact of color and detail is lost.

Sorry.

It would be better to give some advices rather than criticizing me...As i said i'm an amateur photographer in my firts step....

It is difficult to know what to say here.
I am not criticizing you, I am telling you what I see about your picture.

If it is advice you want about making your picture seem good at smaller size, I am not sure what advice there is to give.
The picture has some impact in a large size because the entire impact of that picture comes from the detail and amount of color of the foliage. Much of that impact is lost when the picture is made smaller.

There is a lot more to good pictures than pointing the camera and pressing a button.
You are a beginner and may not realize the amount of knowledge and skill it takes to get beyond 'pretty' snapshots.
And you only get there by learning how to work your tools, learning how to compose pictures and how to capture them.

If you take every comment about your pictures as a personal affront, you will impede your own progress.
And, to be honest, if you take every criticism personally and respond as if insulted, few people will want to bother interacting with you.