What happened to DD SPS photo quality?

[AgentSPS]

Is it just me noticing the change?

Some old photos from a few months back are enviable:

Shots from today's update require a lot of imagination:

 

[MammothReefer]

Funny you might say that I posted something about it on there FB page a few weeks ago. No response.

 

[wfournier]

Their photographer moved and is now in the Philadelphia area so I imagine someone else is doing it now.

 

[AgentSPS]

Their photographer moved and is now in the Philadelphia area so I imagine someone else is doing it now.

Ah interesting...well considering their only source of revenue is online sales, I would hope they get someone qualified real soon. This is killing me!

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Lol...... I was thinking the same thing.....this really sucks....kinda buying blindly.

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

Ah interesting...well considering their only source of revenue is online sales, I would hope they get someone qualified real soon. This is killing me!

Yeah, especially since picture taking is real easy and doesn't require a $1000 camera.

 

[SDguy]

Hmm, their fish pictures are still great, and, at least IME, fish are more difficult to photograph, so I'm not sure it's an ability problem...

 

[ryshark]

Definitely a significant difference. Sorry to be off topic but wow, that millie in the second picture is NICE.

 

[wfournier]

Hmm, their fish pictures are still great, and, at least IME, fish are more difficult to photograph, so I'm not sure it's an ability problem...

I might be wrong on this, but I think the fish pictures are taken using flash (more specifically some kind of off camera flash) which can be a kind of cookie cutter operation (think santa at the mall). The coral images look like they are underexposed (the sand will cause this using an auto mode without exposure compensation) and over saturated.

 

[prodman]

I might be wrong on this, but I think the fish pictures are taken using flash (more specifically some kind of off camera flash) which can be a kind of cookie cutter operation (think santa at the mall). The coral images look like they are underexposed (the sand will cause this using an auto mode without exposure compensation) and over saturated.

But the fish move making it much more challenging.

 

[wfournier]

But the fish move making it much more challenging.

Right, but the flash would stop motion so as long as you can get them in the right spot in focus you don't to worry about blur.