4510x3627linuxlove wrote:Wow. That is a LOT of detail. Hard to believe that was taken in 1996.
< HAI.Chances are it was taken using a high end film camera. Film can produce much better images than digital cameras if high enough quality equipment and film is used. Many movies are still shot using film.ThePro wrote:4510x3627linuxlove wrote:Wow. That is a LOT of detail. Hard to believe that was taken in 1996.
I find it hard to believe there were cameras that could take pics with that res back then
Heh, in 1996 only the rich elites could afford digital cameras and I doubt they had such a high resolution as the original Bliss picture.spunker88 wrote: Chances are it was taken using a high end film camera. Film can produce much better images than digital cameras if high enough quality equipment and film is used. Many movies are still shot using film.
Totally agree that film is much better than digital. The colour, dynamic range, contrast and sharpness is much better on film. Plus it's way cheaper for a better camera.spunker88 wrote:Chances are it was taken using a high end film camera. Film can produce much better images than digital cameras if high enough quality equipment and film is used. Many movies are still shot using film.ThePro wrote:4510x3627linuxlove wrote:Wow. That is a LOT of detail. Hard to believe that was taken in 1996.
I find it hard to believe there were cameras that could take pics with that res back then
DMax wrote:Nice detail. I always liked the bliss image because it looks exactly like a hill half a mile away from my house. Only difference is that the mountain on the right, there would be a forest and on top of the hill is a 6ft water tower and the line at the bottom of the hill has a fence running along it. otherwise, the hill itself and the grass at the bottom is geographically identical, even has the yellow flowers usually growing all over the place.
zamadatix wrote:I did some hunting and was able to grab the original tiff image of the famous XP Bliss wallpaper (4510 x 3627, 49,107,640 bytes, tif). Unfortunately it is too big for the BA Uploader so if any of you are interested in that tiff pm me or something and ill email you it compressed in a 7zip .xz file (18.2mb).
I can however upload a 1920 x 1080, sinc lanczos scaled, cropped, color corrected, png that I use on my desktop as it is only 3,348,610 bytes.
EDIT: for anyone who wants to know what the place looks like now check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss_(image)
I don't appear to have an image at the moment, if I can't find one, if I get a free (and dry) day, I'll go take a photo and upload it...I have an image from the other side of the hill so you can sort of see what I mean...I'll have to get one from the other side so you can see the resemblance to the bliss image, only major difference is that the hill is ploughed over at moment for potatos. Looks higher on top from the other side, like the bliss hill.TomKTW wrote:DMax wrote:Nice detail. I always liked the bliss image because it looks exactly like a hill half a mile away from my house. Only difference is that the mountain on the right, there would be a forest and on top of the hill is a 6ft water tower and the line at the bottom of the hill has a fence running along it. otherwise, the hill itself and the grass at the bottom is geographically identical, even has the yellow flowers usually growing all over the place.Offtopic CommentI would just like to see that, if you can, take a pic.
