I'd just like to add my penny to this thread. I've been posting to the gallery here at R'osity for years. Most my images are huge in size, but not necessarily in file size. BekaVal has the right idea - optimise your images! I use all high res textures in my images, along with custom made bump maps - some of the resultant renders are upto 32Mb as Tif files, but when optimised in Photoshop, they come down to as little as 200K! All it takes is a little patience, and asking the right questions. Eveyone is right when they say that the forum limit should be 200k - in fact I reckon 100k would be fine, as the forums are meant purely as a means of communication of ideas, and not a showcase - thats what the galleries are for. Bandwidth is a major issue - I'm struggling myself with my own site - do I leave my images big as I intended them, or optimise them to ensure the maximum number of people get to see them, due to my bandwidth restrictions? Of course the later is the best option...