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Project 365 2013 - A Learning Journey/Moab Man
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<blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 100642" data-attributes="member: 11881"><p><strong>Day 2, 2013 - Downy Woodpecker</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>While shooting the orchard the day prior I discovered a large number of birds living there in the orchard. Most were feeding off the old apples but these little guys were everywhere pecking away at the bugs in the bark. I plan to visit these guys regularly - beautiful birds and they aren't too nervous of me crunching around in the snow below them.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]23338[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>LEARNED:</strong> Having been here for that last explosion when it was found that a number of peoples photos had been swiped and re-credited to someone else - I have learned this from all of that. When posting a picture I will put my name, email address, and year in the lower right corner. My thought is four-fold. First, if someone were to try and crop out my signature it throws off the photo a bit due to the size of the signature block. Second, I made it a part of the pictures background color so while it's there, and large, it doesn't IMO scream out to loudly from the picture or take away from it. Think about it, all of you pro's on here would not sell an image to someone from the posted image and a large signature block I think would help to keep your work yours. Third, I have included my email if someone wanted to contact me for permission (I've seen photos I have wanted to use but could not figure out how to contact the owner and had to pass on the photo) to use my photo or if someone with scruples wants to report my photo showing up somewhere that it shouldn't. And fourth, I have my original work so I could always regenerate the picture without the large signature block. That's my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moab Man, post: 100642, member: 11881"] [B]Day 2, 2013 - Downy Woodpecker [/B]While shooting the orchard the day prior I discovered a large number of birds living there in the orchard. Most were feeding off the old apples but these little guys were everywhere pecking away at the bugs in the bark. I plan to visit these guys regularly - beautiful birds and they aren't too nervous of me crunching around in the snow below them. [ATTACH=CONFIG]23338._xfImport[/ATTACH] [B]LEARNED:[/B] Having been here for that last explosion when it was found that a number of peoples photos had been swiped and re-credited to someone else - I have learned this from all of that. When posting a picture I will put my name, email address, and year in the lower right corner. My thought is four-fold. First, if someone were to try and crop out my signature it throws off the photo a bit due to the size of the signature block. Second, I made it a part of the pictures background color so while it's there, and large, it doesn't IMO scream out to loudly from the picture or take away from it. Think about it, all of you pro's on here would not sell an image to someone from the posted image and a large signature block I think would help to keep your work yours. Third, I have included my email if someone wanted to contact me for permission (I've seen photos I have wanted to use but could not figure out how to contact the owner and had to pass on the photo) to use my photo or if someone with scruples wants to report my photo showing up somewhere that it shouldn't. And fourth, I have my original work so I could always regenerate the picture without the large signature block. That's my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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