Richard, I used to use Flickr but my account got lost when BT Internet and Yahoo parted ways. The Flickr way works well, but so do other approaches. I now use my Pentax albums as a conduit to forum image sharing.
There are two ways I prepare images for the forum. Using photoshop CS6 and/or Lightroom.
1. Export an image from lightroom at 1280px long edge sized to max 999kb, with export sharpening 'standard'. Import the image to a forum album, copy the BB code from the album into the forum post.
2. In photoshop resize to 1280 long edge and 300pixel/inch. Create a copy image in PS and convert it to a smart object. Add gaussian blur at about level 7, modify the blur to obscity value 9 in the smart object. Smart sharpen at 0.2 pixels radius and level 200. Reduce opacity of sharpening in smart object until sharpening artefacts minimise in 100% view. Flatten the image and export for Web at a max file size of 999kb. Import to album and share as above.
Originally posted by Richard Longseth Thanks Jonathan. The forum mustn't like low res photo attachments. This was from my computer and It must resize it or something which turns it into soft mishy-mush. So I went over to Flickr and set up an account. Uploaded a test image but again only a lower res image. That looks bad also. I'm reluctant to upload full res images so I might be stuck. Thanks for replying.
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Thanks jadeyphoto.....I think. Obsessed with the sea cave photo - good - thank you, or my inability to post a sharp image - my bad.