Hi Diliff, this is just to let you know that I have uploaded a restored version of the image nominated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hadji Ali. This notice is being delivered to you as you previously voted / commented at the nomination page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello David.
I have just used two of your photographs and wanted to double check I am using them correctly and with your full permission. I have not used wiki commons before so I'm new to all the terminology. I have attributed the photos to you along with the license number and if you click on the photo I have linked it with the url link given when downloading the file. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do. I have used two of your stunning photographs, Westminster palace at sunset and Winsdor castle at dusk. Thanks so much for the use of these great images. Please find your images on the scrolling slides on my homepage. www.englandculturalhomestay.com
Yours Gratefully Charlie Seary — Preceding unsigned comment added by Englandhomestay (talk • contribs) 00:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Sydney Ferry Collaroy 1 - Nov 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 9, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-03-09. —howcheng {chat} 07:11, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Freiburg Schlossbergturm Panorama 2010.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 18, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-03-18. —howcheng {chat} 00:49, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear Diliff,
can you please contact me urgently regarding your NY Skyline shot (Empire State / North, which is amazing). I would love to use this picture for my website and I like to discuss some details with you. I don´t want to leave my email for public viewing here - is there any option to reach you in a more private area or an option to send you a message?. Thanks in advance and best regards Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.171.108.167 (talk) 10:57, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear Diliff,
can you please contact me urgently regarding your NY Skyline shot (Empire State / North, which is amazing). I would love to use this picture for my website and I like to discuss some details with you. Please contact me soon - I need to finish my project urgently (have bought a similar shot on fotolia but yours is farfar better).
My wiki user name is mickyspecks
Thanks so much and best regards Michael
Mickyspecks (talk) 11:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diliff, I replied to your message on my talk page. Cheers, Colin.
Hi Diliff
I work for R-Co, a design agency in Melbourne, and we are working on a project for the Rialto.
We saw your image here and would love to use it for the project. We would be happy to purchase the image if the client gives us the go ahead - can you please let me know how much it would cost? and how high the resolution is.
you can email me dirctly at petern@r-co.com.au
Thanks Peter Nedanovski — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.205.113 (talk) 23:55, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Diliff. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 02:36, 6 April 2012 (UTC) |
David:
I came across some of your work on Globerex.com. I am revamping the website for my agency, the Texas Facilities Commission and would like to speak with you in that regard. Please call me at your convenience.
Aundre Dukes 512-936-9984 aundre.dukes@tfc.state.tx.us 204.64.23.35 (talk) 15:56, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Is File:St. Andrew's Church, Jevington, UK - April 2012.jpg a result of you playing with your new Samyang wide angle? How do you find it? Is that image corrected for perspective distortion: the building looks a wee bit unnatural like you get when you correct an image vertically but it is still an angled-shot. I'm finding that with my fish eye on a sunny day, in these months where the sun is low, it can sometimes be difficult to keep my shadow out of the picture. Colin°Talk 12:02, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Well I didn't expect to get anything usable from the interior shots I took the day before. The 30mm seemed to have such a narrow view and I just casually swept from side to side three times, at increasing heights. I popped it into Hugin last night, without adjusting levels and only at 8-bit to speed things up. I was rather surprised at the result. Very similar to your view, with the 180-degree width but I've got less height -- it stops at the arch rather than including the clear bulb at the top, and doesn't go as near on the floor. But I've got higher resolution and better detail. That's my best lens for sharpness, though using ISO 400 isn't ideal for me. IIRC I only used f5.6 so there's less DoF too. I just chose equirectangular projection -- is that what you picked or something else? If I get enough free time tonight, I'll process it some more and try out your smartblend tool to see if that handles the people better. Do you still end up making masks? Provided it is not a disaster, I'm going to upload it to WP. It isn't near feature level I think because the lighting has caused the daylight portions to blow (they were "Ou! ou! my eyes hurt" bright in real life) and I should have turned the exposure down a stop or so, but it has some use showing what the interior looks like on a sunny morning. So the answer to your doubts are: yes you can do better. And I will also try to get a better shot. I supect you'll have the edge, though :-) Colin°Talk 08:04, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Hammersmith Bridge 1, London, UK - April 2012.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Dusty777 18:02, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, I would like to clarify the terms of the license or negotiate less restrictive commercial licensing outside of the bounds of GFDL/CC-BY-SA.
Thanks, Regards, Sebestyen Sandor
Email:transp@web.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.84.2.211 (talk) 12:20, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Abbotsbury, Dorset, UK - May 2012.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 20:05, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK - May 2012.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 20:07, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi David, first of all, sorry for my bad english (i'm german) - but hopefully you understand my purpose for contacting you. We are a non-profit and non-commercial riddler-community in Germany (http://www.raetselnasen.de) and we start a non-commercial riddle in August 2012. In one question we like to use your pretty picture of the colosseum as part of a composition image (with the eiffel tower, the kheops pyramid and some more pictures).
For that reason we would be pleased if you would allow us to use your photo for that purpose and for this single usage. The picture credits could be Photo: DAVID ILIFF – Creative-Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported respectively the german translation.
The attribution of this image would be placed on the "Impressum"-page. The closest english terms for Impressum are "Site notice", "Legal notice" or "Legal disclosure".
I would be grateful if you could agree to this request and stay hoping to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely Christian Sander -- mail@christian-sander.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.181.145.141 (talk) 14:28, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Greetings,
I sent you an e-mail through Wikipedia. It occurred to me that I do not recall having ever received any e-mails through my account. I wasn't sure if I would receive any reply you might send. So, I am repeating my message below.
As a hobby, I have created a website dedicated to photos in the "virtual reality" format (VeryBigPhotos.com). While some of the thousands of photos I have modified are mine, most come from people who have released them into the public domain, or made them available through some form of Creative Commons/GNU licensing.
Until today, the formatting of the website had the photos broken down by countries. At the suggestion of one of the included photographers, today I started a "Featured Photographers" section.
Due to the amount of coding involved, it was easiest to start with someone whose pictures I had yet to utilize. So, while I was adding several of your photos to the regular part of the website, I also added you as the first of the Featured Photographers.
I believe I have followed your posted licensing requirements. The master page lists your Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0". Each of the individual photo pages also lists your name, user name, your requested attribution, a copyright warning, a link to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License page, and a link to your Wikipedia page.
If I have failed to meet any of your requirements, please let me know.
You have a wonderful body of work. The quality of the depth of field and focusing in excellent. While I have enjoyed all of your photos, I am particularly impressed with the one of the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. It is beautiful in composition and execution.
The software I am using to generate the pages is Kolor's Panotour Pro 1.8.
The website's main page is at: http://verybigphotos.com.
Your page is at: http://verybigphotos.com/indexDavidIliff-Diliff.html
Wado (Cherokee for "Thanks"),
Phil Konstantin Phil Konstantin (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2012 (UTC) http://americanindian.net
I haven't managed to see any pictures from this yet. The links seem broken. Perhaps the website is down due to overload. -- Colin°Talk 07:38, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:L'Umbracle, Valencia, Spain - Jan 2007.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 01:34, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:L'Oceanografic, Valencia, Spain 2 - Jan 07-cropped.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Julia\talk 21:40, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
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I read about taking star trails in a photo mag a while back and thought about giving it a try. From where I live, I'd have to travel a long way to escape the pollution, though. I've got the same wireless timer I see you have in your gear list: only used it so far to take close-up shots of squirrels in my garden helping themselves to nuts from the bird feeder. On my summer holiday, I'll be in Scotland and hope to get some clean air in my lungs for a change. Finger crossed I might get a clear sky too. There seem to be several techniques and software solutions for capturing star trails. What have you had success with? Any tips would be greatfully received. Would my Samyang fisheye be useful for this or am I best sticking with a standard lens (e.g., my 17-50mm 2.8 Tamron at 17mm)? -- Colin°Talk 13:34, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Well I didn't get any star trail photos on my holiday. The only clear night forecast (and in reality) was the first night, when I could really have done with sitting down with a glass of red wine. This was the night before the Perseid meteor shower was due in full. So I resisted and drove out at midnight to a viewpoint where I hoped it would be dark and with a good view across the bay to some nearby mountains I thought might add some ground interest. It would also be in the right direction to include the nodal point you mention. The moon was small and out of view (hidden by a hill). The sky straight above was wonderfully clear and full of stars but down about half-way towards the horizon the stars disappeared. I don't know why. I thought I was well clear of any towns and cities. Perhaps the sky wasn't as clear as it needs to be. Or just doesn't get dark enough at this time of year up north. Anyway, the mountains weren't going to silhouette any stars unless I was already climbing half-way up one. I took a few photos of the stars above but despite practice runs with my timer, it was playing up on me and gave up trying to get a sequence of shots to make trails. With the aid of a coating of midge repellent, I stayed out for about 40 mins, and was rewarded with a solitary meteor. Not on camera, though. If it had been clear the next day, then perhaps I'd have a star trail + meteors photo to show off. I'll need to practice more with my timer to be ready next time. :-( Colin°Talk 21:04, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Diliff
I would like to use your picture for our meeting website, which will be hold in Hong Kong. Is there anything I should do? Do I need to pay you or anything else?
Please contact me when you see it. My email is sunshinebelinda@gmail.com It's a little urgent. Thank you very much!
Best, Belinda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.8.248.106 (talk) 02:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I've been working on a small game built around animal quizzes and I wanted to let you know I've used one of your pictures.
I found your picture here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pristis_pectinata_-_Georgia_Aquarium_Jan_2006.jpg
And I attributed the picture like this: David Iliff with this link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Diliff and also added a link to the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
I hope you're happy with it, please let me know if this is not the case. You can find the game here: http://apps.facebook.com/animalalbum Or through here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/AnimalAlbum/156339584490672
Kind regards, Garfunkel Jansen (talk) 10:43, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
P.S. Thanks for taking the picture and making it available.
Hi Diliff. In this edit did you mean to rollback my change? If so, what was your reasoning? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 17:38, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
I would have to beg to differ with your assertion regarding the image. The current image shows the Bridge more prominently and the lights feature seems a fairly incidental in it. The previous image shows much more of the light show. Rather than engage in an edit war, I would suggest seeking alternative consensus. Any objections? 17:28, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diliff,
I thought you had been around long enough to understand what consensus entails. I'll just quote from the relevant WP namespace document: decision-making involves an effort to incorporate all editors' legitimate concerns. This has not happened in the discussion at hand. I did not initially revert your edit as I trusted that concerns would be addressed. But it now transpires that there is inertia against a genuine and honest exchange along these lines. So I would ask anyone that still wants this proposal to go ahead, to come back to the table and address the remaining issues, of which there are many.
Regards,
Samsara (FA • FP) 11:28, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello! Wasn't this a featured picture a few years ago? ElVeracruzano (talk) 23:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
File:Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica Rectilinear Jan 2006.jpg
Hi, Thank you for the picture of the three winners in the rain. It is a great picture. I will try to make it "Featured Picture" in the Hebrew Wikipedia.Tushyk (talk) 11:23, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
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Damn. I do not know how I ended up in your page but I saw your pictures and your recent contributions and I had to give you a barnstar. Your work is among the best I've seen in Wikipedia. You are vital for this project, and I'm glad you're a recurrent editor. Anyways, keep up the good work! Take care! ComputerJA (talk) 18:46, 1 August 2012 (UTC) |
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Prague Panorama - Oct 2010.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 6, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-08-06. —howcheng {chat} 16:43, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
√ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.170.137.63 (talk) 05:55, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear David, from the German Wikipedia site "Koalabär" I want to use the figure of the bear in the upper right corner. I want to ask you to give me the permission to use this figure for my book about Charles Darwin. It will be a student textbook.
Best regards Paul
Paul Wrede
Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Molekularbiologie und Bioinformatik
14195 Berlin
--Paul wrede (talk) 11:50, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland - Jan 2011.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 20, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-08-20. —howcheng {chat} 01:35, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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I admire the way you take amazing photos from different places in the world. I particularly have appreciated London pictures, cause that's my favourite city. Good job!
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Hi David.
You're a really good photographer. I'm gonna ask you a question. London is my favourite city and I'd like to improve London articles on the Italian Wikipedia, which lacks of images and also quality images like yours. Assuming that I'm a newbie in translating articles, I don't even know perfectly how should I behave in using someone's photos.
For example. If i wanted to use you're Westminster photo, I simply can add the file source to the Italian page and write in the description "Photo by David Iliff..."?
Or this kind of description is to be used only in other projects (for example books, websites...)?
Thanks for your attention
PS: For an example use of one of you're photos, look the Olympics section in Italian Tower Bridge article
Dear David, I have spent some time looking through your pictures and I must say they are fantastic! You have a natural talent for capturing an image! I have been searching for a picture to use as a Corporate Christmas card for my company and was captivated by your London Eye at Twilight image. I have seen a few similar photos but none that match the quality of yours! I would like to discuss this in much more detail as the information I am after is not supplied online. I would greatly appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you. My email address is kerry_palmeruk@hotmail.com. Many thanks, Kerry Palmer — Preceding unsigned comment added by KerryPalmer (talk • contribs) 11:00, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello there,
I like your picture of Hong Kong at dawn from 2008 very much and would like to use it for my commercial website, is there any conditions to fulfil? Please let me know about it.
Thank you,
Best Regards,
Eric.
My e-mail: arievers@hotmail.com
118.172.133.56 (talk) 07:15, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
B Hunn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.180.8.70 (talk) 22:32, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
hi david,
i did send you an email via wikimedia commons at 3rd august, but never got a reply - so i asume it was lost.
i would like to use some of your great panoramic images for a mobile phone game i've created.
the game is about panoramas and until now i used only cc-by licensed pictures. so the current way is that there is a "credits" section with all photographers names and also whenever a picture is displayed in the game the photographers name is also shown.
so i would like to use your cc-by-sa pictures but because i do not know how to SA them from inside a game, i would like to ask for permission to use them BY (cc-by: attribution only).
the game i am talking about is "afternoon world trip" where the goal is to travel around the world
http://www.gameprogramming.de/index.php?id=62
please reply to ludocrazy@gameprogramming.de
cheers
Sirleto (talk) 11:56, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
I want to let you know that I've nominated File:Eureka Tower, Melbourne - Nov 2008.jpg as a featured picture. Chris857 (talk) 02:30, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diliff, I would like to use some of your image (3 or 4 london photoes )for brochure , can you pls give me permission to do so and what are your condition and charges. Regards My email minmimuk@hotmail.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.241.222 (talk) 13:31, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Eureka Tower, Melbourne - Nov 2008.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:44, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
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Diliff, I wonder if you could help a new Commons photographer. See monument photos this discussion, specifically the problem mentioned with the sky at the bottom of the section. The pic is at FPC. Any ideas? Thanks, Colin°Talk 17:49, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diliff, my company, NorthgateArinso (www.ngahr.com) would like to use several Creative Commons licensed images (eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Thames_Sunset_panorama_-_Feb_2008.jpg) for our 2013 calendar.
May I confirm the credit text below is sufficient for us to use them without any charges for commercial purposes?
Image by David Iliff (License: CC-BY-SA 3.0) and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Thanks!
Regards,
Patrick patrick.tang@ngahr.com
Cheey2003 (talk) 04:43, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Superb! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.161.54 (talk) 21:38, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi Diliff,
My name is Jawad Qadir and I'm a communications intern with the Wikimedia Foundation in San Francisco. We have a feature on the Foundation blog [1] to profile the photographers behind the beautiful photos on Commons. After I saw some of your photos on Commons, I thought I'd love to do a short interview with you either by phone, Skype, or email to discuss your work. Please let me know if you think you'd be interested! The best way to reply back is by email: jqadir@wikimedia.org
Jqadir (WMF) (talk) 22:52, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in the discussion, and for your constructive criticism. It is acknowledged.
One question, though: Were you one of the people I contacted to participate in the discussion directly below the one you posted in, which is called Talk:Matt Bomer#Infobox image consensus discussion? I don't see a message by me on your talk page or in your tp's edit history. Or were you just reacting to SPhilbrick's post in that latter discussion? In any event, if you'd like to offer your opinion on the photo question, please feel free to post in the latter discussion. I know you already provided your opinion in the earlier one, but I didn't think it appropriate to move your post, and I'm not sure if quoting it or copying it would maintain the level of objectivity with which I told Matt Bomer and his representative that I'd open the discussion. And if you don't want to post your opinion again, that's fine. Thanks again. :-) Nightscream (talk) 19:55, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Olympic Road Race Womens winners, London - July 2012.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Julia\talk 21:27, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hi David, I thought I would let you know that I have used your image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jamison_Valley,_Blue_Mountains,_Australia_-_Nov_2008.jpg as the cover/header photo for Wikimedia Australia's twitter and facebook accounts. I was looking for a high quality Australian image and yours stuck out. I may rotate the images occasionally but yours is the first one - congratulations :) I have credited you as requested - let me know if you have any questions! -- Chuq (talk) 23:23, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to use your image for an academic conference web page - is there anything I need to do apart from add the suggested text?
Cheers,
Allan Tucker
allan.tucker@brunel.ac.uk
134.83.1.242 (talk) 15:51, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Royal Albert Hall, London - Nov 2012.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Julia\talk 15:05, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hello David, i am living in Wegberg, a small town in germany close to the dutch border. A good friend of mine owns a small pizzeria with the name "Roma" (www.pizzeria-roma-wegberg.de). Since he is also a very religious man i would like to make a nice print of your beautiful St. Peter's Square image as a birthday present. Is he allowed to place it on the wall of his store? Thanks for an answer and Kind Regards - Fritz Buness Geophysicist Beecker Str. 40 41844 Wegberg Germany Tel +49 162 217 6596 Mail buness@t-online.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.15.55.164 (talk) 08:38, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I would like to buy/print this photo and frame it for my son for Christmas- can I do that? Beth Wade, wadee@us.ibm.com 71.163.142.247 (talk) 14:44, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
Diciembre 08 2012, Pereira Risaralda Colombia. Perddon por la pequeñez del texto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.0.110.170 (talk) 03:35, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to several of your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware pictures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_London_skyline_from_London_City_Hall_-_Oct_2008.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_London,_England_-_Jan_2010.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Thames_Sunset_panorama_-_Feb_2008.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_bridge_London_Twilight_-_November_2006.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square,_London_2_-_Jun_2009.jpg). I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:
http://www.freeenglishsite.com/
I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm
2. USA section - contains information and images of every USA state and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/usa/index.htm
3. English section - "Mel and Wes" lessons in conversation format. Stories are located in various USA states and world countries such as China, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Thailand. Each lesson has many slang terms and idioms, which I link to my Slang Dictionary. This eventually will have over 5,000 terms. Currently, it has about 3,000 slang and idioms. I regularly add new lessons and slang terms. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/lessons/index.htm Slang Dictionary link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/english/slang/Eslang_a.htm
Prior to retirement, I taught English at several private and public universities in the United States.
Please share this free site with your friends. I hope all will enjoy the pictures and find the English information useful. Sincerely, Duane Hurst in Utah, USA
Email address: duanerhurst@freeenglishsite.com --65.130.202.239 (talk) 23:16, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Ambleside & Waterhead Panorama 2, Cumbria, England - Oct 2009.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 12:17, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Loughrigg Tarn - Oct 2009.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 12:29, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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I saw your comments on the Olympic pic FP and LOCOG restrictions on commercial photography. I guess if someone photographed a performance like a show, theatre or cinema, then the photograph may breach copyright and your "stolen goods" analogy would hold to our hosting it too. I suspect the Olympics photographs don't fall into that area because personal photographs are allowed. So that leaves the contract between the spectator and LOCOG. That the photographer may have breached his contract (and could be sued) doesn't cause problems for WP/Commons, who have no contract with LOCOG. Indeed, the folk at commons (who seem rather obsessed with ignoring non-copyright concerns) seem keen to capture as many Olympic pics as possible, and verify their free licence, before the Flickr folk realise their mistake and slap an -NC licence on it instead. I don't know whether WP/Commons hosting such images poses any further difficulty for the photographer if they got sued, and whether WP/Commons would even permit the deletion of the image in that case.
The issue of non-commercial restrictions on the photographer (rather than the photographer imposing their own NC restriction on the licence) is a bit of a problem when you dig. I've mentioned before the zoo that charges £200+ per hour for commercial photography. I've also discovered that the Royal Parks and National rail don't permit commercial photography without permission (and there's a hefty fee for the Royal Parks - don't know what the rail charges, if anything). So my latest St James's Park Lake pic could be a problem if the queen decides to sue, as might my other rail station pics. Ignorance is bliss. Colin°Talk 14:46, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wanting to use your image (melbourne_skyline_from_rialto_crop_-_nov_2008.jpg) on a sign 505 Little Collins Street which is a business called Brainsells as part of a privacy screen for computer cables etc.
I wanted to check on the licensing. I can email you a signage plan
kind regards Darrell darrell@jsj.com.au — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.230.72.147 (talk) 02:02, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
Have a Christmas Card of Everest
Pretty amazing photograph. You can see groups of climbers and their tents snaking up the snowy face.
Hope you have a great holiday. -- Colin°Talk 11:00, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Galina Vishnevskaya edit 2.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 13:25, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hi David ,
I was wondering if I could use your skyline image of canary wharf for the background image of a new portfolio website I am creating. I am a final year student at the University of Greenwich and have been looking for a high-res photo of Canary Wharf lit up at night and yours is absolutely ideal. Obviously I would credit you with a recommendation and link to your material if I am given permission. However, if you are protective over your content I understand. Amazing photos by the way. Especially the ones you have of busy cities lit up at night.
I do not actually have an Wikipedia account so you can reach me via lewiswarren2007@yahoo.co.uk
PS. Just thought I'd mention, the Photo would be used purely for the background of my pages underneath all of the content. I would not claim it to be by own work.
Thanks. Lewis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.219.159 (talk) 14:47, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Dear David
I would hope to obtain a permission for the Opera House photos for my company up coming Chinese New Year tour promotion.
Please let me know the outcome and i can be contacted on 0411 182 153 or dnntrinh@yahoo.com.au
Thank you Kind Regards Donna Trinh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donna Trinh (talk • contribs) 12:53, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Blois Loire Panorama - July 2011.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 14, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-01-14. —howcheng {chat} 09:27, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
Dear David
I wish to use your image of St James's Square. It will be featured in the Diplomat February/March issue. I would love to send you a copy of the magazine and pdf of the designed page
My email is js@diplomatmagazine.com
website is www.diplomatmagazine.com
many thanks
Jeannine — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.61.66 (talk) 11:31, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi David,
Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Thames Barrier, London, England - Feb 2010.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 25, 2013. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2013-01-25. —howcheng {chat} 19:34, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Congratulations Diliff, your image Image:Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007.jpg was the Random Picture of the Day! It looked like this:
Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:14, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
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Hi David, you are an amazing photographer and keep giving us new shots of surprises. Kh627 (talk) 15:16, 25 February 2013 (UTC) |
FYI Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Clock Tower - Palace of Westminster, London - September 2006.jpg :) JKadavoor Jee 16:55, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
A beer for you! Chicken and Cow (talk) 02:42, 1 March 2013 (UTC) |
Hi, David!
I saw your photo of Windsor Castle on the "Heritage is Great Britain" Facebook page today (March 1). My hubby and I lived near Windsor in the late 1990s and have been looking for a large photo of this precise Long Walk view to hang in our home. We have had no luck at all in 15 years!! Do you sell large images of this Windsor Castle picture? We aren't wealthy but would pay a decent price for this photo, nonetheless. It has a special place in our hearts!
(We're in the US, by the way.) I'll watch for any response from you here. Or you can contact me at sandy.fugate@yahoo.com
Thanks very much,
--Sandy Fugate Indyslf (talk) 18:38, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
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My god, I have never such beautiful photographs! The experience of actually being at those places is 1 trillion times beautiful than what you usually see in photographs, but yours come very close to making the reader who is looking at the photos be at the actual place. Liberalufp (talk) 18:46, 1 March 2013 (UTC) |
Hey Diliff,
Went to check out the news just now and it was interesting to see this copyvio of an FP candidate you had edited - particularly in context of the whole GFDL/CC debate on FPC at the moment! [Think people in that debate have become a bit disconnected from the reality that for most people a photo becomes "free" simply because it is available online...] --Fir0002 06:45, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
WOOWWW ! Youre Pictures are exciting, very very good. :) Best Photomaker on Wikipedia. Dear Kuhn :) --92.229.169.37 (talk) 19:34, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello...My name is Anna and I am a second grade teacher in New York. I am interested in using your photo of the Washington Monument in an activity that I am making for my classroom and my students. However, after I use this lesson in my classroom I sell my lesson plans in a Teacher Sharing Community. I do not want to infringe your copyright and wanted to know if I can use your image in my lesson plan and then sell it to other teachers? I would give you proper credit for the image as well. Just FYI, I am not selling the image. I am making a little information card for different monuments and attractions in Washington DC as part of my lesson plan. The image would be secured in a PDF document and you would be credited.
Please let me know if this is acceptable.
Thank you in advance.
Anna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Num1teechr (talk • contribs) 23:27, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
Just a note in case you don't see it otherwise. Your thoughts would make the whole process simpler, I think. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 23:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Iliff,
I regret to inform you that I have had to nominate your photograph, File:Bangkok skytrain sunset.jpg, for delisting from Featured Picture status on the following grounds:
Feel free to join in the discussion at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Sunset in Bangkok. Also, if you could find the original file, I would appreciate if you could upload it in the original size. As per Image guidelines, "Images should not be downsampled (sized down in order to appear of better quality). Downsampling reduces the amount of information stored in the image file."
Thanks!
p.s. I love your photographs by the way. Truly amazing work! I am impressed that you have been to so many places around the world and produce such consistently high quality photos.
dllu (t,c) 23:12, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi) What is it? http://i.piccy.info/i7/7b1be30e0897e4e97ca054f42f104ceb/4-57-659/46835445/Colosseum_in_Rome_Italy_April_2007.jpg
Hi David, Can you please contact me on the email address info@arriadesign.com ASAP. I would like to discuss the possibility of using one of your images of the Sydney Opera house. Thanks, Hannah — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArriaDesign (talk • contribs) 00:24, 9 April 2013 (UTC)