How to insert images into a broch page
Each broch has its own page on the RockStanza.Info website. We try to organise all the photographs of each broch so that visitors can have some idea of where each photo was taken from and the direction the camera was facing. Each broch photo is put into one category based on this information.
Here is an explanation of the categories of photo:
Ring 1 Taken from the centre of the broch site and showing the inner wall facing (if there is one). If the broch is very ruined, then the photos in ring 1 show the ground / rubble within the broch mound itself. For example, a ring 1 shot with a bearing of 180 degrees will be taken from the centre of the site, facing due south.
Ring 2 Taken from outside the broch or its remains, facing directly toward the centre of the site. This often gives an exterior wall view, or in the case of a ruinous site, it may show glimpses of courses of stone amidst grass and general debris. For example a ring 2 shot with a bearing of 180 degrees will be taken from due north of the broch site, facing due south.
Ring 3 These are horizon shots, used in order to study the inter-relationship of one broch to another and to get an impression of the visibility from the broch site. If the broch is just a mound or hillock, they are taken standing at the centre of the site. If the broch has high walls that would obscure the horizon (e.g. Mousa) then these shots are taken just outside the broch wall, facing diametrically outward at the compass bearing required. For example a ring 3 shot with a bearing of 180 degrees will be taken just outside the south edge of the broch wall, facing due south. (Or perhaps from the site's centre facing due south if that affords a horizon view)
Ad Hoc Sometimes it is not possible or useful to organise the photos into the ring system, therefore use Ad Hoc. You might be able to annotate the image as 'taken from point A', adding a sketch to show A. However, what is really needed is a fresh look at the entire photo location and orientation question. Perhaps a cartesian co-ordinate grid can be overlaid on the circular polar one afforded by the ring system. Discuss. :-) Well, feel free to comment.
Art Image Often en route to a site you spot some amazing piece of wreckage or inspiring site, not really anything to do with the original history of the broch. Art image it!
Key Image One image is selected to represent the broch. It is planned to remove this 'location' category. Instead the broch page itself will record which of its associated images is 'key'
If you place an image into one of the rings, please do specify a bearing, or it will not show up properly in the compass rose display.