Okay, here's how it goes.
Step 1 - Open your image in Flickr. The important part of the screen is lower right of the image. Click on the share button - looks like a bent arrow.
Step 2 - In the pop-up window that appears over your image, select first "BBCode". Then select image size from the lower selection bar - 1600x1200 works pretty well and is the typical aspect ratio for most iPhone (etc.) photos. The line of code that appears in the BBCode window after you select size is your target.
Step 3 - Using whatever combination of key strokes or mouse maneuvers you like (I prefer right-click then selecting "copy" from the pull-down menu) copy the entire BBCode line. The line is longer than the window in which it appears, so you have to "select all" or double-click select or whatever to get the entire line, including the part hidden by the size of the window.
Step 4 - Back on VSalon, open a new Quick Reply window in the thread of your choice (Ride Reports for example,) type your message (I went riding and...) and then paste the entire line of BBCode that you copied from Flickr into the message window (not necessarily in that order - however it works for you.) Now you are done and can click "Post Quick Reply" and your image should appear along with your message. The benefit here is that the image is not actually on VSalon servers. It is still remotely hosted on Flickr and just displayed in your image. So not only do you get a nice big image, you also avoid upside down images due to coding conflicts and you help keep the VSalon servers clean and tidy.
Optional: If you don't want the Link-Back tag appearing after your image, you can delete the section of BBCode as shown below (basically everything after "[/img][/url]") before clicking "Post Quick Reply". But that's just OCD and not necessary.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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