Sounds like you need to crop the picture.

Easiest way: open it from your computer in MSPaint, find one of the blue or grey squares on the side/bottom/corner of the picture, and drag it in until all the white stuff is gone. Go to File > Save As (in case Paint screws the original picture up) and save as a BMP. Re-upload it and see if it looks better.

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