Picasa still world for me today. I find the link they offer does not always work for different forums. 

First , make sure you have given the proper permission on the pic after you upload. I typically edit to share with "anyone with the link"

Then I open the pic. Right click then go to properties. Copy and paste THAT hyperlink.

I did notice Google changing a bunch of stuff especially on their mobile app. You can't save images as easily. They are now using something like Flash. I just screen capture and edit. Or use Bing.

BenT

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On Mar 29, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>  Since it's Fri. and someone else was asking a Google question, I'll ask
> another...and it has some Vanagon relevance.   I have often posted pics
> that Vanagon Listee's want to see, using Picassa Web Albums.   In the past,
> you posted the pics to your Picassa Web al+bums and then simply copied the
> link into an email to the list.  Then people interested could click that
> link and be taken to my Picassa Web album containing the relevant
> information and pics.
> 
>  Recently, Web Albums seems to have vanished and now we get offered
> Google+ pics. instead.   And the links do not work...My albums are still
> online in the Google+ site and they appear about the same, but when you
> highlight the web album link and copy it into a post to somewhere else,
> when you click that link, you get back...'link not found' check address,
> etc etc...
> 
>   Anybody find a way to link to various forums and private emails from the
> New, Improved,...   Google + Pictures site that took away the old Picassa
> Web Albums?
> 
>   I guess it might be a ploy by Google to make everyone get aboard
> Google+...I hope we aren't forced to switch all our photos to some other
> method of sharing, or only able to share with other's who join Google+
> 
>  Don Hanson