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Post by cats4jan on Aug 27, 2021 0:03:33 GMT
I learned something today.
I did not know Amazon Prime offered a photo storage service until I saw it here. Thanks, Michael
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 27, 2021 3:43:42 GMT
I learned something today. I did not know Amazon Prime offered a photo storage service until I saw it here. Thanks, Michael
I wasn't able to find it; could you tell where it is?
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 27, 2021 3:46:17 GMT
OK, I think I found by clicking the All button on the left-most side of the menu, then Amazon Photos.
I uploaded an image, then click share to get a link:
but the image itself doesn't show up until you click the link.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 27, 2021 4:18:31 GMT
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 27, 2021 4:35:33 GMT
I could see the combine, but no Waldo...
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 27, 2021 12:48:08 GMT
Seems like Amazon isn't a good choice for a website if the photo can not be embedded into the thread. I'd post the link, but I can't get it to go generically - it goes to my personal account and I don't want to sign out of Amazon to get the generic linkTo find Amazon Prime Photos, I googled "amazon prime photos" - first thing on list was:
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 28, 2021 10:42:54 GMT
I copy/pasted your link address in my search bar and it took me directly to the picture; I didn't have to click anything else. Your picture belongs on the front cover of the sales brochure. I get to spend many hours driving alongside combine harvesters, on steep rolling terrain, making sure to keep the truck under the spout, while also making sure not to sideswipe the combine. They fuss when you get out from under the spout and let the grain blow onto the ground; they fuss a whole lot more if you sideswipe the combine. I, myself, haven't sideswiped one yet, but the day isn't over..... When the ground gets too rough, or the trucks can't return to the combine quick enough, he lets it fill the onboard box and then augers it into the truck, but that is quite a bit slower. That is a very good capture. |
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 28, 2021 12:42:20 GMT
Been looking at the Amazon Prime Photo website and it's very nice looking, plus they offer unlimited photo sharing for no additional cost.
However, if you need unlimited video space, you will need to buy up.
It's a nice site and if I was not interested in using an upload site for sharing on websites like this, it would be a very good option. However, for this purpose, Amazon doesn't work for me.
But I am always amazed at what I don't know. Been using Amazon Prime TV and purchasing at Amazon and I'd never run into the photo sharing option. How did that happen? Again, thanks for the info - it's very helpful to know about options.
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Post by tonyw on Sept 1, 2021 21:26:49 GMT
As far as I can tell with this forum to link to an image on an image hosting site and also have it show up here the image site needs to support linking images via BBCode . I use SmugMug - it's not free ($55/year) but I have found it very useful for sharing images and it does make it very easy to organize images into galleries to share via a BBCode with links from tiny up to full-size versions of the image. Above a certain size the forum here will downsize it to fit the screen. That said here I just use imgbb.com for posting an image here as it's easy to do. I have Amazon Prime Photo and have used it but it didn't look like what I need for Photo Sharing and videos would be extra (SmugMug includes videos and has just added RAW for a bit extra). Interestingly of course many image hosting sites including SmugMug (and Flickr who they own) use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store and access all those images - it's a small world! Here's a link to one of my images on SmugMug via BBCode - if it works you should be able to click on it and see the full size image on SmugMug - hmm interesting that looks like close to the full-size image which was 2250x1400 pixels  Tony |
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 1, 2021 22:24:01 GMT
tonyw, you have got my interest; now, I need to know the what,the why, and the where.
It appears that the big 3-phase electric motor, through a series of speed-reduction pulleys, is driving the nearest large wheel, which itself is also reducing speed of the little pulley that it is shafted to.
I see what looks like a pump-jack and arm, but no Pitman connecting it to the pulley.
Or, I may be thinking in reverse and the nearest wheel is wind powered via the pump-jack and what looks like a motor is in fact a generator.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 1, 2021 23:34:55 GMT
Your picture belongs on the front cover of the sales brochure. ... That is a very good capture. Thank you BuckSkin! |
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Post by tonyw on Sept 2, 2021 0:16:02 GMT
tonyw, you have got my interest; now, I need to know the what,the why, and the where. It appears that the big 3-phase electric motor, through a series of speed-reduction pulleys, is driving the nearest large wheel, which itself is also reducing speed of the little pulley that it is shafted to. I see what looks like a pump-jack and arm, but no Pitman connecting it to the pulley. Or, I may be thinking in reverse and the nearest wheel is wind powered via the pump-jack and what looks like a motor is in fact a generator. The what: It's a rig at an historic oil field - built in 1903 and originally ran over 200 pumpjack oil wells via a system of jerker lines and field wheels - had been running pretty much continuously since then but now just running 5 wells. Originally powered by a steam engine but that burnt down in 1915, replaced with a combustion engine and then an electric motor which is still running it today. If you're ever in the area (Petrolia, Ontario) I'd be glad to give you a tour - and yes it's a series of wheels, belts and pulleys to convert the rotation of the motor to a back and forth motion of the jerker line at about 11 strokes a minute. Tony |
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 2, 2021 0:48:16 GMT
to convert the rotation of the motor to a back and forth motion of the jerker line at about 11 strokes a minute. Tony Most electric motors are 3600rpm; a few are 1800rpm. It takes a lot of reduction to get from 3600 down to 11 and your photo displays very well how that is accomplished. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 15, 2021 12:01:42 GMT
The site software resizes to 640 pixels for display of both images. When opened in imgbb and the + eye glass clicked they resize properly. Thank you; sometimes I can be a bit thick-headed when it comes to such things; I was not aware that I could click on the images and see the actual size. I had always before thought that what you saw on the page was as good as it was going to get. I do wish imgbb would not shrink the initially visible image quite so much; at the least, display them almost as wide as the posting area, like tonyw's image a few posts above. >>>Added on Edit: I just experimented with a few of my own posted images and it will not give me any option to "click" on them; the cursor does not change when mousing over the image. |
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