Hi! I posted a few entries as The Whole Creation today. I want to know how good of an image can be produced from this site. Are the original jpg images downloadable? I want people to be able to download these images and take them offline to enlargen them and produce framable photos from them. Is that practical here?

Sorry, but we don't store any sizes larger than what can be viewed on Photoblog pages. If you have a pro account, then the enlarged size is the largest we store. If you have a free account, the 500px size is the largest.

Well I don't think that you understood the question. Why can't these images be transferred to a plug as the jpgs can be? Then they could be taken to a computer terminal where enlargements and prints could be made. MamieMeade

Even if the files could be transferred, the file size would make enlarging pointless. The only thing you could do is set up print selling with fotomoto (only an option on a pro account).

@ MamieMeade: it is possible to "right-click and save" images posted on your account here. 500 px images (non-pro account) would barely fill a 10 x 15 cm standard print before "fuzziness" (technically known as "pixellation") would become visible. It would be slightly better with pro account images which are 130% bigger. Dedicated software is available to enlarge images, but the process is time-consuming and the results debatable. In short, unless you subscribe to the print selling option mentioned by Marjorie above, your initial request isn't possible, insofar as I understood your question.

There is an upside to this: it also means that photographers' images are hard to rip off illegally. Other sites cater to your request far more efficiently, but prints tend to be expensive (because that's how they survive economically). I recommend looking at Redbubble, DeviantArt and Smugmug as alternatives.

An efficient way of sharing images with your friends and relatives is to use Hotmail's Skydrive.

Thank you all kindly for your replies. So it looks like this is not going to work. I want these images to be enlargened for viewing and preservation as photographic prints. I presume that it is possible with the original jpg images and that is what I wanted the viewer to be able to obtain. They can be enlargened and refocused two or more times to produce @ a quality 11" x 17" photograph, can't they? Thus a hundred years from now, the image could be reproduced, couldn't it? Any other way to preserve photos?

@yellodog's suggestion makes the most sense. Personally I use DropBox, but they work the same way. You set it up with permissions for the family members you want, and they can access the folder anywhere they have internet. Beyond that, preserving photos for 100 years down the road... this would involve making sure the media you use to store the files is kept current. (Having a CD or DVD with your files on them 100 years from now will be useless)

Photographic prints are the best method. I don't know photography, but when I moved for these photos, I knew that the originals were the best bet. Slides came out okay, but I had to reject a lot because yellows and brightness made them not acceptable for computer. Check it out piedpiperblog.blogspot.com http://maisraeleternalimages.blogspot.com is from originals mostly.

I've found that when I access photoblog without logging in, I cannot access the prior photos from MamieMeade blog. This is a sign of interference on this site. Also I had a computer worker compare the quality of photos produced by various sites and wouild like for you to do the same to see if any of this sites are worth imitating. Excerpt from: The Right People - A Facebook Post

".....I have been trying to get everyone to produce enlarged photograpic prints of my Mom's pictures and art, which can be viewed at http://MaIsraelEternalImages.blogspot.com/ and http://piedpiperblog.blogspot.com/ in order to ensure that her work is preserved by those who know its value. After little success, I've decided that the way to enable people to obtain such prints is to put the jpg codes along with the images in downloadable form on a popular site that will enable such downloads. 4/29 I just tried to download a photo from these blogs, and it doesn't happen. You get the blog with no images. This seems like a ruse to track downloads or prevent people from making good reproductions. I think that it is best if the original jpg images can be downloaded directly so that enlargements and prints can be done offline. 5/1 http://www.photoblog.com/MamieMeade http://pt.indymedia.org/conteudo/newswire/7489
http://northern-indymedia.org/articles/2526 ...."

I think you will not find a satisfactory solution for that issue except you set up your own webpage and aloud then download of photos in what size ever. Sites like PB and even professional ones try their best to protect photographers ownership. What you need for that purpose is a file sharing page like 4shared

The best way to preserve your photos for printing is to put them on a removable hardrive!

4shared was not accessible to me. Could not create account. To ArtBee: They are going to mess with harddrives and everything else. The Internet and computers are a passing fad. They won't be here much longer. Photographic prints are the best way. A photographic print can easily last 100s of years.

Why are the photo editting options and tools no longer appearing when you click these images?

Most of the time when I leave a comment, the article disappears. Everything that a user types on this site should be accessible via the user's Dashboard. I'm sick of coming here and trying to find comments that I posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!