<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">All,<br><span>It is possible that some folk don't know how to reduce the size of a photo.  I strongly recommend a free photo editor called Irfanview found at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.irfanview.com/">www.irfanview.com/</a>.  It has the ability to do many nice things to a photo, including reducing the file size.  Besides that, the most important thing is that you can adjust the brightness/contrast etc so that a junky digital photo becomes clear and viewable.  The max size you should send accross a phone line is 680x480, and really half that is usually more than adequate.  Hope this is helpful</span><br>Dave Crotty<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----  <br>From: David Monteith <dmonteit@icehouse.net><br>To: geyser observation reports <geysers@wwc.edu><br>Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:56:46 AM<br>Subject: [Geysers] Oversized pictures -- A Warning<br><br><div>Enough!<br><br>There is no reason to post pictures that are over 1Mb in size.  For viewing <br>on most monitors, jpegs less than 200kb are more than adequate.  In fact, <br>for most of what we are sharing 100kb is more reasonable.  Large file sizes <br>are needed if you plan to print the picture or need to zoom into fine <br>detail but they are not needed on the geyser list.  For those of us that <br>are still on dial-up, these large files are a disaster.  I waited over 90 <br>minutes for todays mail to download.  I found the pictures interesting, but <br>I would have appreciated them more if I hadn't had to wait.<br><br>Please watch your file sizes.  If this continues to be a problem, more <br>Draconian measures may be taken.<br><br>Dave<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br>Geysers@wwc.edu<br><a target="_blank" href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br></div></div><br></div></div><br> <hr size=1><a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=396545367">Food fight?</a> Enjoy some healthy debate<br>in the <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=396545367">Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.</a></body></html>