Creating a lightbox effect
Individually
As a group (use arrow keys once the lightbox is up)
Attributions & alternatives
FancyBox
is a sweet jQuery plugin by Janis Skarnelis
ColorBox
is another nice jQuery plugin
Lightbox 2
is a Prototype-based alternative
ShadowBox
is standalone and fairly powerful, but not free for all uses.
Beach photo
© 2008 Vincent Alongi,
feline photo
© 2009 Emmanuel “Tambako” Keller,
fruits photo
© 2007 Hamed Saber,
river photo
© 2007 Steve Gatto.
All photos provided under compatible Creative Commons licences.