I always enjoy seeing photos, especially ones which show the wider garden rather than a particular plant. My problem is the photos I upload seem to be the same views and I sometimes hesitate and hold back, fearing that I would be considered conceited by showing off.
The size reducing app I use is one called Image Size. I blunder through, never totally sure about what I am doing, but it seems to work.
I always enjoy seeing photos, especially ones which show the wider garden rather than a particular plant. My problem is the photos I upload seem to be the same views and I sometimes hesitate and hold back, fearing that I would be considered conceited by showing off.
"You talkin' to me?"
Just joking.
Go on, post some photos! Unlike some others so few people do on this particular board.
I post photos which I think might be of interest to a wider number of people.
We've a small garden, but I've done the best I can to make it an attractive environment for my wife who has had MS for thirty years.
I've tried to make it an attactive vista for her from her chair in our lounge. She finds it difficult to get out into it, so her visits to it are few.
Therefore I take a lot of photos of things now out of her view and put them on a stick so she can see them on the TV. Likewise my videos.
If anyone thinks I'm "showing off" I'm not saying they do, But if so, I really don't care.
Some folk have reported that they find threads with a lot of photographs very slow to download … either because of the nature/age of their device or the speed (or rather lack of it) of their connection …. some rural areas still have very slow broadband.
That’s one of the reasons why many folk post most of their series of photos on specific photo threads eg Garden Gallery … this enables those who have slow internet connections to avoid those threads if they choose, rather than getting frustrated when a thread they wish to read, and which initially appears to be a query and answers, turns out to have a reply with multiple large photos when perhaps one would have served to illustrate their point.
From time to time individuals start a longer-running thread about their own garden, its development and maintenance etc. Lots of folk enjoy those too.
There are lots of photos on this board …. perhaps you’ve just not seen them 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Some folk have reported that they find threads with a lot of photographs very slow to download … either because of the nature/age of their device or the speed (or rather lack of it) of their connection …. some rural areas still have very slow broadband.
That’s one of the reasons why many folk post most of their series of photos on specific photo threads eg Garden Gallery … this enables those who have slow internet connections to avoid those threads if they choose, rather than getting frustrated when a thread they wish to read, and which initially appears to be a query and answers, turns out to have a reply with multiple large photos when perhaps one would have served to illustrate their point.
From time to time individuals start a longer-running thread about their own garden, its development and maintenance etc. Lots of folk enjoy those too.
There are lots of photos on this board …. perhaps you’ve just not seen them 😊
I'm surprised that there are some people saying, pages with photos are slow to load.
I'm running an aging HP i5 laptop and it's no bother.
I think it's down to perception as to content.
I'm a paid up supporter of, "More photos fewer words," on message boards. It was said, "a picture paints a thousand words"
There's a recent thread which is on page six, in which I've lost interest, where some posts would fill an A4 page.
Ok no photos were necesary, but there is a limit to how much text people are willing to read.
Perhaps the content has been well researched and could be interesting, but many, like me, won't bother. "So much to do, so little time."
It depends of course on the aims of the particular board … this one, owned as it is by the publishers of the Gardener’s World magazine, had the stated aim of helping enquirers to find the answers to their gardening queries. That tends often to be done best using the written word with a few photographs for the purpose of an ID or illustration/explanation.
Over time it has come to fulfil other roles of course, but they are ancillary to its main purpose.
As for speed … it’s often not the device it’s the broadband connection … I take it you don’t live on the outskirts of a rural village, or halfway up the west side of Dartmoor, or in Snowdonia National Park, like some members I’m aware of. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We don't have a front garden, just a strip about 60cm wide but I've managed to get plants in which provide something all year round. When we first moved here 7 years ago this space was covered in concrete and the front of the house completely bare.
@Dovefromabove -it also doesn't help when people quote entire posts in their replies to other posters, complete with photos, when all they're doing is saying thanks or similar. Filling pages needlessly is always rather pointless, and does prevent people responding to a query when they could have helped. I love seeing @BenCotto's garden photos, but he doesn't overdo it by repeating them ad infinitum. He, along with many others, posts on the designated thread, or uses a photo when illustrating a point, or helping with a query, as you say. The broadband speed in many areas up here is dreadful, and not even in the areas you'd expect it to be poor. As for phone signals....
Lovely photos @Suesyn, @didyw and @LG_ , although I'm astonished you can have Irises in flower in April!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You made me doubt myself there @Fairygirl, but I've just checked - the first photo (mainly buds) was taken on 31 March, the second (in full flower) was 4 April. But the sibiricas and laevigatas in the back garden were in flower in late May and early/mid June respectively, so more what you might expect! The front is very hot and sunny, though not so much this year of course.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
@Dovefromabove -it also doesn't help when people quote entire posts in their replies to other posters, complete with photos, when all they're doing is saying thanks ….…….The broadband speed in many areas up here is dreadful, and not even in the areas you'd expect it to be poor. As for phone signals....
I agree @Fairygirl … on most message boards it’s accepted as polite and helpful to edit quotes, keeping the relevant part only.
Because of the nature of this forum as primarily a service to answer gardeners’ queries, we get lots of new members who may not be au fait with board etiquette … but most folk who stay on and become regular posters get the hang of things before too long 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Indeed @Dovefromabove, and most folk are only too happy when guided in the right direction with those points. It took me a little while to get the gist when I joined 8 years ago, but everyone was so helpful with the ins and outs, which is why I stayed.
Just shows the difference in location and climate @LG_. Those types wouldn't be showing until well into May here. They usually prefer moister conditions too, but maybe they've felt 'out of season' for you this year
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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The size reducing app I use is one called Image Size. I blunder through, never totally sure about what I am doing, but it seems to work.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I love seeing @BenCotto's garden photos, but he doesn't overdo it by repeating them ad infinitum. He, along with many others, posts on the designated thread, or uses a photo when illustrating a point, or helping with a query, as you say.
The broadband speed in many areas up here is dreadful, and not even in the areas you'd expect it to be poor. As for phone signals....
Lovely photos @Suesyn, @didyw and @LG_ , although I'm astonished you can have Irises in flower in April!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just shows the difference in location and climate @LG_. Those types wouldn't be showing until well into May here. They usually prefer moister conditions too, but maybe they've felt 'out of season' for you this year
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...