Responsive Background Image Best Practices?

[PeteSharp]

@Whittfield gave a great summary the other day that may help in how you think about composition with different breakpoints.

Custom sizing background images? Not possible?

The composition of the image is important. Trying to explain responsive behavior is hard, but the thing most people miss is that in responsive designs using full screen backgrounds, we are not concerned about the entire image being shown at all times. As a designer we want the subject matter to be visible at all times, but we accept some cropping. it’s a concept that is not new in responsive design. You simply can’t have a background image cover the entire viewport for all screen shapes without…