My cheat for pictures is: take the pic with the phone and email it to your computer as a medium size file. I drag the picture out of the email to my desktop and upload it from there. Haven't had any rejected since I have been doing it this way.
Glad you had a fine meal.
This is the same thing that I do. It is so easy. Just right click on the picture/s that you want, point to "Send to", and then click "Mail Recipient". You should then be prompted to choose a size. Medium is usually selected by default and usually provides a very nice sized picture. After you receive the email, just save them to your desktop, upload them to your post, send your post, and then you can go delete the pictures from your desktop.