The Lens Flare Artist and Photography Community

I'm pleased to announce that the 3rd revision of The Lens Flare is now live. The Lens Flare is a large friendly community of artists and photographers who use the site to upload images, share ideas, and learn from each other. It's located at http://www.thelensflare.com

The new features include:

• More Images: Up to 500 images on the basic free account, 1000 images for silver, and unlimited for the gold account.


• Less expensive to upgrade your account.


• Multiple Image Sizes: 150px thumbnail, 500px standard image, 900px large image, and 2 250px detail images.


• Dashboard - to quickly get to important links.


• Albums - to organize your pictures however you want.


• Camera Reviews - to help you decide on which camera to purchase.


• Search - the search page has been improved.


• Image Categories - categories are formed automatically based on the pictures on the site.


• Member Profile - customize your homepage with the profile fields.


• Stat Counter - view traffic to your pages, where in the world they come from, etc by integrating your statcounter.com account with your pages on The Lens Flare. To do this, add your stat counter codes on your profile page.


• Videos - updated art and photography videos from YouTube.


• Image Management - easier management of your images, with stats showing traffic trends over the last 7 and 30 days to your pictures.


• Less Spam - spam registrations and crude comments will be far fewer with the addition of several features to hinder automated programs from submitting information to the site.


• New Look and Feel - the site's look and feel has been completely redone to promote a more professional appearance.