DeepDiver wrote:

Regarding the bandwidth issue, the problem is not the
number of "hits", but rather the quantity of data (measured in bytes) that
is downloaded by your visitors. I looked at your site last night (between
"bandwith exceeded" errors) and noticed that your large images are very data
"heavy" (i.e., they have very large data byte sizes).

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Michael,

Thanks for the great explanation. I have my camera set to take images
at 2048x1736 "fine" quality. That way I have HQ raw images that I burn
to disc. I edit the real keepers in Photoshop down to 800x600 or
whatever is appropriate. Where I went wrong is in the "save as" step. I
usually save quality as 7-9 where I probably should save as 2-5. I've
never paid attention as per your explanation to file sizes in relation
to quality. I'll definitely experiment now!

Yes, it helped!

~Dave