{"id":3504,"date":"2005-09-19T17:13:31","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T00:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/19\/best-viewed-large\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:07:04","slug":"best-viewed-large","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/19\/best-viewed-large\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Viewed Large"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7745,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=site:www.flickr.com+%22best+viewed+large%22&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/webhp?client=safari&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3779,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260307012627\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 10:45:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 08:28:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 11:13:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 01:23:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 01:09:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 07:12:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 07:43:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 12:30:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 19:08:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 19:08:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I have to admit to a certain curiosity about the tendency for so many people to add &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=site:www.flickr.com+%22best+viewed+large%22&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\" title=\"Google search of flickr.com for 'best viewed large'\">best viewed large<\/a>&#8221; to the descriptions of a photo they&#8217;ve uploaded to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/\" title=\"Flickr\">Flickr<\/a>. Two things are constantly popping into my head when I see &#8220;best viewed large&#8221; added to a photo:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is there really any photo of decent quality that <em>won&#8217;t<\/em> be &#8220;better&#8221; (that is, clearer, easier to distinguish fine details, and showing less JPEG distortion) at a larger size?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>How long (assuming it hasn&#8217;t happened already) before someone uploads a picture of a penis with this phrase tacked onto the description?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Chances are, if I like a photo enough, I&#8217;m going to see if there&#8217;s a larger resolution available whether or not someone <em>tells<\/em> me to; conversely, if a photo doesn&#8217;t interest me, I&#8217;m not likely to try downloading a larger version just to see if it magically gets better.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it seems a little silly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DQueen%2526albumTerm=Classic Queen%2526songTerm=Under Pressure%26 partnerId%3D30\">Under Pressure<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1= itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DQueen%26partnerId%3D30\">Queen<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DQueen%2526albumTerm=Classic Queen%26partnerId%3D30\">Classic Queen<\/a><\/em> (1981, 4:03).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit to a certain curiosity about the tendency for so many people to add &#8216;best viewed large&#8217; to the descriptions of a photo they&#8217;ve uploaded to Flickr. Two things are constantly popping into my head when I see &#8216;best viewed large&#8217; added to a photo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[6,27],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-humor","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}