An idea for posting pictures

Great idea! Will try it!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

I’ll have to play around and see if I can do something like that.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

makes sense to me.
2 pictures… close up and not so close up :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I had a program that would do that very quickly. Unfortunately, when I upgraded my computer, the program wouldn’t work with my newer version of XP, and there are no upgrades for my old program. It was a professional program which would actually work with film as well as digital. I’m not fussy about photoshop. We’ll see.

Wouldn’t it be just as easy to take the shot, and describe it underneath with height, zone, light preference etc, or are we then getting too much like a catalogue?

Currently, if I see a flower that I am interested in anywhere on this site, I will merely google it to find out more specifics about the plant. There are some plants I don’t need more information about, but there are a few that I do want more. It is not too much work on my part to do the extra research.

I worry that too much requested labour to post photos will diminish the number of photos posted.

Just rambling thoughts…..

-- jroot

Personally I like to showcase my blooms as sort of “art” so doing this would not give me the look I would like but it is an intersting idea…I tend to do the same as Jroot and simply google the plant if I am interested in more…perhaps we could post our google finds for other GTers to read.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Having spent a good deal of my adult life in the visual arts area of communication (catalogue design) I find that most people want a sense of proportion when ever they view real world data.

That may be quite different for folks that view art.

As many gardeners, myself included, are looking for a continous landscape that occurs along a time line ( May,June, July, August and September) we are usually concerned with which plants should be located at the front and which go farther back in our landscapes.
Second of coursre is which blooms soonest and which blooms later.

I had thought that passing that type of information along when posting pictures could be of some value to the other Gardeners. I could just post a URL for them to leave to visit but they may not come back if this place becomes a Gallery of pictures with little information except what is pointed to outside the forums.

Scratching head…

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Everyone had their own style Bob, yours is just fine so keep doing what you are doing ;) but I doubt that a gallery of pictures will turn anyone away from GT.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.”

cheers

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT BOB OUR VERY OWN GNOME LOVING PHOTOGRAPHIC GENIUS.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD TO PUT PICTURES UP TO SHARE, IF I MAKE TOO BIG IT IS COVERED BY A BIG FRAME OF ADVERTISING ON THE RIGHT BOB ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE IF ONLY DUMBOS LIKE ME COULD DO THIS, LETS HOPE THAT WHO EVER RUNS THIS GREAT SITE COULD SORT IT OUT WITH BOB TO MAKE THIS EASIER . LETS HAVE A PICTURE POSTING FOR DUMMIES INSTRUCTION THAT WE CAN PRINT TO USE .
REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

HI BOB THANKS FOR YOUR HELP WAS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IN THE EXAMPLES OR DID YOU MARRY A VERY YOUNG WOMAN ?
REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

Both Bob and XO have valid points. Personally I think that there is room for both types of photos here … I love seeing the more “artsy” photos that XO and others do; as well as whole garden shots. I think there is plenty of room for all types of picture postings. Keeps the sight interesting and varied.

I have also noticed that when one of us is interested in a plant we normally just ask for specifics if they are not given or Google it, as mentioned above.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

if youse wants to get technical, PS your pics and post them in a blog or project. othewise, take a pic and post it. i have better things to do with my time.

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)

here is a good quote for this situation… “He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow”...Just kidding. I do love all the differences in our members. I enjoy MsD’s and Scott’s macro shots, I like Mike’s less-than perfect views and his all-caps or all lowercse style, I like GrandmaT’s and Eklectic’s full garden overviews this is what makes us all as diverse and interesting as our gardens and gardening style, same goes for our blogging styles.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Here, here XO … you said it well.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Mike that is my child bride.
I taught her to cook but she still has trouble with a full pack. <vgb>.

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

Grandma T. It was a suggestion. I can take or leave it at that.
I did think that this was a “Garden Tenders” forum however.

Catspaw, you just made my “special file”.

Bob

-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth

WELL THANKS CATSPAW FOR SHARING YOUR INTERESTING POINT OF VIEW WITH US .
REGARDS MIKE

-- MIKE MILTON COMMON U.K.

a good discussion, as always.
I might reverse the size of the photos—close up as the big pix and then a smaller version of the flower in context of my gardens. ... or perhaps a picture of my gardens that I can refer back to .. or something.

And as for posting pictures in a blog, here’s the “help” file http://gardentenders.com/help/writing/embedding-pictures

and here is a video tutorial Martin made for a challenge over at LumberJocks.com (just ignore the “challenge” components of the video and watch for the photo upload stuff) http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/msojka/blog/4031

hope that helps.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

not sure if it helped or not.
I posted my flower pix and then I posted a pix and gave a description of its environment.

Does that work?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I was going to respond. Then I thought….why? Whatever somebody posts is what they post. It’s taken as it is given.

I hope I’m at the top of the “special list”.

[dang….i responded….wasn’t gonna do that….]

-- arborial reconfiguration specialist......Zone out....(USA 5)