Guidelines for Contributors to the
Laser Equipment Gallery

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Samuel M. Goldwasser
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Introduction and General Guidelines

I welcome contributions of photos and associated descriptions to expand this collection. Being a non-profit operationg, the best I can offer in return is attribution for your material and the esposure that you get by being involved! To make the best use of time, I would suggest the following:

Only include photos that are worth making public. Take some care with the lighting and tidy up the area so your other junk doesn't get preserved for posterity! Impossible to see shadow areas, overexposed highlights, and unnecessary clutter are UGLY! Use a tripod if available. There is nothing worse than a fussy picture due to camera motion!
For each laser or major piece of equipment, the following shots would be desirable:
- Overall view(s) as needed with covers on. For a typical self contained laser, this could be 1 or 2 photos. For a more complex system, several may be needed. If having the thing powered and operating makes sense, then by all means do so.
- Interior view(s) as needed with covers removed, power off. For a typical laser head, show closeups of the HR and OC ends including the mirrors, as well as any items of particular note like an igniter board, magnet(s), gas fill valves, additional optics, etc.
- Interior view(s), similar to above, but powered up if this is either interesting or looks cool.
- Beam effects, burning, cutting, wavelengths via diffraction grating, etc.
Use a resolution appropriate for the detail of the shot. Try to keep it to 640 pixels for the maximum dimension (X or Y) if possible, 800 pixels max unless the number of bits can really be justified. A bit of sharpening helps as well.
Use 7.3 (where the 3 is either .jpg or .gif) filenames. I try to maintain compatibility with the Jurassic era of DOS 8.3 filenames (leaving 1 for the 't' in the thumbnails). I suggest that the first 2 letters be your initials.

HTML Formatting

I would appreciate it if the filenames/thumbnails and descriptions were formatted as follows. There should be a set of these for each set of photos (e.g., for a particular laser system or other piece of equipment). This will make it easiest for me to drop them into the appropriate gallery wing (shown for 2 photos).

<li><A HREF="newpics.htm#newlabel">
   Title for Your Laser Photos</A> (Gallery)
<p>
(These photos and descriptions provided courtesy of: Your Name
 (Your Email or Web Address).)
<p>
 <ul>
 <li><A HREF="pic-1.jpg">
  View 01</A> - Brief description of photo 1.
 <li><A HREF="pic-2.jpg">
  View 01</A> - Brief description of photo 2.
 </ul>
</p>

And the following for the gallery entries:

<p>
<A NAME="newlabel"></A>
<hr>
<br>
<h3>Title for Your Laser Photos</h3>

<dl><dd>

<A href="pic-1.jpg">View 01</A> <a href="pic-1.jpg">
 <image src="pic-1t.jpg" align=middle border=0></A>

<A href="pic-2.jpg">View 02</A> <a href="pic-2.jpg">
 <image src="pic-2t.jpg" align=middle border=0></A>

</dl>

Thanks for your support!
- The Laser Equipment Gallery Management. :)

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