function initImage(fadedelay) {
    imageId = 'thephoto';
    image = document.getElementById(imageId);
    setOpacity(image, 0);
    image.style.visibility = "visible";
    fadeIn(imageId,0,fadedelay);
}
function fadeIn(objId,opacity,delay) {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        obj = document.getElementById(objId);
        if (opacity <= 100) {
            setOpacity(obj, opacity);
            opacity += 5;
            window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+","+delay+")", delay);
        }
    }
}
function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
    opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
    // IE/Win
    // obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:" + opacity + ", )";
	// obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:" + opacity + ", finishopacity == 100, style == 0, )";
    // obj.style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alphaImageLoader(opacity="+ opacity +")";
    // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
    obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
    // Older Mozilla and Firefox
    obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
    // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
    obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}