Closed Photos for site banner

ZooYouthBen said:
maybe we could have a vote on all the banner tests that last for 1 week?
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I'm not really interested in running polls for stuff like this - I have to make the final decision on which images get used based on how effective they work as a banner and how they look on the site.

I actually have over 50 candidate images already from my own collection which I need to try out as potentials. I would like to extend that to include images from other people as well so we don't just have images from the zoos I've visited :D

If I get enough I may even make it choose a new banner randomly each day - not sure how well that would work though, would need to try it.

I am planning a fairly big site redesign in the next couple of weeks and I'll look at implementing the new banners then. The basic forum structure will stay the same, but I want to make the photo gallery easier to use. I will also be adding a new home page separate to the forum.
 
ZooYouthBen said:
ok, cool, i like the one iwth the 3/4 chimps the best :D
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I love that photo - it was at Wellington Zoo and it was probably only about 10 degrees Celsius that day.

The two chimps laying back trying to "catch some rays" just looked so relaxed and carefree :D
 
yeah probably why i like it soo much! lazy lazy chimps but i spose those heated rocks are like my electric blanket!
 
By the way - I do want to start running photo competitions so we can highlight the best photos from the gallery.

I'm just not quite sure how I want to run them yet. Winners will be selected based on a vote by members - I just need to think through the mechanics of how the whole thing is organised first.
 
Sim said:
By the way - I do want to start running photo competitions so we can highlight the best photos from the gallery.

I'm just not quite sure how I want to run them yet. Winners will be selected based on a vote by members - I just need to think through the mechanics of how the whole thing is organised first.
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Cool, that's a great idea!
 
There is a really good photo from snowleopard of an okapi at the Bronx Zoo. And it was put up on the 4th of August. It has the Okapi standing in front of a fake buttress root looking thing.
 
I really like the current one, but the thought of having one of my own photo's would be a real honour ;). Sadly I can't really find anything suitable, the nearest I could get was this:
[thumb=9268;557;DSC_0038.JPG]Jaguars[/thumb]

I had a trial run at cutting it down, but what I really don't like is that green thing in the background which is the top of the perimeter fence. It's ugly, and if I were you I wouldn't use it. It's maybe a bit wide too. Will keep looking though!
 
^Chris^ said:
Sadly I can't really find anything suitable
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The main problem is that the photos we would normally take aren't actually suitable for a banner like I want to use.

I've actually been browsing through the gallery and have found very few suitable photos so far ... that's not because the photos are bad - just that they won't work for the dimensions we need for the banner!
 
We'll all have to keep this in mind and look for nice horizontal subjects:- snakes, monitor lizards, mongooses, otters, crocodiles, herds of antelope in single file, Reeve's pheasants holding their tail feathers horizontal - keep your eyes open ;)

Alan
 
Well, i browsed through czech zoos related gallery recently and i have remembered Jana posted some photos already in banner like style like these:

Damara Zebras at Dvur Kralove » ZooBeat Photo Gallery
Ringtailed lemur at Prague » ZooBeat Photo Gallery
Nile Lechwe at Dvur Kralove » ZooBeat Photo Gallery
Greater Flamingo at Prague » ZooBeat Photo Gallery
Nile Lechwe at Dvur Kralove » ZooBeat Photo Gallery

zebras, flamingo and lemur could be useful others are probably with too small subject I guess.

Edit: Oops i missed this one http://www.zoobeat.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/10864
 
Not yet - I liked some of Jana's photos ... but I need to spend some more time thinking about how I want to manage this.

I have some other projects to get finished this week (got to pay the bills still!), then I will be redesigning the site a bit (not the forum or gallery structure - just the overall layout, new home page, new top banner etc).

As part of the new layout, I'll need to decide how I want to do the top banner and will look at options for including other images. As I previously mentioned, there haven't been that many suitable photos - mostly because of the narrow image required for the banner.
 
Your Pictures you linked to a while back are great! When are you going to switch the picture?
 
Quartz92 said:
Your Pictures you linked to a while back are great! When are you going to switch the picture?
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Thanks!

As I mentioned in a previous post - I am in the process of redesigning the site layout ... and part of that redesign involves changing the way I do the banner.

Just finishing off a couple of other projects for clients first.
 
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