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	Lent Bumps, Lent Term 2007 re The Headship Crews on their side by side race!! by Simon - Sun 4th Mar 2007, 5:57pm New website banner image, anyone?

by RTT - Sun 4th Mar 2007, 7:42pm
Simon said: New website banner image, anyone? Too much background. The present one works well because the silhouette lends itself a simple, almost monochromatic look. I'm sure someone will have something looking into the evening light which will work well - it should preferably have just river and boats, with not too much of interest on the bank. Incidentally, I mentioned the banner image to Martin earlier in the week, and if you look through the photos he took you can see him experimenting....!

by Martin P - Thu 5th Apr 2007, 1:23am
After some experimenting, I think Sam Zhang wins the prize for best contenders for a new banner graphic - with this picture, or the following one. If anyone thinks anything else would work well now's a good time to suggest it! (Or I invite you to try and mock something up... if there are any other suggestions we could decide the new design with a members vote!)

by equal opportunities - Thu 5th Apr 2007, 8:03am
But where are the girls?!

by Simon - Thu 5th Apr 2007, 8:22am
Martin P said: After some experimenting, I think Sam Zhang wins the prize for best contenders for a new banner graphic - with this picture, or the following one. If anyone thinks anything else would work well now's a good time to suggest it! (Or I invite you to try and mock something up... if there are any other suggestions we could decide the new design with a members vote!) Something based on this? Or maybe the two crews could pose at the catch outside the boathouse in 1930s style.

by never hangs at the catch - Thu 5th Apr 2007, 11:02am
Oooh yes, very keen for some wanky front-stops posing!

by Martin P - Thu 5th Apr 2007, 2:00pm
Simon said: Something based on this? Or maybe the two crews could pose at the catch outside the boathouse in 1930s style. The current look has been very popular - I've tried to change it a couple of times before and have been voted down. Which is why so far I've been looking for something similar. Would be v nice to have both crews but none of the hundreds of pictures has quite the right shape, or the right amount of contrast to work when changed to monochromatic. We could try a montage kind of thing, I'll have a play with it, but I think it'll be hard to beat one of Sam's pics which are shaping up really nicely.

by team america - Fri 6th Apr 2007, 12:15am
Martin P said: We could try a montage kind of thing, #The hours approaching, to give it your best# #You've got to reach your prime.# #That's when you need to put yourself to the test# #And show us a passage of time# #Were going to need a montage (montage)# #Ooh it takes a montage (montage)#

by RTT - Fri 6th Apr 2007, 1:13am
I think a montage would be way too busy, as would a posed picture in front of the boathouse. Also, it definitely needs to be a picture of people rowing, and preferably racing; after all, that's by far and away the most important reason for the existence of the club. If collecting silverware were the main goal, we'd do our training at antique fairs. The two pictures from Sam look like excellent choices. Unfortunately, if we want to have racing crews, the chances are that it can't easily feature both the men and women. Maybe we could have one of each, and it selects them at random each time you visit the site?!

by Martin P - Fri 6th Apr 2007, 8:12am
Tom you're a genius.