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Actually, good point. Right now we have over 80 headers.

When Webwit put me in charge is was maybe half as many. I retired several of the old ones in that time. As new submissions keep on coming, and many of them are very good indeed.

So far I've not been too concerned with having "too many headers". It's hard to pick a few old ones to retire every time a new batch hits.

I'm pretty happy with the big rota we have now. Sure, people have to wait longer (several days) for their favourite picture to roll around. But overall I think the site looks better with more variety, more photographers and subjects of interest.

So what do you guys think: more headers is good?

Sure more variety is better. I'm pretty sure the quality has improved too.

I vote for more variety, yes!

Really the only downside is that when you get your first image accepted by that mean spirited jerk who's in charge of these, you have to wait ages to see it in action at the top of the site.

A weaksauce argument if ever I heard one. Shoot harder! Get more in there.

More headers, more variety! Could it be possible to shorten timespan of header image change?

I guess Webwit could tweak that. I assume it's a simple variable in the site's design somewhere.

But of course you'd first have to talk him into it!

Personally, I like the hourly rotation. The same frequency as I've had my desktop wallpaper cycle through for 10 years on the Mac. They both change on the dot!

Yeah thats nice timing there, Im also running timed wallpaper changes at 1pic/hour. But if we get more headers there we could do 30min rotation or even 15min so we get more pics in same timespan!

Not bad! We've got a lot of PCB ones already — much to that perennial grumbler Mr A500's complaint — but perhaps I could knock one out. The blue one lines up quite nicely with the header UI, and the last one's great.

Actually, have you got a bigger version of the blue picture? Something about 30 pixels wider on all four sides ideally. That way I can nudge it around and please my OCD! I'd like to track the baseline on the logo…

Yeah I'll post that blue one again later tonight, got to get on my bike now.

I like this one

The compudent LEDs. They got a nice little effect due to the round transparent plastic on top.

Muirium wrote: All right, some crops from recent submissions to the Cappening thread…

Thanks Mu, I'm really flattered!

I thought I was still dreaming when I saw it this morning (not that I dream about DT or anything...)

Astroturf or green shag?

ikea shag :p

I quite like it. Good and sharp anyway.

Focus is what's held me back from Seebart's. The glowing orange caps shot is way too fuzzy, the LOWER shot is much better but some of it looks a little off, just much less so. The PCB's sharp, but we've lots of those. The one I like the best actually is the blue panel. But I want to align the keys with the site logo. Any deviation in symmetry throws me off!

Now that I look at my shots again I don't like any of them that much anymore. The blue Key Tronic even looks a tad out of focus. If you want that one let me have another go at it when I'm back at my desk.

Sounds good to me. And post an oversized version (high res and lots of room on all the edges) so I can pan it around a bit to make my own crop. That one's asking for OCD level accuracy in alignment.

Glad to hear my image snobbery is rubbing off on you. I don't see things no one else can. I just home in on most mistakes quicker. Practice increases that speed.

Mu, I've updated my pic to a better version

Just trying something with a great old Univac promotional shot…
Man, this is going to be an awkward one.

idollar wrote: I like this one

I also like that one

+1, gorgeous!

Prelim wrote:

I like it!

May I join in?

tigpha wrote: May I join in?

Of course you may. Good effort. I like the first and second a lot. Both work well with our logo, which is not a easy compromise trust me!

I call this Muirium pandering. Well done, sir.

Dang! You saw right through me! It's that Helvetica thing again...