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Our latest (and quite possibly, greatest!) layout, appropriately named BRICK WALL is now available to all Gallerama members. We truly feel that this layout embodies the essence of Gallerama’s uniqueness and elegance in online photography presentations. Eliminating virtually all space around the photos, galleries displayed using the Brickwall layout waste no space on filler content, focusing instead entirely on the photos themselves by covering the entire page with them. To view each photo’s caption, visitors can simply mouse-over the photo.

The enhanced Zoom feature is used for detailed viewing of each photo. Click each photo for a large image which offers email, print (if enabled by photographer) and other links. Sound interesting? See it for yourself and lets us know if you agree.

Click to view a gallery using the Brick Wall layout

My latest (4th or 5th) tripod is certainly a keeper. Read the full report to find out why.

If you’ve ever used a Gitzo tripod - especially one of the modern, carbon fiber ones - you’ll almost certainly agree that its simply in a class of its own. The brilliant design and build quality are sure to please but not all of us can afford (or need) such expensive support gear. I’m guessing this was the thinking of Chinese brand BENRO which has managed to create very high quality near-replicas of the many Gitzo models and make them available at much lower prices. The model that is the topic of this report is the Benro M-028 n6 Carbon Fiber tripod which is a part of Benro’s Mountaineer line, named so after Gitzo’s own Mountaineer series.

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We liked our Zoom feature so much that we went ahead and enhanced it, making it not only more easy to use, but turning it into a much more capable gallery browsing tool! Each zoomed-in photo now has its title displayed, along with controls such as Email Link and Print (if you’ve enabled it). The Previous and Next links also benefited from this update as they now cover the entire image making flipping through the gallery a breeze. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Special thanks Scott Upton (http://www.couloir.org/) and Lokesh Dhakar (Lightbox JS) for the inspiration.