Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

[Dave]

Thanks for starting the Daily, Rich. Nice photos. Ah, bunk beds - brings back memories. Some when I was just a kid and then from living at the frat house in college.

Good questions about uploading images to Flickr; I struggled over the same concerns and eventually settled on this:

Regarding image size:
- for landscape orientation, 1000 to 1300 px wide (usually 1000) at 72 ppi
- for portrait a max of 900 px high at 72 ppi
- for square, usually 900 px at 72 ppi
I think these constraints provide a good balance between image quality and security concerns.

Regarding theft:
- Back in the WetCanvas days, one member took took some of my images and altered them, passing them off as his own work. So yes, I try hard to protect my images on Flickr.
- First, by limiting the size in pixels and the ppi, I render my Flickr images pretty much useless if someone wants to make prints of my work to sell.
- Second, I add a subtle signature in a corner of every image I put on Flickr. This isn't hard to get around, bu at least it's something.
- Finally, in my Flickr account settings I chose the option that bars anyone from downloading my Flickr images.

I'm still going through my archives to find photos to add to Flickr (I'm up to 3rd quarter of 2021, so I have a long way to go).

Here's one I rediscovered from 2021...