I have noticed that the images I posted to the site have "lost" the metadata information (that's the EXIF data for the technically minded and the acronyms lovers). I checked the last post Exit Strategy. The original I uploaded has the metadata, the one on Caedes not. Am I doing something wrong?

Apparently there are people interested. Nigel (nigelmoore) wrote as part of a previous Discussion:"How many images do you look at where the photographer has left EXIF info - and told you what camera's been used? I've wished this information had been provided many many times when I've looked at images I think are successful."

Rob

1) .. caedes-dot-net has always re-jpegged images uploaded in order to create the 'additional' sizes ... it has even done this to the full sized image (1600x1200, for example) ... that is the argument behind the "upload PNG's for better quality" .. because re-jpegging a jpeg is a slippery slope ...

Hottrockin (Randy) tested this (to mixed results, IMHO) by uploading the same image both ways .. but others still point to the logical facts that it "will" provide a better end-result ..

the 're-sizing' is done with an 'online' Scripted-API software that obviously doesn't respect the META DATA block


2) .. it has been requested and discussed, several times, to include an EXIF data block for the photographers that wish to provide that info ... it just never came to fruition

I had not realized that. Thanks for the explanation,
Rob

The availability of EXIF data on images would be very useful I think for a number of reasons. It would certainly help out with problem solving images that have poor exposures and from an admin point of view help to some degree to spot ripped images.

I think it would be a good idea.. I know that it would be helpful for me to get advice on images..