diff --git a/app/static/js/showcase.js b/app/static/js/showcase.js
index 79d5571..00d8753 100644
--- a/app/static/js/showcase.js
+++ b/app/static/js/showcase.js
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
     if (img.is_video) {
       const play = document.createElement('div');
       play.className = 'play-overlay';
-      play.textContent = '▶';
       item.appendChild(play);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/static/style.css b/app/static/style.css
index b6d07af..76f4943 100644
--- a/app/static/style.css
+++ b/app/static/style.css
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ header {
   text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
   z-index: 2;
   pointer-events: none;
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.gallery-item:hover .image-date {
+  opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .gallery-item a {
@@ -369,12 +375,23 @@ header {
   inset: 0;
   display: grid;
   place-items: center;
-  color: white;
-  font-size: 3rem;
-  text-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
   z-index: 1;
   pointer-events: none;
-  opacity: 0.9;
+}
+
+.play-overlay::before {
+  content: '▶';
+  font-size: 2rem;
+  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
+  text-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.9), 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
+  width: 52px;
+  height: 52px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding-left: 4px; /* optical centering of triangle */
 }
 
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/app/templates/_gallery_item.html b/app/templates/_gallery_item.html
index 0d01495..d7e9f96 100644
--- a/app/templates/_gallery_item.html
+++ b/app/templates/_gallery_item.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <div class="gallery-thumb"
        style="background-image: url('{{ url_for('main.serve_image', filename=(image.thumb_path or image.filepath) | replace('/images/', '') ) }}');"></div>
 
-  {% set visible_tags = image.tags | selectattr('kind', 'ne', 'archive') | list %}
+  {% set visible_tags = image.tags | rejectattr('kind', 'in', ['archive', 'source']) | list %}
   {% if visible_tags %}
     <div class="tag-overlay">
       {% for t in visible_tags %}