[JasonB]

It seems my last reply didn't actually work, so here goes a 2nd time...

Are you using Scale in PS to resize the original image? You shouldn't have to crop at all, unless you want to. Your original picture looks fantastic and is huge (5280x2729)!!


Also, and here's a point that I don't think many are aware of... I intend to click on an image to see it's full resolution, I don't expect to see a nice crisp detailed picture in the forum post because I know there's limitations across the forum boards - they don't want to pay to store your data on their server.
So always click on an image if you want to see it better.

That's true or mostly true. 

The forum software does resize images, and we've set the size to be much bigger than a thumbnail, but not nearly as big as the original image. If memory serves I think it's 500px wide.

The reasoning behind that is so that anybody with a slower connection doesn't have to wait five minutes to load a thread with loads of full sized pictures in it. It was a balance we tried to find, and to be honest I stand by it, full sized photos are just a click away.

But it's nothing to do with money. If you upload an image here, we do store the full sized image, and we do pay for it, otherwise you wouldn't be able to click on it and see the full sized version. 

It was a deliberate decision to allow faster loading of threads, whilst leaving members free to view full sized photos if they choose.