An Interesting Problem that I Can't Explain

By Val

@valmnz (17099)

New Zealand

May 6, 2018 11:54pm CST

For a couple of recent, not published posts I've tried posting here I've encountered an interesting problem. Maybe someone can tell me why this is happening? I've written two posts about Charlie, our new kitty, and tried using photos taken on my phone. Both times the photo has appeared upside down! I'll include one with this post to see if it still happens. This one is of Charlie curled up in a wee basket on my coffee table. On both occasions the image I've uploaded has appeared upside down, so I've deleted them immediately, not knowing any other way of solving the problem. Can anyone suggest why this is happening?

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

7 May 18

I experience it also. I think it has something to do with resolution. When I post from my phone, that happens. So I usually crop it and resize it in laptop.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Okay, I'll see if I can do that. Glad I'm not the only one. Thanks.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

@rakski Thanks, rotating didn't work but cropping and resizing did. The post with the picture the right way up is now posted!

@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

7 May 18

@valmnz no problem

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

8 May 18

Photos taken using a cell phone meet with this fate (lol). May be you can go to Paint and use the rotate option there.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

8 May 18

@valmnz When I receive photos from others in that state I use rotate from Paint and set it right. I have done yours

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

8 May 18

@valmnz What is cropping. According to me it is trimming photos

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

8 May 18

No, rotating didn't work, but cropping did. I've not had this problem with my phone photos till now. At least I now know what to do when it happens.

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@Cristi_Ichim (3663)

• Bucharest, Romania

7 May 18

I would try first rotating it in my laptop but I am not sure that it will work or if there is any way to rotate the pic anyways.

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@Cristi_Ichim (3663)

• Bucharest, Romania

7 May 18

@valmnz did you try to do it and post the image again?

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

@Cristi_Ichim not yet. :-)

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Thanks, it seems rotating may be the answer. But I have no idea why it's started doing this.

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@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

7 May 18

When it happens, crop and resize the image, this always solve the problem.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Thanks, seem to have sorted that one now.

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@LadyDuck (458230)

• Switzerland

7 May 18

@valmnz I have seen the photo in your other post.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306352)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 May 18

I don't take pictures with my phone, however, I just found the reason my pictures were sideways and I couldn't fix them, they're now fixed. Do you have an auto rotate feature on your phone that will correct that issue?

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

I have no idea about the phone question!But in this case cropping did the trick.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306352)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 May 18

@valmnz I'm glad you got it taken care of.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

7 May 18

Ohh it never happened to me before..

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Lucky you

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

@Jessabuma thank you, yes. Problem solved and new post with picture right way up now posted. It was a matter of resizing.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

7 May 18

@valmnz yes, hopefully you will sort it out soon

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@caopaopao (12395)

• China

7 May 18

I think the picture editor can adjust or rotate the picture. You can have a try. If you don't have a picture editor, you can download one.

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@caopaopao (12395)

• China

7 May 18

Glad to hear that.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Thanks, rotating didn't work but cropping and resizing did. The post with the picture the right way up is now posted!

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@yukimori (10144)

• United States

7 May 18

It could be the orientation of the photo in the phone. Every once in a while I have one where it records the orientation incorrectly because I was holding my phone at an odd angle when I took it. Try rotating it before uploading and see if that does the trick, especially if it's only doing it on horizontal images like this one. You should be able to just flip it 90 degrees one way, then back again.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

Thanks heaps for that. I'll try later and see what happens.

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

@yukimon I did finally solve it through one of the suggestions of cropping - see next post! But I now also think you may have something about the angle I was holding the phone.

@wolfgirl569 (95225)

• Marion, Ohio

7 May 18

Read comments and found you solved the problem. Now I know too if it ever happens to me

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

That was certainly an interesting one. And what a wonderful lot of answers!

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

8 May 18

Why does this happen? Well, it's easy to explain. You 're an Antipodean, aren't you? We, in the Northern hemisphere, know that everything is upside down in your part of the world. :-)

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

9 May 18

good one

@JudyEv (325815)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 18

I've seen the photo of Charlie right way up and he is a very cute little cat. He looks as though he has settled in okay.

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

He is a real rascal, but also very loving!

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@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

7 May 18

Never had that problem

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

No and neither have I. I often use photos take on my phone, but these latest ones have had minds of their own.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

7 May 18

He is magically not falling out of the basket lol!

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@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

7 May 18

He spends enough of his time in strange places without being upside down as well

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