where did you walk today?

[maggot at toad hall]

Stover Country Park near Newton Abbot, Devon.
As I walked near a thicket of heather, a roe deer just 8 feet from me, quietly stood up and silently walked away. Then a second hind arose and followed to a safe distance where it stood and watched me for several minutes. I was about to leave feeling thoroughly happy with my experience, when a third stood up and quickly joined the other two. After a magical moment when all three stood together sniffing the air and watching me observing them, they moved off in unison disappearing into the russett coloured bracken and heather.
If they had stayed still, I would not have realised that I had passed by a group of deer within a few feet. Isn't it wonderful that such a large animal can be so close and yet invisible.
It was also my birthday and the sun shined all day.

[tameblackbirds]

Originally Posted by maggot at toad hall

Stover Country Park near Newton Abbot, Devon.
As I walked near a thicket of heather, a roe deer just 8 feet from me, quietly stood up and silently walked away. Then a second hind arose and followed to a safe distance where it stood and watched me for several minutes. I was about to leave feeling thoroughly happy with my experience, when a third stood up and quickly joined the other two. After a magical moment when all three stood together sniffing the air and watching me observing them, they moved off in unison disappearing into the russett coloured bracken and heather.
If they had stayed still, I would not have realised that I had passed by a group of deer within a few feet. Isn't it wonderful that such a large animal can be so close and yet invisible.
It was also my birthday and the sun shined all day.

Such a wonderful experience, thank you for sharing your very special Birthday

[Jonquil_d]

Originally Posted by SpikyPhasmid

Go to the Images tab - it's the last option on the right on the blue bar at the top of the page - and then you can upload to the image library instead of the Gallery.

Well l tried that again and still got the message that my image was too large .
Can 't find any limits described anywhere for image size: mine are all 3000 by 2000 pixels.

[Jonquil_d]

Well I have an answer but not a solution.

Not sure I should only have got the information after failing to post and then gone back and ultimately tried trouble shooting

Q. My images don't appear when I've uploaded them
A. Your images must have a filesize less than 0.5Mb (512kB) and preferably a lot smaller

I really think that information should be available to people before they post something too big....and i h ave only found it in trouble shooting after failing several times. Now my only probelm is to get my image size down to 512Kb.
I do not see any way to do this : I have Picassa but there doesn't seem anything on that for resizing...there must be a simple way..............sorry I know this is way off topic but I would like to be able to post to the thread pictures I took yesterday.

[2dogs2000]

Originally Posted by Jonquil_d

Well I have an answer but not a solution.

Not sure I should only have got the information after failing to post and then gone back and ultimately tried trouble shooting

Q. My images don't appear when I've uploaded them
A. Your images must have a filesize less than 0.5Mb (512kB) and preferably a lot smaller

I really think that information should be available to people before they post something too big....and i h ave only found it in trouble shooting after failing several times. Now my only probelm is to get my image size down to 512Kb.
I do not see any way to do this : I have Picassa but there doesn't seem anything on that for resizing...there must be a simple way..............sorry I know this is way off topic but I would like to be able to post to the thread pictures I took yesterday.

I have a free download called PIXresizer and I find it really easy to use. I usually resize my pictures to 800x600 for the images Gallery (for forums).

[Jonquil_d]

Here is my picture of the Red Grouse that I tried to post yesterday.
Tried the programme suggested by 2dogs2000 and found it not impossible to install and to use..

Did the walk again today: no grouse, no pheasants, but no grouse. It was a wonderful sunny afternoon for a stroll and I did see a robin just before I got back home.

[Jonquil_d]

Still getting it wrong : this is a nightmare
Wrong size posted so a yellow triangle
But when I try to do it properly click on library images and absolutely nothing happens

[Jonquil_d]

Try again



If at first you don't succeed try and try and try again.

Hope someonethinks it was worth posting>

[pammosley]

Originally Posted by Jonquil_d

Try again



If at first you don't succeed try and try and try again.

Hope someonethinks it was worth posting>

I do
I`ve never seen a Red Grouse. Thanks for keeping on trying

[Pete Collins]

Originally Posted by Jonquil_d

Try again



If at first you don't succeed try and try and try again.

Hope someonethinks it was worth posting>

Definitely worth waiting for Jonquil_d. Nice photo!

There is a very helpful thread somewhere about how to post photos on WAB, I had a quick look but couldn't find it. I use the free Picasa tool for photo editing and resizing.