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Dec/08

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Picture Quality Issues

I noticed a degradation of the images I am uploading to the site, not sure if it is something related to some upgrade to the image handling software, or something in my code that is not working right, or if the issue is with the way my new camera and software handle the images, or all of the above…

The thing that I have found out is that it is something to do with resizing the image, and I think I have a short term fix in place. where when I scale down the image, I scale it to the same size that is being resented on the page itself. I am resizing the images, because when I started this, storage was limited, and I had some design issues, the watermarking etc… I am tempted to start uploading full size images, because I have a lot of space now, I think when I started I was limited to 5GB of storage, and now I think I have somewhere around 500GB available and Im using about 50GB…

I am working on it, and I am my worst critic…

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I don’t know why I have been so remiss in adding the launch site at the Back bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor center, but today I had the chance to launch from there. So without further delay here is the…

Back Bay NWR Visitor Center

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The launch is adjacent to the parking lot, is is probably on of the better alternatives if you have to get out on Back Bay despite low water, but keep in mind it can be crowded, even in winter.

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