Iris, non-bearded, 2014

[Maggi Young]

I'm not sure how to make them larger Mark, do you know how to?

While there is a size limit for pictures to be under 200kb for the forum, it is possible to have a photo at the recommended size of 760 pixels wide x 520 (or so) high that is within that size.
I think the easiest way to get your photos resized is to use the special tool that you can download and read about here : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9993.0 - have a look at that and see if you find it handy. It will only work for Windows - it will not work on Macs, i-pads etc. but it's a natty thing!
For a Mac -    It may have iPhoto?  Forumists have said it is  very easy to resize. You can crop with Preview and
crop in iPhoto also.  (NB.  Cropping is not the same as resizing though... though it will reduce the photo size by cutting off the outer parts of the photo.)

Hope this helps - Mark is good at explaining these things, if he's around !

[johnstephen29]

Here is a young Iris Tenax Oregon Iris plant that I have grown from seed, it is about a month old at the moment. The seed was sown last summer, has taken a whole year to germinate.

Untitled by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[Maggi Young]

John , some of your photos are not enlarging- the Flickr message is saying the photo is private.

[johnstephen29]

Thanks for letting me know Maggi, I'll get it sorted.

[johnstephen29]

Hi Maggi sorry to disturb you, can you please tell me which ones are showing private as I've just clicked on them all and they are all showing for me which I guess they would. I'm still new to this flickr thing, I hadn't realised they were on private.

Hopefully it should be sorted now.

[Maggi Young]

They all seem to be fine now John - don't know what you did but it worked 

[johnstephen29]

Like I said i'm new to this flickr carry on, I went on the site, had a look around & tweaked a bit

[Maggi Young]

Like I said i'm new to this flickr carry on, I went on the site, had a look around & tweaked a bit

Sounds like Ian's method on  pc  or new gadget - press a few buttons and see what happens  !

[Lesley Cox]

As I've already remarked on the Southern Hemisphere page, I'm so pleased I belong to the "never throw out your iris seed pots" school. Not the junos and oncos anyway. Back in 2008 I was given 3 seeds of Iris stenophylla ssp. allisonii, by my friend Otto, sharing what he'd been given by a German contact. Sown right away in October that year, they have all germinated overnight, last night, after the good frosts and continual deluge of this winter. Of course no-one knows better than I that a seed germinated is a long way from a bulb in flower but one has to start somewhere.

[Chris Johnson]

Like I said i'm new to this flickr carry on, I went on the site, had a look around & tweaked a bit

Hi John

The images open for me now but because we are remote and on very slow broadband, they take a long time to appear via Flickr.

Is it much of an issue for you to load the images direct with your text?

Chris

[johnstephen29]

Hi chris I was getting pics on there but they were small and you couldn't see much detail on them so I though Flickr might be better. What method do you use? It's all trial and error with new gadgets, I'm still getting used to this new iPad Air, I must have had it two months by now. The kids keep on laughing at me, no respect for there dad

[Maggi Young]

Hi chris I was getting pics on there but they were small and you couldn't see much detail on them so I though Flickr might be better. What method do you use? It's all trial and error with new gadgets, I'm still getting used to this new iPad Air, I must have had it two months by now. The kids keep on laughing at me, no respect for there dad

In this post the pix were a good size even without opening in  flickr - http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12070.msg310844#msg310844   - wonder what you did then?

[johnstephen29]

Hi maggi on flickr you can choose from various sizes for you pics, the lilies were the first ones I tried, trial & error again. I picked the biggest size, when  I saw them I though they might be too big & I was breaking the rules, if they are ok i'll go back to that size.

[Maggi Young]

I think that the lily route is the best way for you to go, John!

[johnstephen29]

Cheers Maggi