Originally posted by outsider Urrg....I'm not sure still. You'll have to explain it in more detail, or i'll just leave be. Never had to deal with this before. I will say this website is very particular about everything.
Huh?
Posting a photo is easy and Flickr makes it even easier, though it is best to work within the Flickr policy to make sure that they will serve the photo correctly. You must wrap the image tag in a link going back to your Flickr image page. (They have filters to detect deep links.) Here is how it works from the Flickr side of things:
- Go to the Flickr page for your image
- At the top of the page are several icons (envelope, facebook, twitter). Click the down arrow to the right of these icons to display a tree of "sharing" options.
- Expand the "Grab HTML/BBCode" section, select BBCode (the markup language used by Pentax Forums), and the size image you want to share.
- Copy the BBCode from the text box into the "compose message" box here on Pentax Forums
Regarding size, there are guidelines somewhere in the FAQs, with the general rule of thumb being that you don't post full-size, full-resolution images. In fact, it is poor form to post images over about 900 pixels wide. That is where the imgwide tags come in. The intent is to support panoramas, not 16 megapixel images. These rules/guidelines/conventions are pretty much the norm for online photo forums and fairly loose compared to some other sites that I am active on. The intent is to spare the viewing user the pain of huge downloads and endless horizontal scrolling.
For lens test images, a good compromise is to post an image of about 800 px on the long axis to this site and provide a link to the full resolution image at Flickr or elsewhere. Another option is to provide full resolution crops to post along with the full frame reference image.
Steve