What am I doing wrong?
You apparently didn't read enough or at all in here: Newbies - Read before postingHere's the relevant quote:
I cannot post images?
Pictures posted by Newbies using the [img]-tag are displayed as links, because of previous incidents with spammers and trolls. See this thread for more information Images in posts disabled for newbies. It is possible to purchase to "Copper"-rank if you want to post pictures right now, checkout this thread for more information on that: Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images.
Pictures posted by Newbies using the [img]-tag are displayed as links, because of previous incidents with spammers and trolls. See this thread for more information Images in posts disabled for newbies. It is possible to purchase to "Copper"-rank if you want to post pictures right now, checkout this thread for more information on that: Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images.
BTW, I fixed your image links. When you as still Newbie embed this [img]https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/05/20/UazRbT.jpeg[/img] in your post, we see only this https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/05/20/UazRbT.jpeg instead of
.But once you become Jr. Member all your embedded [img]<link to pic>[/img] become embedded shiny pics which everybody can see. So don't stop to include pics in your post, they will eventually become shiny embedded ones.