Photos blurry when uploaded

when i upload to an online developing service like Snapfish OR when i try to order prints from IPhoto my photos are blurry. in snapfish they actually appear blurry and i get a low resolution warning and when ordering from IPhoto i also get the low resolution warning. this eventhough all my photos are 1704X22772 resolution. i did an experiment where i upload directly to snapfish via my cardreader (rather than importing into IPhoto first) and those pictures were fine.
can someone help me ? i just converted to Mac from PC just because i thought this kind of stuff would be easier.

Nimi
It sounds like you're uploading the Thumbnails that iPhoto uses to display the pics in the iPhoto Window and not the files themselves.
How do you go about uploading?
Try selecting a pic in the iPhoto Window and dragging it to the desktop. iPhoto will make a full-sized copy there. Upload that, and then trash it after. (It's only a copy.) You can also use the File -> Export command and have more options.
Regards
TD

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