Photo contest

[JLC]

I'm trying to enter a photo in the BPOM but I can't do it for some reason. I tried on my MacBook but when I click submit my screen just goes white so it doesn't go through tried that a couple times got the same result. Then tried on my iPhone and it said I'm "Missing a Security Token" and I have no idea what that means lol. So how do I enter the picture? Haha I'm not as tech savy as I used to be. ☺️ but I definitely want to get it in before Wednesday.


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There's nothing about the profile that would prevent uploading to the contests. If your photo is too large though, that will cause that effect. We allow some pretty large images, but if it's a raw image straight from the camera to upload, it will be too big. Make sure it's in .jpg format and properly sized for internet usage.

[AlexisFitzy]

It's definitely in the jpg format that I know for sure but I have no idea how to resize a photo. Never done it before in my life. Probably by the time I figure it out it will be midnight but I'll try! 😊 all I ever do with pictures is take them, plug the memory card of the camera into the MacBook and import them all to iPhoto and look at them. I'll definitely have to google it lol. Man I feel old...

Edit: And I think I got my MB, KB, and GB all mixed up. That's why I was so confused.

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[Pyrate81]

hehe ok. I think they set it up where the pics resize themselves now. Not sure how to resize a pic on an apple product but it should be relatively easy if there are any photo editing software on your machines. You may also be able to just click the image and it may give you options to edit? If not, you can post it to a website like photobucket and you can edit it from there.

[AlexisFitzy]

Lol I wish it would resize itself but maybe I'm the exception, idk my electronics are hating me right now. It seems like everything is fine but apparently not because I keep getting the same error. I've resized it like 10 times but it's not working. Idk. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm going to try something else and hopefully I can get it.


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[JLC]

hehe ok. I think they set it up where the pics resize themselves now. Not sure how to resize a pic on an apple product but it should be relatively easy if there are any photo editing software on your machines. You may also be able to just click the image and it may give you options to edit? If not, you can post it to a website like photobucket and you can edit it from there.

Well, there's a difference between compressing an image for internet usage and the automatic resizing that is done on a site like this in order to preserve the page format.

When you take a picture with your camera, in its original state, it is thousands of pixels long/wide and MBs of memory. Using a simple photo editing program, you open the image, resize it to 800x600 (as an example) and save it as a .jpg and the image will be compressed to be internet friendly. The "size" of the image does not just refer to its dimensions, but also how much memory it uses to be displayed. Even in .jpg form, if they come right off your camera, they are HUGE.

The site's auto-size feature keeps a 1200x1000 size image from blowing out the page format, but it won't address the amount of memory that picture takes to load.

[AlexisFitzy]

Okay guys I finally got it to work!! yayy well I learned something new today, how to resize a picture. Thanks for all the help everyone! I'm so glad I finally got it to work and know how to do it now for future entries 😃


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[Pyrate81]

Less than 41 days until deadline for the current contests people. Let's get some pics in.

POTM: Sunrise/Sunset Let's see some nice beach pics from the coasts and anyone in Colorado get something cool from the rockies. We have any astornauts or pilots? Bet we'd have an instant winner if you sent one from 35k+ feet.

[DooLittle]

I've got a herp pic in ;-).

Nothing on sunset/sunrise :-(

Waiting for bpom :-)

[George1994]

Less than 41 days until deadline for the current contests people. Let's get some pics in.

POTM: Sunrise/Sunset Let's see some nice beach pics from the coasts and anyone in Colorado get something cool from the rockies. We have any astornauts or pilots? Bet we'd have an instant winner if you sent one from 35k+ feet.

Great idea, one from a plane cockpit would be brilliant!

[Pyrate81]

Great idea, one from a plane cockpit would be brilliant!

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Waiting for bpom :-)

:keeps mouth shut: