A ~CLOSER~ Look — At Steemit Photos

Did you know...

You can get a much closer look at many of the photos that you see on Steemit?

“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.”
– Charles R. Swindoll –

At times, browsing Steemit can be frustrating.

You see a very interesting picture, but you're curious about the detail. Take this image of a Giant Robot, for example.

In real life,

this robot is about thirty feet tall, and very detailed. But there's a lot going on in this photo that doesn't meet the eye.

There's a Face Painting booth in the background. There are people in sunglasses lurking behind the trees. There's an exhibit at the museum across the way. The robot has Colorado tags and flamethrowers in its palms.

CLICK ME - A Giant, Flaming Robot — Original Image by @creatr

Wouldn't it be nice if you could home in on some of this additional detail?

Here's how...

For THIS article, I've arranged it so that you can simply CLICK the image of the robot — go ahead, try it. Clicking the image will open the stored Steemit image.

But if you know how,

you can do this with any image you find on Steemit.

You'll want to take advantage of your computer's "right-click" function, sometimes known as "secondary click."

The "right click" is a standard computer maneuver that brings up a context-dependent menu. One of the options in that menu is "Open Image In New Window."

That is the option needed to see the image by itself in a separate window. When you "right-click" and "Open Image In New Window," most browsers also then give you the (+) option (i.e. the ability to magnify the image), allowing you to expand the image to full size.

How do you "right-click?"

On a Windows computer, "right click" is a click on the right-hand mouse button. On a MacBook touch pad, it is a "two-finger" click. On a one-button Mac, it is a "control-click."

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There's another Steemit obstacle you should know about.

Steemit may reduce the size of your images before saving them. I am not sure of the present policy, but I have known Steemit to reduce image size in the past.

Even so, the stored images are usually larger than what is normally displayed when you simply read a Steemit article.

What's the final word?

Should you (for whatever reason) wish your readers to be able to see one of your images in its full, original glory, you will need to find some other place to store the image in cyberspace. You'll need to find an image-storage site, such as http://unsplash.com, or use Google Drive, or some such, as many sites shrink images.

In your article, provide your readers with a link to the full-sized image and explain that a much higher resolution version is available.

You could, if you so desire, arrange things so that a "simple click" on your Steemit image will take them directly to your "full-glory" image.

I hope this helps? Feel free to ask questions in the comments below.

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