Hi all, re the image file size discussion when uploading an image to this forum.
First of all it seems to me that there is a confusion in some members' minds between the weight (in Megabits) and the size (in width x height pixels) of an image file. A third parameter which matters is the "quality", usually the JPEG compression ratio that has been applied to your photo (in your favourite photo processing software). I use Adobe Lightroom and usually compress my JPEG photos at 75% quality/compression ratio.
The photo in my previous post was shot "raw" with my Pentax camera, then "processed" in LightRoom and saved with the parameters mentioned under the photo.
That photo was readily accepted by the "Add a photo" feature of this forum. In the new design of this forum, all photos are dynamically resized at various sized according to the current size of your screen.
If you are viewing the forum on a desktop (or laptop) computer with a large screen, you can display photos at a larger size (up to their original size, in the case of photos which were uploaded with a fairly large size, as in my example above).
In the older version of the forum, this was simply achieved by clicking on the photo itself, which would display the largest size available in the browser current window.
In the new version, achieving this is more complicated and dependent on your browser/device. For instance, with Firefox, right-click the photo to bring up the so-called "context menu" and there click on the "Display image" choice. This will display the photo, at a larger size, in the same tab/window or a new tab/window depending on your browser configuration. But this is not all.. If your photo is fairly large, it will still be displayed at a reduced size. In the case of my example, my photo whose original size is 4787 x 3191 pixels will be displayed e.g. at width=1024px. You will notice this size in your browser's URL address box, e.g. something like:
That's exactly the point Papi Jo - the whole photo upload thing has become a bridge too far for many people. They just want to put pix on the forum of gardens / wildlife /sunsets /views etc, without having to be David Bailey!
other, more modern, famous photographers are available....
Lovely pic though
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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Nothing over 2.5 is uploading David. I did flag it up...several weeks ago....
Love the pic Sheps. Will have to get my brain working to think of a caption though....not sure I can manage that after the week I've had at work...
but it's what we'd call up here - 'a wee stoater'....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It did say "We need it to be less than 5mb.", Fg, which is why I used quotation marks.
I beginning to lose patience again.
It's a pain David
Found a slightly better butterfly..that's tricky to say
Last edited: 15 July 2016 21:44:49
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just testing image file size
3,62 Mb; 4787 x 3191 pixels; JPEG quality 75%
Very interesting Papi Jo, what is it?
Hi all, re the image file size discussion when uploading an image to this forum.
First of all it seems to me that there is a confusion in some members' minds between the weight (in Megabits) and the size (in width x height pixels) of an image file. A third parameter which matters is the "quality", usually the JPEG compression ratio that has been applied to your photo (in your favourite photo processing software). I use Adobe Lightroom and usually compress my JPEG photos at 75% quality/compression ratio.
The photo in my previous post was shot "raw" with my Pentax camera, then "processed" in LightRoom and saved with the parameters mentioned under the photo.
That photo was readily accepted by the "Add a photo" feature of this forum. In the new design of this forum, all photos are dynamically resized at various sized according to the current size of your screen.
If you are viewing the forum on a desktop (or laptop) computer with a large screen, you can display photos at a larger size (up to their original size, in the case of photos which were uploaded with a fairly large size, as in my example above).
In the older version of the forum, this was simply achieved by clicking on the photo itself, which would display the largest size available in the browser current window.
In the new version, achieving this is more complicated and dependent on your browser/device. For instance, with Firefox, right-click the photo to bring up the so-called "context menu" and there click on the "Display image" choice. This will display the photo, at a larger size, in the same tab/window or a new tab/window depending on your browser configuration. But this is not all.. If your photo is fairly large, it will still be displayed at a reduced size. In the case of my example, my photo whose original size is 4787 x 3191 pixels will be displayed e.g. at width=1024px. You will notice this size in your browser's URL address box, e.g. something like:
http://image1.gardenersworld.com/img.jpg?tag=1904ea93-c275-4081-99e6-2f207b5e293f&width=1024&quality=80
if you want to display the photo at its original size, simply replace width=1024 with width=4787
http://image1.gardenersworld.com/img.jpg?tag=1904ea93-c275-4081-99e6-2f207b5e293f&width=4787&quality=80
Simple, isn't it?
Thank you, Joyce. I took this photo this afternoon, on one of the water surfaces currently displaying artistic installations in my vicinity. See more photos here: http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/en/etangs-dart-en-broceliande-2016-2/
That's exactly the point Papi Jo - the whole photo upload thing has become a bridge too far for many people. They just want to put pix on the forum of gardens / wildlife /sunsets /views etc, without having to be David Bailey!
other, more modern, famous photographers are available....
Lovely pic though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As you can probably tell I am mad about flowers and gardening. And taking pictures is just a hobby I like to do as well.
You excel at both Jacqueline
I like the fine details of flowers.