Birmingham night visit - underground

[Stravinsky]

This time was a little scary.  Three of us visited the culverts near the city in Birmingham. This involved scaling a wall, climbing down through two access ladders and then a walk of around 2 - 300 yards through fast running water and very slippery side paths.  I lived to tell the tale though.  Difficult conditions as they are underground, and pitch black.  We had some lighting and a small smoke machine as well as warm clothing and wellingtons.

These are the kind of shots serious togs either hate, or see them for what they are 

 

[Stravinsky]

Ive tried again. Three images ... 283 kb each, longest length 1200 px.  They upload to the page, when I select post then they dont appear in the post

I'm leaving it for now, clearly there is an issue somewhere but I dont think its me as I'm uploading elsewhere with no issues

 

[Ryewolf]

4 hours ago, Stravinsky said:

Ive tried again. Three images ... 283 kb each, longest length 1200 px.

Could you try uploading just one of the images to this thread. Last year someone reported that the forum was incorrectly reporting the file sizes and making them bigger than they actually were.

[johntwo]

15 minutes ago, Ryewolf said:

....................................................................................................and making them bugger than they actually were.

It is a bit of one...........   

[Stravinsky]

[Stravinsky]

I got one up OK, then I edited the post and got another up as an edit, on the third attempt to edit (all these are 280kb) I got the message "

• You have used all of the attachment space you are allowed per post. Manage Attachments to free up space"

[NannyFerret]

I'm so glad that you managed to post some of them. I am amazed at the effect.

[Ryewolf]

59 minutes ago, Stravinsky said:

I got one up OK, then I edited the post and got another up as an edit, on the third attempt to edit (all these are 280kb) I got the message

Okay, just checked the image info for those 2 images the first is 776kb and the second is 773kb, which is obviously quite a bit bigger than the 280kb you said they are, if the 3rd image you tried to upload was also being made bigger by the same amount it would take you over the 2mb limit for a post.

Could you try posting the other images after this.

[Ryewolf]

A couple of very interesting photographs there and nicely composed.

[Stravinsky]

5 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

Okay, just checked the image info for those 2 images the first is 776kb and the second is 773kb, which is obviously quite a bit bigger than the 280kb you said they are, if the 3rd image you tried to upload was also being made bigger by the same amount it would take you over the 2mb limit for a post.

Could you try posting the other images after this.

I checked the image size here on PC before uploading, they are reduced for web with the 1200 px  - they are 289 and 280 kb respectively so I don't know why you are getting those sizes.  It's exactly the same process Ive always been through when posting here, and usually more than two or three shots.  Very strange.

[Ryewolf]

It is very strange, it's like the forum is upscaling the images and making them bigger.

[Stravinsky]

5 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

It is very strange, it's like the forum is upscaling the images and making them bigger.

I know ... as I asked a few times, if you delete both of the posts then I'll try again but we hugely reduced sizes so I can put them up together in a thread properly

[Clicker]

If we delete the two images now Strav ... the rest of the post won't   make sense  for  prospective readers so until we  can find out exactly why these two images register as larger than the ones you say that you posted , it would be better to leave them .. Incidentally I think the  Data size of a post includes the text though  that is usually very small  .

Rye , I've  checked the   image file size and  my info shows it as 757.9 kbs  for  1st image  and the second with the man removed as 718 kbs . 

 Whe you reduce the size of the image Strav,  do you use Photoshop and reduce the number of  pixels  along the length from   6000 to 1200  or do you  use another option there used to be on an older Photoshop  version  eg  save for  web..?  ( I see you said  reduce  for web in your post )

 You could start another   thread and name it the same adding PART TWO DUPLICATE  and try posting them again if you are sure they are the smaller versions .....  How big were the originals before you went to reduce the size .. and had you flattened the layers  for  them ... Clutching at straws here   

 

 

[Stravinsky]

25 minutes ago, Clicker said:

If we delete the two images now Strav ... the rest of the post won't   make sense  for  prospective readers so until we  can find out exactly why these two images register as larger than the ones you say that you posted , it would be better to leave them .. Incidentally I think the  Data size of a post includes the text though  that is usually very small  .

Rye , I've  checked the   image file size and  my info shows it as 757.9 kbs  for  1st image  and the second with the man removed as 718 kbs . 

 Whe you reduce the size of the image Strav,  do you use Photoshop and reduce the number of  pixels  along the length from   6000 to 1200  or do you  use another option there used to be on an older Photoshop  version  eg  save for  web..?  ( I see you said  reduce  for web in your post )

 You could start another   thread and name it the same adding PART TWO DUPLICATE  and try posting them again if you are sure they are the smaller versions .....  How big were the originals before you went to reduce the size .. and had you flattened the layers  for  them ... Clutching at straws here   

I meant delete the threads completely, there are already two and I dont think starting a third will help much 

Ive checked the image sizes again, and according to my software they are as I said. Ive been posting photographs on line for as long as I can remember ... this is the only time I can remember having an issue like this, so no it's not down to flattening layers.  Yes I use Photoshop. The original files were around 12mb before saving for web and re sizing 

Dont worry about it, I dont want to cause hassle I just thought it would be easier to start them again rather than have three threads

 

 

 

[Clicker]

It's  not causing a hassle Strav .... it's an issue that we  need to resolve  here in ADMIN ... Thanks for your patience.... We will leave this  thread up so that when we solve  the problem ( always the optimist !)  we can return to inform you and  the rest of the members . 

[Stravinsky]

Hope this helps. highlighted image is one of the two images 

[Clicker]

I've just googled  the issue     ...it appears there has been an issue in the past   with Elements 9  and Adobe  on the file resizing ....but I haven't read it all yet.  

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/images-not-saving-at-correct-size-and-resolution

 

[Stravinsky]

2 hours ago, Clicker said:

I've just googled  the issue     ...it appears there has been an issue in the past   with Elements 9  and Adobe  on the file resizing ....but I haven't read it all yet.  

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/images-not-saving-at-correct-size-and-resolution

 

I had a quick read, only issue with that is that it is from 3 years ago and this has only been  happening recently on here.  I need to go and resize in something else, although I'm a bit concerned now because if it is true than the low res pics Ive been putting on social media so people cant do anything meaningful with them, arenlt such low res as I thought

 

[Clicker]

Well that's an important point ..Just sent you a pm...  with another link on same subject ...

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1880847

[Ryewolf]

1 hour ago, Stravinsky said:

I had a quick read, only issue with that is that it is from 3 years ago and this has only been  happening recently on here.

One sure fire way to find out if you use windows is to find the file you uploaded, right click and select Properties and that will give you the size on disk.

[Stravinsky]

6 minutes ago, Ryewolf said:

One sure fire way to find out if you use windows is to find the file you uploaded, right click and select Properties and that will give you the size on disk.

280 & 292 kb  and the third was 273 

Doesnt help, does it 

[Ryewolf]

2 minutes ago, Stravinsky said:

Doesnt help, does it

Maybe it does, if Windows says that's the file size, but uploading them to the forum makes them 770kb, we can assume it's not a Photoshop problem but how the forum is uploading the images.