Still Water

A photo that behaves like the surface of a pond. Move the pointer and rings run across the picture; click and a stone drops in; leave it alone and a drop falls now and then on its own. The waves refract the image and catch a small glint of light.

Controls

• Photo, Fit (cover / contain), Background

• React to: hover + click, hover only, click only, nothing

• Hover and click strength, Drop size, Refraction, Shine, Light angle

• Idle drops: on/off, how often, how strong

• Quality (simulation resolution, 128–1024)

Built for the Marketplace

• Runs on the GPU (WebGL), smooth on full-bleed heroes

• Pauses off-screen and sleeps when the water is calm

• Frozen ripple frame on the canvas and in thumbnails; plain photo when WebGL is unavailable or motion is reduced

• Decorative canvas is aria-hidden; the photo keeps its alt text

• No fonts, no dependencies, no custom code

Good to know: works with any image; a photo with some texture (water, stone, leaves, fabric) shows the refraction best.