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Viewing Tips
I have listed below some helpful tips on how best to view my images on this website.

  1. I recommended that you set your monitor to a high screen resolution, ideally 1280 x 1024 pixels, and its highest colour quality of 32-bits. Your screen is currently set to :

    Screen Width    pixels
    Screen Height   pixels
    Screen Colour   bits
    To learn more about how to change your screen resolution and colour quality then click here.

  2. Ensure that your monitor reproduces colours as accurately as possible. If you do not own a calibration device, then basic adjustments can be made to the colour and brightness controls of your monitor whilst viewing a test chart. The link below will guide you through this process.

  3. You can switch your browser into full screen mode, and back again, by using the and buttons located on the navigation bar above. This will remove the toolbars that are normally displayed at the top of your browser window and will reduce the need to scroll down the page.

Displaying Images
Each image is now be displayed on its own web page rather than within a popup window. This allows a much larger image to be displayed across the entire width of the screen - which is particularly useful for my panoramas - but has also meant that the file size and hence download time has also increased. I have tried to compromise on image quality and file size as best I can.

New image page
The new image page has been left as uncluttered as possible - so as not to distract the eye from the image being displayed.

Using the navigation bar at the top of the screen, you can now select to move forwards >> and backwards << throughout the images in the current gallery, thereby simulating a slideshow presentation.

Information on available sizes and pricing are displayed below each image and they relate directly to the image currently being viewed. For example, a panoramic landscape would not be available in standard sizes such as 6"x4" etc.


Mounted Images
 In addition to the new image presentation, images can now be viewed online with a mounted border. A variety of mount colour/texture profiles are available to help you visualise what your final image might look like when it is framed - even down to the bevelled edge and mitred corners !

Sedge Warbler shown with a Maize mount

Q: How did I create these mount profiles ?
A: I have taken photographs of genuine mount boards, available commercially, and processed them in Photoshop so that they can be reproduced as realistically as possible on screen. These represent some of the commonest colours and textures available and you can see some examples below, more will be added soon !

Antique White Antique Ivory Maize Sauterne Delft Blue

To obtain an accurate screen representation, it is important to perform the steps highlighted above to calibrate your monitor.

How To Display A Mount Border
Mount samples
The default setting for viewing an image is with no mount border. Therefore, if you navigate forwards or backwards to another image then it will be displayed without a mount.

To choose a mount or change its colour, simply click on the Mounts button and select the appropriate colour sample. To remove the mount, select None. Again, these colour samples have been hidden so as not to detract the eye away from the main image.

For ordering purposes, please make a note of the name of the chosen mount colour - this can be displayed by hovering the mouse cursor over the colour sample. If you do not see a colour or texture you like, we can let you borrow the complete range of cardboard mount samples.

I hope this new functionality proves helpful. If you have any comments or suggestions then please contact me.

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