Safari

Hi Popjacq

First of all, you probably should have posted your query in the Technical Problems forum otherwise it may not get noticed by the techies. However, I do sympathise as it's not easy for a new member to navigate this forum.

Generally, it is recommended that photos are in Jpeg format and under 4 Mb in size. I usually keep mine down to 1 Mb or less just to speed the uploading.

Just as an experiment I converted one of my Jpeg's to to png format. What I noticed was that it increased the file size fourfold but I was able to upload it albeit rather slowly. Have you checked the size of the files you are trying to upload?

I have no experience of Safari or Apple products but other users who use them may be able to comment.

I've got a Mac, but use Google Chrome!

Well, that was fine, just the same as on my PC. So maybe it's the png format that's the problem.

Well this is a png file that I've converted from a jpeg. As I said earlier it increased the size massively up to 3.2 MB. I use Windows and Firefox.

Yep, that loaded but it was slow.

I suspect the problem may lie with iPads, iPhones etc.

EDIT  Gosh aiki, isn't that lynx wonderful.

Thanks TJ for the guide on appropriate forum placement - as you rightly surmise I'm new here. Having become accustomed to seemless upload from iphone/ipad to other sites I was surprised to find things creaked a bit here. It's simple enough to convert png to jpg but just a slightly irritating additional step.

Regards,

popjacq

Photographs should use the Jpeg format. PNG was designed for graphics not photos and cannot reproduce the subtle colour changes in a photograph as well as Jpeg does. Also , you should use sRGB colour space not AdobeRGB , your colours may appear washed out when uploaded to a website if you use AdobeRGB.

Looks like Apple is at fault then for making png the default format for photos taken on iPhones and iPads. Have to say, though, that I have no problem with the quality of pics taken on an iPhone 4S (not that it would ever be likely that close ups of birds would be acquired with one).