How-to: Post a flickr Thumbnail
Flickr actually provides the easiest and most straight-forward approach for posting thread-friendly thumbnails. Uploaded your shot already? Awesome, view it and hit the
Share this tab. Hit the
Grab the HTML/BBCode option, and select the
BBCode option from there. Handily enough, the default size this spits out is never more than 500 pixels either way, which is exactly what the competitions require. So, you've got what you see below:
Simply copy what is highlighted (all of it), and then post it in the forums (with the requisite
FINAL ENTRY if posting in a competition). You'll end up with the following:
F40 @ (Wet) Nurburgring - 01 by
slipztrem, on Flickr
A perfectly-sized thumbnail and you didn't even have to fiddle with an editing program! People can click on the image, and it will take them to the main Flickr page for it, where they can view it in an assortment of sizes. Hope this helps!