Finding an image again from the web when you've lost the source

[sammyc]

Only sort-of-photography but in case someone can help -

If I have saved (for reference) an image from tumblr, failed to title it properly* and now can't remember the source, is there any way 'back' if reverse image search fails? Usually retracing where I was in history the last activity before I visited the image does the trick, but I don't seem to have left a logical trail in this case.

*ie it has its original 'title', tumblr_string of letters &c, but I didn't add anything to identify it.

Thnks.

[TheAnimus]

Google?

[sammyc]

I've reverse googled, 'no other sizes of this image found' etc.

..actually you probably mean google for answers, I am doing that too, it's not just laziness it's impatience sorry.

[jag272]

While smaller and generally less helpful, I have found Tineye occassionally picks up images that google does not, so you can give that a try.

https://www.tineye.com/

[sammyc]

Unfortunately not, but thanks

..does appear to be impossible so motto, keep better records.

[fredsmith999]

Use google image search: you can just drag and drop the picture into the search box (on chrome at least). Cool when it works but identifying it is a bit hit and miss

[stevie lee]

*ie it has its original 'title', tumblr_string of letters &c, but I didn't add anything to identify it.

Thnks.

missed this the first time. have you tried just putting the title of the file into a google search?

r-click on the file in win explorer > properties. you can copy the filename from the rename box, then just paste the whole filename into google. then look on the image results tab.

tumblr_lhk9215dfr1qbmyqyo1_500.jpg < take it your filename looks like that. try searching for that one (not rude, just funny panda)

then you can click on the image and get back to the webpage it was from.