i just wanted to tell you that my favorite litebox plugin is this one:

http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/inline-modal-window-w-css-and-jquery/

example: http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/modal-window/

i think its model after:
http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/#example

this is a cool affect too:

http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/image-zoom/

another good light box is fancybox

http://fancybox.net/

alternatives:

colorbox
jQueryUI Dialog
fancybox
DOM window
shadowbox.js