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Proposal: Colour Gallery ** Good sample photos required **
Colour is obviously a fairly major consideration for many when choosing a new Disco.
The LR website is pretty rubbish for viewing colours and only shows current model colours. The brochure is just as bad, if not worse. The little samples the dealers have are also fairly useless and they rarely have actual cars in more than a few colours on display.
I was therefore thinking about trying to set up a gallery in My Gallery with a decent photo or two of Discos in as many colours as I could find, to make a central reference point for anyone who would like to compare real photos of real cars. Both current and no longer available.
Then I thought, it would probably make more sense if it was a 'site' feature, rather than hidden away in a user gallery.
Maybe a main folder with a single photo of each colour, with a sub-folder that users could then add their own photos to, or submit somewhere for adding by mods etc? Perhaps even part of the Wiki?
Not sure if this would work or exactly how it could be best achieved, but it would be a really useful resource!
EDIT: Sample gallery started! If you have a particularly good photo of a Disco, showing off its colour well - ideally 3/4 on from the front (to keep some uniformity), that you'd be happy for me to use - please let me know!D4 XS MY12 Galway
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19th Oct 2011 12:16 pm
Hairy Dan
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That's a really good idea Cheers Ian
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19th Oct 2011 12:17 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
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There is a field in the gallery for colour, which can be filled in upon upload (or added later), and then searched for.
However, most people don't fill it in 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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19th Oct 2011 12:18 pm
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I'll second that as a good idea... need to be Hi Res photos........ all in exactly the same light...
19th Oct 2011 2:46 pm
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Martin wrote:
There is a field in the gallery for colour,
Just been and filled that information in on my gallery Cheers Ian
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19th Oct 2011 3:23 pm
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Great idea, your welcome to use the pictures in my gallery of an Ipanema Sand On a mission to find the perfect Pork Pie. Just Found it (I think)..(Yes I have)
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19th Oct 2011 3:34 pm
Calcul@tor
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highbayrack wrote:
your welcome to use the pictures in my gallery of an Ipanema Sand
Thank you!
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19th Oct 2011 4:11 pm
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You're welcome to put this one in there
Baltic Blue Cheers Ian
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19th Oct 2011 4:16 pm
Calcul@tor
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Thanks. Nice photo! Although, TBH not sure it shows off the colour as well as it might... but until there's a photo which does - it's a great start. It's in!D4 XS MY12 Galway
Surely many photos in differing lighting etc will give a much truer indication of what a potential buyer is going to ave to live with - if you want to experience it in perfect light etc then you might need to leave it in the showroom after you've bought it??
for example, silver D3's don't show bramble rash nearly as much as black ........]
Real life pics would be more valuable IMHO???
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19th Oct 2011 8:22 pm
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There are some excellent orkney photos in this thread: http://disco4.com/forum/topic70708.html?highlight=orkneyD4 HSE, Active Rear Diff, surround cameras, adaptive xenons, heated steering wheel, TPMS, remote park heating, centre console cooler box
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19th Oct 2011 8:45 pm
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cdsymons wrote:
Surely many photos in differing lighting etc will give a much truer indication
I agree. I think the ideal would be a gallery with a photo of each colour, which if you then click through, takes you to a sub-gallery for each colour with lots of photos - but I don't know how or if that can be done.D4 XS MY12 Galway
19th Oct 2011 8:55 pm
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row_perfect wrote:
There are some excellent orkney photos in this thread
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19th Oct 2011 9:01 pm
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I'll take a look and see if I can work out a way to do what you're suggesting with the software as it stands.
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19th Oct 2011 9:03 pm
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Cheers Martin!
I'd be very happy to hand this very to the forum generally - or, if there isn't a better solution, to continue to co-ordinate it.D4 XS MY12 Galway
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Just been and filled that information in on my gallery 
