That's exactly what takes so long to load...which is why I said if you want to post a picture, supply a link to a seperate window so that those who want to see them can do so.
If you embed pics in a forum thread like you just did, people like me with dialup and older computers have to wait forever for the image to load.
ie, I just opened this thread to look at the reply and had to patiently wait while your picture took it's sweet time coming up on the screen. Multiply that by half a dozen people posting large pic files and just opening this thread would take 10 minutes. Which means the only way I can read the rest of the messages is to go to the prefs on my browser, and select 'do not load images', just so I can finish reading the thread.