Up Against the Wall
Oh my! Op ed time again. (insert grin here)
I noted today that there is a new Truth Hair Flickr contest going on. Now I have some Truth hair that I have purchased and some that I have won. I like them both very much. I kinda have a thing with Flickr contests; sometimes they work and sometimes not. It doesn't really matter if "I" win you understand; it matters that I can see why the person that did win -- did. I am guessing that if you have been around long enough, you know what I mean. There have been times when I thought, "by golly she did a great job - - good for her". There was a time LONG ago when the winners were so obviously "not winners" there was an outcry and I actually got a new and special prize *wink*. Ah well.
This thought has nothing to do with that and I wish the participants well; fame, glory and all that jazz. What bothers me really is that the minimum size that can be entered in the contest is 2048 x 2048. Now that is four times the size that can be currently uploaded to SL for vendors. It is also a size that is ONLY available to those that pay for Flickr "pro". This leaves out a lot of very talented photographer - bloggers (maybe you; certainly me). There is so much "resistance if futile" stuff going on these days with Google Plus, Facebook and the like that adding one more "you must be a Flickr pro" somehow bothered me a lot when I read that.
Edit: This size info appears to be incorrect (I didn't test the new info for myself). So check the comments on this post for more details. I am guessing that Flickr resizes to standard sizes and for me in the past that has always been 1024 when it was say 1800. So, sorry for the dra-ma and good luck to everyone in the contest.
And here is a second thing since I am on a roll here. I have noted that many bloggers are turning off comments. I have wanted to thank them for posting on a hunt I wondered about and didn't do or compliment them on a great photo etc -- and I couldn't. Blogging in part -- in my mind anyway -- is an INTERCOMMUNICATIONAL recreation. If you want to simply type into the void, you never really need to post anything at all.
HMMM.
Edit: Please see Dolly's comment on this. Some folks may be able to post that 2048 x 2048 photo without Pro, so that is good news.
I noted today that there is a new Truth Hair Flickr contest going on. Now I have some Truth hair that I have purchased and some that I have won. I like them both very much. I kinda have a thing with Flickr contests; sometimes they work and sometimes not. It doesn't really matter if "I" win you understand; it matters that I can see why the person that did win -- did. I am guessing that if you have been around long enough, you know what I mean. There have been times when I thought, "by golly she did a great job - - good for her". There was a time LONG ago when the winners were so obviously "not winners" there was an outcry and I actually got a new and special prize *wink*. Ah well.
This thought has nothing to do with that and I wish the participants well; fame, glory and all that jazz. What bothers me really is that the minimum size that can be entered in the contest is 2048 x 2048. Now that is four times the size that can be currently uploaded to SL for vendors. It is also a size that is ONLY available to those that pay for Flickr "pro". This leaves out a lot of very talented photographer - bloggers (maybe you; certainly me). There is so much "resistance if futile" stuff going on these days with Google Plus, Facebook and the like that adding one more "you must be a Flickr pro" somehow bothered me a lot when I read that.
Edit: This size info appears to be incorrect (I didn't test the new info for myself). So check the comments on this post for more details. I am guessing that Flickr resizes to standard sizes and for me in the past that has always been 1024 when it was say 1800. So, sorry for the dra-ma and good luck to everyone in the contest.
And here is a second thing since I am on a roll here. I have noted that many bloggers are turning off comments. I have wanted to thank them for posting on a hunt I wondered about and didn't do or compliment them on a great photo etc -- and I couldn't. Blogging in part -- in my mind anyway -- is an INTERCOMMUNICATIONAL recreation. If you want to simply type into the void, you never really need to post anything at all.
HMMM.
Edit: Please see Dolly's comment on this. Some folks may be able to post that 2048 x 2048 photo without Pro, so that is good news.
Comments
Hope that's good news!
Whenever I try any size over 1024 (like 2000 x 1500 say) the largest pohoto it shrinks it down to 1024 on the shortest size (so 1500 x 1024 ish). Not sure why.
Maybe because my account is SO old; maybe because I did at one time have Flickr pro and it REALLY wants me to return.
That is very good news though for most folks. Thanks VERY much for posting that.
I wasn't planning on entering the contest anyway, just (from my past experience) thought it was unfair to leave out so many folks. Happy to know I was wrong about that.