No prob, Garry. I can imagine that losing a credit card brings some drama along with it!
I honestly don't know if you or I or anyone else is "doing something wrong;" it might be the browsers or settings we have going on our different computers? Or it could be something with the Forum software we're using that needs to be adjusted?
It's been a definite challenge for me to try and adjust the way I take a photo to try to lessen the distortion effect. I've found that if I photograph my rifles or handguns by setting them on a line as close to horizontal as possible, the up/down oval effect is not as pronounced. However, it doesn't always work that well.
For an example. The recent thread I put up re. Armed Forces Day. The last photo I had posted was of the Henry Golden Boy "Military Service" Tribute Edition. I had made a .jpg copy from the Henry web site. Rather than an oval distortion, the rifle was extensively distorted/compacted from right to left! Here it is.......
H004MS-Military-Service-Tribute-.jpg
I thought it looked so bad that I deleted it, and just changed my comments about it. Gosh, this Henry rifle sure is crunched!!
I had also chatted with CT_Shooter about how frustrating this was to me, because the quality of our photos don't reflect the good pictures we take, and also don't "show off" our firearms. I consider him to be a computer techie, and he kindly posted the Henry rifle for me within that thread. His post looked great! But I really don't know what all that took.
I'd like to post more pictures, but they just don't look that good. I'm glad, for instance, that RR's Cow Country photos and NCGs revolver photos, along with other members' pics, are posting okay. Otherwise, we'd sure be missing out on some great pictures!
'Nuff said. Thanks for getting back with your comments on this.
Have a great day!
PT7
garryj wrote:PT7 wrote:Garry...sorry to ask the question. Are your photos distorted/elongated as they appear to me on my computer? Whenever I post photos, they look fine in the Forum "preview" screen option. But after posting, all are distorted or elongated also. That includes any round targets in my Range Reports. They become more egg-shaped.
If you tell me yours are NOT elongated, then I know something is amiss with my computer. I really like revolvers, but these photos just don't display the true gun dimensions as I view them.
Here's part two of this, which makes it even more unusual. NCG's photo of her revolver looks fine on my screen. Odd. I really can't figure out what is happening, and I know you may not know either. Just had to ask someone this time.
Thanks for your time. Any thoughts would be helpful however.
PT7
I'm sorry it took me so long to answer, but my son lost my debit card last week and it's been a dramatic week. However, I have noticed that on all of my posts my pictures look distorted. Other posts look normal. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong. Mods, any suggestions?
Garry
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