I was in Erie taking photos of sailing ships and I noticed that the ropes on the rigging came out as dashes instead of solid lines. What is the cause of this ? Can it be corrected ?

Help Rich Lowden
Okay then... My first question on this would be: Where did you see these dashed lines? Are we talking print, on screen, in what tool, etc? The only time I've seen something like this is when the picture was being viewed on a small viewer, and the image was compressed way down. Looking at it on a print, or at 100%, the dashes resolved back into lines.
Just thoughts...
Ciao!
Jason