Columnsets provide you the possibility to place column spanning pictures:
Willi
\definecolumnset[Doublecoltext][n=2,balance=no]
\setupcolumnset[Doublecoltext][2][distance=5mm]
\starttext
\startcolumnset[Doublecoltext]
\chapter[chap:testing]{Testing}
\input knuth
%\startpostponing
\placefigure
[btlr][fig:foo]
{none}
{\externalfigure[mill][width=1.5\textwidth,height=5cm]}
%\stoppostponing
\input tufte
\input knuth
\input tufte
\input knuth
\input tufte
\stopcolumnset
\stoptext
On 30 Jun 2011, at 01:24, Jason Earl wrote:
> \starttext
> \startcolumns
> \chapter[chap:testing]{Testing}
>
> \startcolumns[n=2, tolerant=verytolerant]
> \input knuth
>
> %\startpostponing
> \placefigure
> [center][fig:foo]
> {none}
> {\externalfigure[foo][]
> [width=1.5\textwidth]}
> %\stoppostponing
>
> \input tufte
>
> \input knuth
>
> \input tufte
>
> \input knuth
>
> \input tufte
>
> \stopcolumns
> \stoptext
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