Thank you for the fuller explanation.
We all want to be asked, but some of us have accepted that we won't always be. I've been asked a few times, which I appreciated. Once, though, I found a picture of mine being used on Facebook without any credit given. When I asked the page author to credit me, I never heard back. It was just a primary image for a climbing page, so no huge deal, but annoying all the same.
You have a lot of lovely photos; some were mesmerizing to look at. If I were you, I'd listen to the many asking you not to go and continue posting low-res photos; that would be perfectly understandable.
Either way, good luck to you. I'm sure I speak for many in wishing you well.