Bhamwiki:Banners

Banners are 575-pixel wide-format images submitted for use on the top of the Main Page. I plan to rotate banners periodically to give the site a fresh look. There's no guaranty I'll use all submissions, as I plan to be rather picky. The best banner images will have as many as possible of the following qualities (but the best might not have all of them):

• Alluring (strong image, good composition, color, etc)
• Illustrative of Birmingham in a general sense (inclusive, recognizable)
• Seasonal (keep us fresh)
• Documentary (try to shed some light on our documentary purpose)
• Free (Creative Commons or PD images are preferred)

Current stable

View of the Birmingham skyline from the Railroad Park. Photographed September 17, 2010 by User:Dystopos

Detail of proscenium mural at the Lyric Theatre. Photographed June 2010 by natedregerphoto.

The 2010 Aaron's 499 race at the Talladega Superspeedway

Vulcan and the ridge of Red Mountain above the clouds. Photographed December 2006 by Curtis Palmer

Shades Valley and Red Mountain. Photographed January 9, 2008 by mosesxan

Geo-Chromatic Progress by Michael Mojher. 1978-2009

Sloss Furnaces at sunset, May 2008

Birmingham's skyline with smog, August 1972

Five Points South in September 2006

Samford Bulldogs practice at Seibert Stadium in August 2006

Geologic structure section through the Birmingham District. Published with the Geologic Map of Alabama (1926)

Skyline of Birmingham framed by a UAB parking deck. April 18, 2008 by DelosJ

2007 Rickwood Classic at Rickwood Field. May 30, 2007 by Joshua Self

Japanese Garden at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. June 4, 2004 by DelosJ

Red Mountain Expressway from the Highland Avenue overpass. February 27, 2008 by booleansplit

A crew dismantles scaffolding at the Cathedral Church of the Advent. Photographed May 30, 2003

UAB Blazers 77 - East Carolina Pirates 59. Photographed January 23, 2008 at Bartow Arena by mosesxan

Detail of Kneeling ministers statue by Raymond Kasky at Kelly Ingram Park. Photographed February 11, 2006 by Chris Denbow

Northern terminus of the Red Mountain Expressway at I-20/59 downtown. Photographed December 13, 2007 by David Smith

Sunset at the site of the future Railroad Reservation Park. January 1, 2008

Skyline with Two North Twentieth sign. June 16, 2005

Skyline, 1916

Signs for the top six candidates in the 2007 Birmingham mayoral election

Pumpkin patch at Corny Creek Farm in Columbiana. Photographed in 2006 by Curtis Palmer

Birmingham seen from Red Mountain. March 7, 2002

Veterans Day parade on 2nd Avenue North. November 11, 2005

Fall colors at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Japanese garden. Photographed November 13, 2007 by Wally Argus

Regions Center, December, 2006