Had to post this,
they're correct and i'm still misty eyed over the fact that they took the time to shoot me in the head so nicely (sorry, no "smily face with a tear)
** Too big a levels/curves/exposure adjustment in your RAW processor or image editor has created blocky posterization in shadow areas or has spread the color information out too much causing a degradation in image quality.**
Wow...a first for me and I'm in love with my terrorist/captor....(sniff)