def image_encoder(image_feat,
                  hparams,
                  name="image_encoder",
                  save_weights_to=None,
                  make_image_summary=True):
  """A stack of self attention layers."""

  x = image_feat
  image_hidden_size = hparams.image_hidden_size or hparams.hidden_size
  image_filter_size = hparams.image_filter_size or hparams.filter_size
  with tf.variable_scope(name):
    for layer in range(hparams.num_encoder_layers or hparams.num_hidden_layers):
      with tf.variable_scope("layer_%d" % layer):
        with tf.variable_scope("self_attention"):
          y = vqa_layers.multihead_attention(
              common_layers.layer_preprocess(x, hparams),
              None,
              None,
              hparams.attention_key_channels or image_hidden_size,
              hparams.attention_value_channels or image_hidden_size,
              image_hidden_size,
              hparams.num_heads,
              hparams.attention_dropout,
              attention_type=hparams.image_self_attention_type,
              save_weights_to=save_weights_to,
              make_image_summary=make_image_summary,
              scale_dotproduct=hparams.scale_dotproduct,
          )
          utils.collect_named_outputs(
              "norms", "image_feat_self_attention_%d"%(layer),
              tf.norm(y, axis=-1))
          x = common_layers.layer_postprocess(x, y, hparams)
          utils.collect_named_outputs(
              "norms", "image_feat_self_attention_postprocess_%d"%(layer),
              tf.norm(x, axis=-1))
        with tf.variable_scope("ffn"):
          y = common_layers.dense_relu_dense(
              common_layers.layer_preprocess(x, hparams),
              image_filter_size,
              image_hidden_size,
              dropout=hparams.relu_dropout,
          )
          utils.collect_named_outputs(
              "norms", "image_feat_ffn_%d"%(layer), tf.norm(y, axis=-1))
          x = common_layers.layer_postprocess(x, y, hparams)
          utils.collect_named_outputs(
              "norms", "image_feat_ffn_postprocess_%d"%(layer),
              tf.norm(x, axis=-1))
    # if normalization is done in layer_preprocess, then it should also be done
    # on the output, since the output can grow very large, being the sum of
    # a whole stack of unnormalized layer outputs.
    return common_layers.layer_preprocess(x, hparams)