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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: James Morris on 24 February 2013, 07:46:53 PM

Title: Test: posting pictures
Post by: James Morris on 24 February 2013, 07:46:53 PM
Just seeing if I can actually post pics to the forum!  This is an old one of my Ethiopian-Italian game at Crisis 2011, but will hopefully have some more to show soon!

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8504860502_daac91aa3a_m.jpg)

This is the left wing of my Azande army in a game of Death in the Dark Continent last week.  
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8504911792_445bf0569e_m.jpg)

Hmm, seems to be working so far. :)

Does anyone know if the image width is fixed on the page?  The first pic is a compressed shot, the second is full size, but they're both displayed at the same width.  Any ideas?
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Plynkes on 25 February 2013, 02:11:09 AM
Image width is restricted to 800 pixels. Just as a test, here is a pic 900 or so pixels wide. The forum has scaled it to 800.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/1156-956x728_zpsf28468ab.jpg)

Problem seems to be at your end if you think your second pic should be bigger. When viewed as a direct link it is still 240 × 180. Whatever is shrinking it, it isn't the LAF.
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Doomsdave on 25 February 2013, 06:36:05 AM
It's odd that you had that one at the ready to post as an example.   ;)
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Conquistador on 25 February 2013, 12:01:32 PM
It's odd that you had that one at the ready to post as an example.   ;)

I bet it's the hats.   :)

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Plynkes on 25 February 2013, 01:13:33 PM
I saw it a few months ago in the RNLI magazine. I have been waiting for an excuse to post it.  :)
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Mancha on 25 February 2013, 03:22:37 PM
I wonder why no one has made figures of those?  (rolls eyes)   
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: James Morris on 25 February 2013, 08:18:59 PM
Clearly my Azande are lacking hats and underwear quite as fetching as those in Plynkes' pic!

Thanks for the tips, I'll try again.  Might be a problem with Flickr.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8228/8504911792_445bf0569e_c.jpg)

That looks better...
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: Mancha on 25 February 2013, 08:32:20 PM
This is a much better picture, and they look really great.  However, I have a piece of advice: I think that miniatures should almost always be photographed at eye level.  I know that the typical gamer takes bird's-eye views because that's how the game is usually perceived by the gamer.  However, the bird's-eye view doesn't show much.  I can't wait to see these clearly very well-painted miniatures when I can actually see them.    :)
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: James Morris on 26 February 2013, 12:56:20 PM
This is a much better picture, and they look really great.  However, I have a piece of advice: I think that miniatures should almost always be photographed at eye level.  I know that the typical gamer takes bird's-eye views because that's how the game is usually perceived by the gamer.  However, the bird's-eye view doesn't show much.  I can't wait to see these clearly very well-painted miniatures when I can actually see them.    :)

Thanks!  As you can see, to have taken an eye-level shot, our intrepid photographer would clearly have had to have got his feet wet in the crocodile-infested river, and he wasn't being paid enough to do that! :)  Hopefully we'll be able to find a braver lensman for tonight's clash...
Title: Re: Test: posting pictures
Post by: H.M.Stanley on 26 February 2013, 03:40:07 PM
Looking good James.

PS - love the other photo. The guy with the pipe looks particularly pleased with himself