Comments please

[Chris Yeates]

hello all

this is an appeal for comments re a new style (to me) of presenting what may be of some interest to some on WAB; normally this would be posted straight on to the "Fungal Plant Parasites" sticky, but I'm sure not everyone looks at that (nor need they, of course), but in an attempt to make posts there as user friendly as possible I'd like to get a little less rambling and ". . . . and here . . . . and here"

so here is a single composite image of a fungus which is starting to appear on London Plane - anyone looking at attached leaves around this time should be able to find it - it isn't hard to identify and all the info is in the single image - you don't even really need to see the conidia (asexual spores); I'll include a bit more about it when I do put it on the FPP thread, but my question is, is this a useful and understandable - and I hope aesthetically pleasing - way of presenting a species? it would make putting things on the A to Z (which I tend not to do much due to lack of time) a lot easier, as most of the info is there in graphic form

please let me know what you think - this needn't be limited to micro-fungi of course, I shall experiment if it seems worthwhile

cheers

Chris

[Lancashire Lad]

Looks good to me Chris.

Regrds,
Mike.

[solus]

Very text book! I like it too - only I find the "shadow" on the text hard on the old eyes! Sorry Chris.

[Bruce Williams]

I like this type of image Chris. I find them interesting and depending on the subject, a well thought out composite is more convenient to view and can be more informative than two or more separate images.

One small suggestion: I suspect that most large monitor screens today are probably no larger than 1920x1080 pixels (ie, full HD). At 1600 pixels high your high quality, full resolution image has to be vertically scrolled, so losing the associations between the title and the three picture elements. For HD monitors a maximum height of 980 pixels would fit nicely when using F11 to view full-screen in most browsers. Of course some members/visitors will have smaller screens and a lucky few may have larger screens (or orientate their monitor in portrait).

I llike the drop shadows on the inserts but not so much on the text.

Bruce

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by solus

Very text book! I like it too - only I find the "shadow" on the text hard on the old eyes! Sorry Chris.

that is exactly what I am after - you're quite right: a bit "arty" and OK on the images but hardly visually-impaired-friendly on the text (and I'm effectively blind in one eye so I should know better)

thanks

Chris

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Bruce Williams

I like this type of image Chris. I find them interesting and depending on the subject, a well thought out composite is more convenient to view and can be more informative than two or more separate images.

One small suggestion: I suspect that most large monitor screens today are probably no larger than 1920x1080 pixels (ie, full HD). At 1600 pixels high your high quality, full resolution image has to be vertically scrolled, so losing the associations between the title and the three picture elements. For HD monitors a maximum height of 980 pixels would fit nicely when using F11 to view full-screen in most browsers. Of course some members/visitors will have smaller screens and a lucky few may have larger screens (or orientate their monitor in portrait).

I llike the drop shadows on the inserts but not so much on the text.

Bruce

thanks Bruce - I've already taken on board the comments re the text shadows, will address the rest

cheers

Chris

[RobSutton]

Like it a lot - looking forward to seeing lots more of them.

[diggleken]

Its good Chris, and I could quite happily have more individual images on the composite, like that french-Canadian site - although thats more appropriate for gilled/pored fungi of course rather than your example!
An all in one identification image works well, but I would say the F-C site has over-complicated it to include microscopy , you need to decide your target audience, as they say and only include micro images where really necessary.
Cheers
Ken

[NickCantle]

Brilliant Chris, perfect format for fitting in all relevant information!

[SheffieldLass]

On the reverse side we just need the grid map of where they are found in Yorkshire .....