New image-sharing Web sites are improving on features first introduced by popular resources such as Kodakgallery.com and Flickr.com. Now, it's easier than ever for you to extract travel photos from your hard drive and share them with family and friends.
Google's photo-sharing service stands out for several reasons: it finds every shot on your computer—fast; it removes red-eye and edits like a pro; it accepts large files; and it even creates photo blogs.
Fee: None
This simple editing tool and traveler community offers high-res uploads and downloads connecting you to customized photo-and-text articles of other journeyers while hosting your shots for use on other sites.
Fee: Free for a 500-photo account; $30 a year to store 1,000 pictures
This smart service combines drag-and-drop uploading; sophisticated editing features (from auto-correcting color balance to digital watermarking); photo-tagging (like Flickr); customizable galleries; and excellent quality (enlarged) prints. What's more, it lets you send friends links to your photos without their having to register.
Fee: $40 a year for unlimited photo storage
—Adam Baer
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