In my quest to avoid higher media storage costs from WordPress, fellow bloggers have recommended I reduce the file size of my pictures before uploading them to a post. This never occurred to me before, but it would seem to be the answer to my problem provided the resizing doesn’t compromise the quality of the picture too much. So, I have uploaded the above image of Helianthus ‘Happy Days’ in its original 3.8 MB form.
I discovered that in Windows 10, there is a simple facility to resize the file and save it to a folder. This is the same picture reduced to 75% of its original size and now just 639 KB
And reduced to 50% of its original size and now just 410 KB, a massive reduction compared to the original.
To the untrained eye, although there is a slight reduction in quality, I don’t think the picture is compromised by much.
Do others feel the same? Your feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks
David
Davids Garden Diary 
At that size I cannot tell the difference, if you wanted to blow it up to a big poster it probably would make a lot of difference.
Glad you have solved the problem.
Gay
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Hi Gaye. Yes, it looks like 50-75% reduction is going to be ok most of the time. It will just be a case of trial and error, hopefully without any errors!
I think the 50% image is perfectly acceptable for blog posts and can’t see any reduction in quality. I also use Windows 10 to reduce the size of mine. The quality on any macro shots may be compromised but if you’re saving space on your blog, the odd one or two at full size isn’t going to make that much difference.
I agree with what you say and thanks for the feedback. Onwards!
It just shows that you are never too old to learn new things. I think that the reduced size is most suitable for blog posts without compromising your beautiful flowers.
Thanks Rosie. Yes, even old dogs like me can still learn a few new tricks! I am going to do a few more test images today just to make sure ‘Happy Days’ was not a fluke!
I think it’s the perfect solution. If I’m honest, I can’t tell any difference (and that’s no disrespect to your original image!) and it’s the whole essence of the blog that we look forward to each week, not the perfection of the photos.
Hi Linda and thanks for your feedback. I was pleasantly surprised at the minimal impact it had on the image. Of course, it may be different with different types of image, e.g ultra close-ups or landscapes, I will just have to make the reduction and judge each one separately rather than just go for a standard 50% reduction on everything. The main thing is to keep posting!
Please just keep blogging by any means, one of the best things in my mailbox.
How sweet of you Jeanne, that’s very kind and inspires me to do more and better posts. Fingers crossed that the image size reduction avoids future additional storage costs.
The 50% image is perfectly acceptable. I look forward to your future posts.
And I look forward to posting them! I think there are going to be certain instances where a full size or 90% resolution may have to be used, particularly with ultra close-ups, but the 50-75% size should be good most of the time. It seems that it’s the last 10% that makes the biggest difference,. Even 10% can reduce the size by 50% or more.
I agree. Good job. That is perfectly acceptable.
Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated. Let’s hope it’s just the same on Saturday!
50% works for me for the blog. If you really want the high resolution image for some other reason, you can always save it elsewhere.
Thanks Su. I will be keeping all the high res images in my usual date format folder but the reduced WordPress images in a different folder so I know which is which. So easy to forget these days!