Bulbophyllum cootesii and purpurascens - Orchid Board

Radarcontactlost · #1 10-05-2011, 02:21 AM

Hello everyone,

I am new here and I thought I would introduce myself and share a couple of blooming bulbos with you but I cant figure out how to post photos. I dont want to go through the trouble of uploading them I just want to host them elsewhere but the forum wont show them when I preview the post. I dont know. I am a newbie to orchids but I am already sold on Bulbophyllum. Looking forward to communicating with you all as I will have a ton of questions.

Jason

Tindomul · #2 10-05-2011, 12:25 PM

Pictures are not showing. What you should do is upload it using the manage attachments option at the bottom of the post thread window. Welcome to the Orchid Board.

FairyInTheFlowers · #3 10-05-2011, 01:13 PM

Welcome to Orchid Board! Bulbo's are quite the fascinating group, aren't they? I hope you soon get the image posting down, as I would love to see the pictures.

Radarcontactlost · #4 10-05-2011, 06:54 PM

Okay so now im frustrated. I have spent the better part of an hour now trying to get my photos to the right size for the board. 19.5k is really small. I have tried photoshop, online resizing sites and paint. All of them short of making a thumbnail sized photo cant make it compressed enough. So how do you all do it?

Merlyn · #5 10-05-2011, 07:51 PM

Mine are 1600 x 1200 pixels and it uploads them just fine and resizes them all by itself (cute little bugger !) before attaching them to the post.

Kelo · #6 10-05-2011, 08:32 PM

Have a look at this link to help you post pics..

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ng-photos.html

BikerDoc5968 · #7 10-05-2011, 08:34 PM

The 1st question I have is where do you want to "hot" them? I use PhotoBucket and it is very easy. PhotoBucket has a 1024x768 size requirement so it works for this forum. So set up your account and upload to the PB site and under each picture you will see a list of 4 options. Select the last one and paste that back into your OB post.

Now if your query is what do I use to get my original image to the 1024x768 size, that is a different subject. I use Photoshop but there are lots of other resizing software programs out there. It's all what fits your budget and ease of use; the end result is you will have a resized photo.

As an example, the 1st line is what I copied from my PB site and pasted it. Viewers of the post see the picture not the link text. Other sites like Fliker, work in a similar manner. Oh and BTW Welcome

"http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t112/Bikerdoc5968/DSC_Jersey1.jpg"

Radarcontactlost · #8 10-05-2011, 08:54 PM

DSCN1085 by radar_contact_lost, on Flickr

Bulb. cootesii

DSCN0964 by radar_contact_lost, on Flickr

Bulb. purpurascens

Thanks for all of the advice and welcomes!

On a side note does anyone have any problems with orchidboard logging you out constantly as your trying to reply?

FairyInTheFlowers · #9 10-05-2011, 09:07 PM

WOW!!! Love the cootesii!

Merlyn · #10 10-05-2011, 09:40 PM

What a pain you guys go through ! You have to upload to your account then get a link to attach to your post !!! Uploading directly is MUCH EASIER !!!

Anyhow, irfanview.com is the best free software for doing whatever you want to do to pix !!! I've been using it for years without a problem !