@ buzzzzz1, that someone is me.... and I've worked in graphics for 20 years, so don't tell me I don't know how to resize an image. What I'm saying is that 250kb is a ridiculous size from which to judge photo realism. Jpeg is a lossy compression system that looks awful, so easy with the accusations... it was a simple question I asked NWDA. I haven't spent the past 2 months getting and image to a level I'm happy with to make do with an image that doesn't look as it should. If rules are rules then I will do as they are written, but I just want them to see it in all it's glory... is that too much to ask? I'd love to see an image that is 1680x1050 at 250kb that looks good. If you have some suggestions on the way you compress images without any loss, then please share them with us, as I for one would be most interested.
I'm sorry to all if I opened a can of worms here, but maybe someone can see where I'm coming from. I'm not asking to be judged on the good quality image, the low one will have to do. Also, I don't think it said anywhere in the rules that you would be judged on how well you optimize an image, that is just pure assumption.
Thanks, Simon.