The problem with using a web-host for your pictures is that when you decide to close your account or remove your pictures from the web-host, they disappear from your thread. Nothing more frustrating than seeing a box with a red X where a picture should be. Uploading your pictures into the this forum's database makes them forever.

The biggest problem with uploading pictures is that they are often too large, especially now that large mega-pixel cameras are more prevalent. There are many software options for re-sizing them. IrfanView is a free software package that has a pretty simple re-sizing process. Your pictures meet the forum's size limits without losing a lot of clarity.