Posting photos?

@billstevenson , others

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO COPY AND PASTE ??????????????????

what is unclear? have you tried it? try it right now! That’s an order!!!!!!!!!!

1. prep: open a post your response window, see the top bar of icons, see 6th from left, icon of sun over mountains (Image), you will use that later

2. new browser window, go here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/threads/mini-challenge-818-whats-the-story.4839069/#post-68715226

3. hover your pointer over this image (or any following image you like)

4. right click, a pop-up window appears: find and select ’copy image address’ (it’s url)

5. back to post window, click the image icon, a dialog box pops open, an insert already blinking in the url line, waiting for you to:

6. paste the image address you copied (it’s url)

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not done, now it’s about preventing distortion, you will change the width

7. width box: delete whatever is there, change it to 600.

8. click OK

The clock is ticking!!!!!

@elliottbnewcombjr, yes, that is the photo I attempted to insert.  However whether I leave the width box blank, insert 600 as you suggest, or utilize a larger number I found there with one trial, each time the image is horizontally compressed.  So each time I deleted my comment entry.  Very frustrated with Agon at this point.

And @ghdprentice, I'm not the OP, but I inserted my comment/question in this discussion and Elliott was good enough to show the result I am trying to achieve.  So I know it is somehow possible.

Ok, who’s ever picture it is I like it.

@noromance 

hmmm, I’ll try it with op’s system photo (same as what I did above, perhaps a few pixels different)

this, from the virtual system, when entered in the url line, came in as 627 x 470. I left it unchanged, I do not know why OP's photo is such a low resolution.

here’s one, it came in as 644 x 470

this came in as 2048 x 1365, (aspect ratio 1.50 like 35mm film) totally distorted

now, change the width from 2048 to 600 after I paste the image address I copied

it changed the height to 400 (aspect ratio 1.5 was retained), it is not elongated. I did not need to hit source or anything else. What I explained above works properly.