New Banners

I put up a new blog header and banner image. It's from a picture I took a couple weeks ago when the Oakland A's hosted the Detroit Tigers. For the record, the A's won in ten, after their closer blew the save in the ninth. The blue circles are the years that the Philidelphia Athletics won their world championships. The yellow flags are forthe two most recent world championships they won in Oakland. The other two flags are on the opposite side of the park. I really wanted to get the large viewscreen into the image (it's above where the circles are) but the image wasn't wide enough. Next time I go, I'll try to get a wider picture with my other lens.

I took the original picture and overlayed a template for the banner and blog header areas using Photoshop. Once I got it where I wanted it, I cut each of the images out and resized them down to the required dimensions. The two images match up from the original, but I'm not so sure it looks believable to the eye. There needs to be some object that spans both images to make it seem like they are windows through to thelarger scene. I might have to keep looking for a better picture to use as a banner, but for now, it will do.The other thing I have to decide iswhether or not I want to be reminded of the horrible season the A's have had. It might be time to move on and root for the Niners to make a playoff run!