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B/W vs. color on the web depends on what you're presenting, what kind of scanning gear you have, and who your audience is. For this, I think the best approach is to use color... thumbnails and descriptions on one page, and click through to a high-resolution image of each of the shots. The details are what matter here, so if you try to present everything at once the pages will be very cumbersome -- divide the rig up into "subsystems", first show them individually and then put the whole thing together at the end. Markup is pretty easy too -- use Navigator Gold or Fusion if you don't want to mess with HTML yourself or if you're not doing anything unusual, or just learn HTML and do it yourself which is also relatively simple if you can take the time to learn it. I'm not the guy who mentioned I was working on a page, but in fact I have been... The tricky part for me has been taking good pictures. Once I have good pictures, though, scanning is no big deal. I have access to a 35mm slide/negative scanner that's really nice -- up to 2000dpi and all the color necessary and then some. I can scan prints too, but that's not quite as nice. The angle I was going with was to just depict my own rig, which is very basic. Currently, I am only Intro-certified, and diving air with no stages, and so that's what I'd show. The site would grow as I start doing new things. I also planned to comment on different ways I've seen things done, and the idea behind them -- like using a separate buckle to secure the light or not, or 1" vs. 2" crotch strap webbing. I'm also crediting all the sources I learned from. People are welcome to take a look at a *rough* layout that I have up... http://www.infinet.com/~toddl/caverig/ I would welcome comments about whether this is or isn't a good approach. I'm hoping to have a first cut at this ready next week sometime. You need a table-aware browser to read the "parts list", but before I'm done I would also add an alternate version for antiquated browsers. - Todd > To the guy who is setting up the "Doing it Right" Web page (Sean I think). > I lost your email address. Please contact me. > > I just talked with George and he has no problems with me taking still > photos of his gear configuration. Both George and JJ will have their gear > there. > > I have a friend who is a professional photographer who has agreed to do > the stills. > > I'll have him take the shots from various angles. Now a question for > you WEB guru's: Which is better for scanning for use on a Web page -- > black and white or color? Or does it matter? > > Sean, I'm covering the guys expenses (film, gas, etc). I'll send the > photos to you but you'll have to do the scanning, etc. > > Roger Herring > > (W) (352) 372-0436 > (H) (352) 475-1429 > > P.S. If anybody wants copies of these shots, contact me by email and > we can arrange something at cost.
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