Images and Galleries

What you see above is Mount Bromo—an active volcano in East Java. Looks like Mars, right? This image also serves as a cover for this post, with an optional credit link below it.

This post is a visual journey through some of the beautiful places I've visited over the years, and it also happens to show off how images and galleries work here.

Images

Most of the time you can just drop an image into your post and it will look great. Like this portrait-oriented image of the Half Dome. It took around 5 hours tracking the moon and waiting for this scene.

The next shot, a landscape scene at the westernmost point of Europe, also looks nice as the post flows.

However, if you need more control over the image placement, there are a few knobs.

Wide placement

Not every image wants to sit politely within your text column. Some need room to breathe. Like this photo of Dubai in early morning.

On smaller screens you probably won't notice the difference, but on larger displays, wide placement lets images like this pop.

Narrow placement

On the other hand, not every photo needs to dominate the page either. Sometimes a quieter presentation lets the image speak for itself. Like this Amsterdam evening view.

Narrow placement is default for the portrait-oriented images, so it won't take effect on them.

Fit placement

If you want an image to fill the text column width, fit placement is what you need. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, shot before dawn to catch the reflection while the water was still.

Fit placement is the default for the landscape-oriented images.

Galleries

Some moments are too connected to split apart. A gallery keeps them together, letting you show multiple angles or a sequence of events as a unified whole. A few shots from the Turkey trip from 2020.

Placeholders

Try to scroll fast through this post. Spot how lazy loading kicks in and placeholders morph into the original pictures. It's a chef's kiss!

That's it. Images, placements, galleries—the basics you need to make your posts look good.