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Well, so long as it's a symmetrical gap. The slight mismatch in angles is obscured by the Y's thickness. When separated it would be much more obvious.

Test.
As usual there's not enough room on the left for the logo, so without cheating this is the only way:

seebart wrote: Test.

Failed! Quit messing with the floor. I like it as it was!

seebart wrote:

The second one is better. There's no need to see the whole keyboard.

Muirium wrote: Failed!

Quit messing with the floor. I like it as it was!

Haha I was hoping you wouldn't notice. But the postion is good in the last one. And yes I did some "logo background contrast improvment".

If I don't notice the cheat, then it was done artfully! That one was not…

Comparing them all again just now, I still prefer your first attempt.

Come on, the second one is good. It's got much less cheating too.

Muirium wrote: Comparing them all again just now, I still prefer your first attempt.

What? Oh well I'm done with it now. Take your pick.

The first one (which I reposted at the top of this page) is more organic. You know, what with the absence of later cheating. And I like the subtle way the logo shows up on it. We don't always need max contrast. The DT graphic shows well on many pale backgrounds, so long as they aren't highly patterned.

Fine. Reminds me to get my Cherry G80-0499 out. Time for some vintage MX action.

Muirium wrote:

seebart wrote:

The second one is better. There's no need to see the whole keyboard.

I prefer this last one

So do I, but the dictator has spoken. No use to fight it.

You'll have to try harder to convince that mean spirited bastard in charge of picking headers. Reasons why, to balance against his own vile sense of aesthetic purity. The demon!

Madhias HHKB fading light shot:

I am feeling guilty for never doing any crops!

Madhias wrote: I am feeling guilty for never doing any crops!

No because you took the picture! That's the harder part IMO. This image also has great header potential.

Uploading these:
Or how about my own simple shrink of Slom's original pic? Aha. I see the angle was just a happy accident after all!

Which crop do you guys prefer of Madhias' sunset HHKB?
The first works better now I test it. They're both my own crops, after none of Seebart's looked quite right to me!

And still more Madhias?
Ooof! I'm out of practice! Need so much more desk space on the left of these. Denied!

Will update with more as I process them.

I think those G80-0499 pics are too noisy, grainy and poorly focused, but maybe that's just me?

I see a slight lack of Depth of Field (inconsequential, and maybe it's just confirmation bias), but not really any serious grain... The header resolution is so low that seeing grain would be difficult in a downsampled photo anyways.

Still worth using as a header in my opinion.

Khers wrote: I think those G80-0499 pics are too noisy, grainy and poorly focused, but maybe that's just me?

true!

Khers wrote: I think those G80-0499 pics are too noisy, grainy and poorly focused, but maybe that's just me?

You're right, compare the two in Mu's last post, I already did some GIMP magic on that top one. I don't mind if we do not use it. I think that picture is aesthetically pleasing, the image quality itself is poor though.

I agree that it is aesthetically pleasing, but it cries out for a reshoot!

Khers wrote: I agree that it is aesthetically pleasing, but it cries out for a reshoot!

I agree, ask him for a reshoot if you like:

slom-u5173/

Since I own a G80-0499 I could reshoot it myself but I would find that somewhat rude towards Slom.

Everyone's going the full µ! I'm so proud!

Well you know Mu we all have to look at those headers too every once in a while, some of us on a daily basis. Of course it can't hurt to look smart for the rest of the planet.

I'm honestly pleased some of my dictatorial nitpicking is spreading to you guys. While I like Slom's composition, the original image is pretty crap, as I found out when editing it myself. So close to greatness!

Anyway, I'll wait for new submissions before upping another batch. Wound up falling asleep last night instead of finalising those. Needs a clear eye to make the final call, not a dozy one.

What do you guys thinks about these?

and this one:

Last one is nice lolpes. On the other two I'd move the keyboard to the right to make room for the DT logo.

seebart wrote: Last one is nice lolpes. On the other two I'd move the keyboard to the right to make room for the DT logo.

I agree, I tried the preview and I liked the third one.

I will try to move the board to the right on the other 2 and see if it works out

Yup. The action has to be on the right. Just see how broken my own crops earlier (of Madhias' HHKB) look because I didn't compensate enough for the logo. Ouch!

Yeah I see what you mean muirium :/, I was trying to show the constrast of the cyan enter, but because it is located at the right of the board, in order to show background on the right I probably would have to take a far away pic in order to get the board rotated and still have enough background to show the DT logo...hum I'll give it a try, tomorrow, ligh here is going away now xD