# How to Post a Photo to My OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930 "2024-01-11T01:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Caribbean\_cruiser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caribbean_cruiser/32/9349_2.png) [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/1 "2024-01-11T01:56:23Z")
Is it possible to upload a small JPG image to my opening post? I keep getting an error message. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/2 "2024-01-11T02:03:39Z")
You can upload the picture to Imgur, then post a link to the picture in your OP. Other picture hosting sites work as well. The link needs to be on its own line. The link should end in .JPEG ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/3 "2024-01-11T02:03:54Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/dcHc4yn.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/dcHc4yn.jpeg) ETA: look at what I’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/4 "2024-01-11T02:06:36Z")
You can also open the image in it’s own tab and copy the image link. [![](https://buffer.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=1000,fit=contain,q=90,f=auto/library/content/images/size/w600/2023/10/free-images.jpg) ](https://buffer.com/cdn-cgi/image/w=1000,fit=contain,q=90,f=auto/library/content/images/size/w600/2023/10/free-images.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/5 "2024-01-11T05:03:46Z")
Here’s an article explaining [how to capture the image address.](https://www.wikihow.com/Get-the-URL-for-Pictures) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/6 "2024-01-11T07:52:26Z")
I usually copy an image then paste the image into my browser’s address bar. That should put the direct link to the image. Then copy that address from the address bar and paste it into Discourse on its own line with no other text with it. That’s my quick and dirty method. Note that it’s not a 100% guaranteed method of posting a photo. Sometimes the link is gibberish (especially if it’s directly from a Google search result) or it doesn’t end in an extension that Discourse recognizes as belonging to an image. But it works most of the time. Some images just don’t seem to work so I find something else. If you insist on using an image that isn’t working, you can also try downloading the image to your computer from the web site, and then… > [@kayaker](#): > > You can upload the picture to Imgur, then post a link to the picture in your OP. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/7 "2024-01-12T18:44:46Z")
I seem to recall you could once upload photos from Tinyurl? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/8 "2024-01-12T21:09:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > it’s [![](https://i.postimg.cc/pLRpghLB/its.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/pLRpghLB/its.png) /pedantry ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/9 "2024-01-13T01:38:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > it’s > > [its — Postimages](https://i.postimg.cc/pLRpghLB/its.png) > > /pedantry Let’s get a ruling from the resident expert. @commasense 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/10 "2024-01-13T01:44:04Z")
I’d demand an opinion from @Apostrophyx but he hasn’t posted in over a decade. ;-D ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/11 "2024-01-13T02:07:00Z")
Whenever pedantry raises ITS xmex-like snout and zymolosely polydactile tongue, I stand firmly by its side. Or, in the case of Qadgop the Mercotan, preferably behind. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/12 "2024-01-13T02:10:14Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Whenever pedantry raises ITS xmex-like snout and zymolosely polydactile tongue, I stand firmly by its side. Or, in the case of Qadgop the Mercotan, preferably behind. - At least _you_ get to keep your head. And we should probably stop the hijack here before the Merciless Mods come a-huntin’. ---
**Author:** ![Apostrophyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Apostrophyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apostrophyx)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/13 "2024-01-15T13:00:22Z")
For completeness. IT IS easy to see when it is necessary to include an apostrophe. It is always about contraction - it is never about possession. That tab: it is explicitly owned. It is not correct to apostrophyse it. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > … hasn’t posted in over a decade he appears to have kept his email address, however 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/14 "2024-01-15T13:02:11Z")
Yay ! It’s **Apostrophyx**!! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-post-a-photo-to-my-op/995930/15 "2024-01-15T19:18:15Z")
Ah, the persistence of proper punctuation is powerful!! Welcome back!!!