Decorative Image Credits

These four photographs are visual breaks in the guidance blog, not model outputs or experimental comparisons. All are hosted locally so the page does not depend on third-party image requests. Sources and licenses were checked on 2026-10-22. The page displays each photo as a 3.2:1 banner using CSS object-fit. The river photo uses a lower-middle crop to keep the water visible; the others are centered. The stored image files are unchanged.

Water Reflections

• File: water-reflections.jpg (1600 x 1067)
• Photographer: James Wainscoat
• Title: Rippling blue water surface with light reflections
• Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/rippling-blue-water-surface-with-light-reflections-U7y9fYm53YI
• License: Unsplash License
• Asset: Unsplash’s 1600-pixel JPEG rendition; no further edits or cropping.
• Download: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1762509966568-ec9c038fd324?fm=jpg&w=1600&q=85&fit=max

Sunlit Arches

• File: sunlit-arches.jpg (1600 x 1067)
• Photographer: Peter Aschoff
• Title: White concrete cathedral
• Location: Maulbronn, Germany
• Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/white-concrete-cathedral-K9C9E-BrsB4
• License: Unsplash License
• Asset: Unsplash’s 1600-pixel JPEG rendition; no further edits or cropping.
• Download: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446799999966-7ef564bb3a46?fm=jpg&w=1600&q=85&fit=max

Spiral Staircase

• File: spiral-staircase.jpg (1280 x 854)
• Photographer: CHUTTERSNAP
• Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spiral_staircase_(Unsplash).jpg
• Original Unsplash page: https://unsplash.com/photos/tUSN3PNeX1U
• License: CC0 1.0
• Wikimedia records the original publication as 2016-12-23, before Unsplash’s license change in June 2017.
• Asset: Wikimedia’s 1280-pixel thumbnail; no further edits or cropping.

Winding River

• File: winding-river.jpg (1600 x 2133)
• Photographer: John Salvino
• Title: Winding river through mossy canyon
• Location: Fjadrargljufur, Iceland
• Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/winding-river-through-mossy-canyon-9YubwxAIpw0
• License: Unsplash License
• Asset: Unsplash’s 1600-pixel JPEG rendition; the banner crop is applied with CSS.
• Download: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1496611246382-3fbcd9b0ae7b?fm=jpg&w=1600&q=85&fit=max

Earlier Asset: Paper Spiral

Retained in the repository but no longer displayed in the article.

• File: paper-spiral.jpg (1400 x 788)
• Photographer: Artem Podrez
• Title: White Top Swirl Texture of Paper
• Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-top-swirl-texture-of-paper-7233372/
• License: Pexels License
• Asset: Pexels’ 1400-pixel JPEG rendition; no further edits or cropping.
• Download: https://images.pexels.com/photos/7233372/pexels-photo-7233372.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1400

These images retain their respective licenses, independently of the blog’s code and prose. These licenses do not require attribution. Credits are retained here rather than displayed as captions beneath the decorative banners.