Photo sharing sites

So, I've just had a reminder that my Flickr Pro subscription has expired and needs renewing...

Before I hand my cash over for another year, what's the feeling around here on alternatives? The majority of people who view my photos online are those I know but I do like that anyone can come across and comment on my public photos so a reasonable sized community would be good.

I've got a free Photobucket account after seeing good reviews but I'm not entirely convinced yet of its UI.

Opinions? Any other sites I should be looking at?

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Stewart
K30, A-50(1.7), DA 16-45, DA 50-200, Sigma 18-250, Metz 48-AF1.

Are you an ePHOTOzine member?

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Best regards, John

Turns out I am although until just now I can't remember the last time I logged in.

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Stewart
K30, A-50(1.7), DA 16-45, DA 50-200, Sigma 18-250, Metz 48-AF1.

I'm not familiar with interactivity on Photobucket - but I dont really use it that much anyway. I like Flickr, but I think it's "lost its way" a wee bit in recent months.

I quite like Panoramio. (No upload limit, free, and a reasonable interface)

I think on average I get more views/comments on Panoramio than I do on Flickr so the community must be a reasonable size.

The discussion groups aren't as good as Flickr's, but you don't need to be a pro member to get full access to Flickr's groups.

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Mike
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Pentax:K7, K100D, DA18-55, DA10-17, DA55-300, DA50-200, F100-300, F50, DA35 AL, 4* M50, 2* M135, Helicoid extension, Tak 300 f4 (& 6 film bodies)
3rd Party: Bigmos (Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM),2* 28mm, 100mm macro, 28-200 zoom, 35-80 zoom, 80-200 zoom, 80-210 zoom, 300mm M42, 600 mirror, 1000-4000 scope, 50mm M42, enlarger lenses, micro 4/3 camera with tiltable PK mount, Zenit E...
Far to many tele-converters, adapters, project parts & extension tubes etc.

.[size=11:].Flickr• WPF• Panoramio

I still like flickr and like the flexibility of setting different permission levels for who can see what and still like the interface... was better before recent changes but still like it

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Mike

Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / /Panasonic Lumix GX1/ Canon G10/ Pentax Q / Olympus OM1n

am I missing something - having a look on Panoramio and don't see anyway of grabbing a link (different sizes please) so i can post pics on forums etc...

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Mike

Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / /Panasonic Lumix GX1/ Canon G10/ Pentax Q / Olympus OM1n

Not as simple as Flickr certainly and different sizes are not available.
If you click on the photo, you go into a slide view mode, here there is a button to view original photo if you click on that you can save the image url which can normally be posted with 'IMG' tags:

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Mike
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Pentax:K7, K100D, DA18-55, DA10-17, DA55-300, DA50-200, F100-300, F50, DA35 AL, 4* M50, 2* M135, Helicoid extension, Tak 300 f4 (& 6 film bodies)
3rd Party: Bigmos (Sigma 150-500mm OS HSM),2* 28mm, 100mm macro, 28-200 zoom, 35-80 zoom, 80-200 zoom, 80-210 zoom, 300mm M42, 600 mirror, 1000-4000 scope, 50mm M42, enlarger lenses, micro 4/3 camera with tiltable PK mount, Zenit E...
Far to many tele-converters, adapters, project parts & extension tubes etc.

.[size=11:].Flickr• WPF• Panoramio

Got a surprise comment on flickr yesterday from the guy who owned this hub cap ... lol

He marked it as a favourite so he presumably approved



Vauhall Viva hub cap .... and an E-Type by Blythman1960, on Flickr

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Alan
PPG
Flickr

in biew of what you've said there Mike it'd certainly make it anon starter for me

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Mike

Pentax K5 / Pentax K5 11/ Pentax K200D / Canon Rebel T1 i / /Panasonic Lumix GX1/ Canon G10/ Pentax Q / Olympus OM1n