Load Time

Hi,

I have just about completed a project which utilises fullscreen flash techniques and because of this I have used a rather large photo as a background and subsequently (coupled with a 3d animation) the load time of the file in an internet browser is far too long.

Is there any way that I can drastically decrease the load time

I could dynamically load the pic but I was hoping there could be another technique that I could use.

Thanks
J_Mo