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licensing for your photo of the colosseum

How do I find licensing for use of your photo of the colosseum? I'm a high school teacher, and I'd like to use the image for a poster for a play.

Thanks!

Elizabeth Tringali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elizatringali (talk • contribs) 14:22, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Picture of the day

Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Lichfield Cathedral High Altar from choir, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 27, 2019. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2019-11-27. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:31, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day again!

Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 16, 2019. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2019-12-16. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Court 1 Interior, London, UK - Diliff.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} 10:54, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Using your photo of Radcliffe Camera

Hi, I represent the Jane Austen Society of North America, a non-profit literary society. I would like to use your beautiful photo of the Oxford Radcliffe Camera for a tour brochure and a posting on our web site, www.jasna.org. I am able to provide appropriate attribution, specifically: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford , DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. But I read that I also need to include a reproduction of the actual license. That will not fit on our brochure or even fit in well on the web page, can you give me permission to use the photo with the attribution alone? If I could figure out how to attach a pdf of the Publisher File to this kind of communication, I would be happy to do so. Can you please send me an email to claireqb07@yahoo.com, as I do not have a Wikipedia account. Many thanks for your help!

Claire Bellanti Past-President, JASNA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:2340:1900:50D1:60F4:EE80:94C0 (talk) 06:45, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St Lawrence Jewry

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Your image, File:St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, UK - Diliff.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} 23:13, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 10, 2020. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2020-03-10. The set of four images will appear on that day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:34, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gare du Nord

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Your image, File:Gare Du Nord Interior, Paris, France - Diliff (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! Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:46, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sheldonian Theatre

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Your image, File:Sheldonian Theatre Interior, Oxford, UK - Diliff.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} 18:56, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Canterbury Cathedral

I have just used a crop of your great pic of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral in the Wikipedia article Gothic architecture. The choir of Canterbury was designed by William of Sens. Thank you for your super high quality images. Amandajm (talk) 21:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

can i get permission for this picture

i will need this picture for my exams that are coming up and i have included this picture in it if you could give full clearance for me using it then it would help me greatly

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.251.31.132 (talk) 16:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

panoranic pictures

Thank you for quality images of church interiors and landscapes, such as St-Etienne-du-Mont, King's College London Chapel 2, London, Loch Ard Gorge and Toledo, 228 of them as of today, and maintaining them in articles, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2402 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Introduce

Hallo, Eabry All.M'I Heab Laive. Teak My Struggle Salute. -Gazi Chalauddin Rana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaziSRana (talk • contribs) 22:18, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Introduce

Hallo, Eabry All.M'I Heab Laive. Teak My Struggle Salute. -Gazi Chalauddin Rana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaziSRana (talk • contribs) 22:28, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	I'd just like to say, good job, and thank you for collaborating in such scale. Landordinary (talk) 20:53, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tower Bridge London

Hi Diliff,

Are we able to use this fabulous image on our blog?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_Bridge_London_Feb_2006.jpg

Many thanks, Dave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.248.18 (talk) 18:34, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

File:Portsmouth Cathedral Nicholson Organ, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture File:Portsmouth Cathedral Nicholson Organ, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 8, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-08-08. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Portsmouth Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral church in Portsmouth, England. A chapel was built on the site and dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury in 1188, and became a parish church in the 14th century. Following substantial damage during the English Civil War, the tower and nave were reconstructed between 1683 and 1693. The building became a pro-cathedral when the Diocese of Portsmouth was split from the Diocese of Winchester in 1927. Plans to enlarge it were interrupted by World War II, and the building was finally consecrated as a cathedral in 1991.

This photograph shows Portsmouth Cathedral's three-manual and pedal, 49-stop organ, installed in 1994 by Nicholson & Co Ltd. The pipes originated from the John Nicholson organ of 1861 built for Manchester Cathedral, which had been relocated to Holy Trinity Church, Bolton.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Hey!

Just wanted to say I hope you're doing well in this very awful time. Been a weird year. I guess I'm doing mostly okay. Will be glad when we can all move again, but... well, still editing images for featured pictures. Not much movement there of late, but then, people can't really go out and photograph right now. Been taking the opportunity to do some larger restorations. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 12:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tower Bridge 2006

Hello David, i believe we used one of your images for a blog post back in 2015, the chap that did the blog is no longer working with us so we are not 100% sure where the image came from, but we assume it was from Wiki? The image was used in good faith with no intention of making money. The assumption was that all images on the Wiki commons files were free to use? To the point we are being taken to court by Fossick Picture for copyright infringement. The person taking us to court is a Mr Leopold Kamugyene the company Fossick is not registered in the uk so we dont know if they are fraudulent as they are registered in Estonia with an office in London. They are using your name to make the claim, if you could advise if the image does or does not have any copyright infringements on Wiki please. Sorry for this just we are a small company and we dont know if Fossick are just going around making scam claims on small vulnerable companies. My apologies if the image has copyrights, we assume the image was free to use, see our very basic blog: https://www.cnmonline.co.uk/blog/Tower_Bridge/

Thanks David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinssimpson (talk • contribs) 13:06, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Did you ever receive a response from David? 80.229.190.70 (talk) 17:06, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hhhhh

August

File:Notre-Dame Basilica Interior, Montreal, Canada - Diliff.jpg scheduled for POTD

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Notre-Dame Basilica is a Catholic basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, the most populous city in Quebec, Canada. The main construction work took place between 1824 and 1829; the sanctuary was finished in 1830, the first tower in 1841, and the second in 1843. The Irish-American architect James O'Donnell designed the towers to be traditionally Gothic, and intended them to be visible from any point in the city. On its completion, the church was the largest in North America, and remained so for over fifty years. The interior of the church, shown here, is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. The vaults are coloured deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is decorated in blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold. It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden carvings and several religious statues.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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St Cyprian's Church is an Anglican parish church in the Marylebone district of London, dedicated to Saint Cyprian, a third-century martyr and bishop of Carthage. The church was designed by Sir Ninian Comper in a Perpendicular Gothic style, and was constructed between 1901 and 1903. The sanctuary, seen here, has a delicate carved and painted rood screen and parclose screens around an "English altar", i.e. an altar surrounded on three sides by hangings and a painted dossal, riddelposts with angels, and a painted and gilded reredos. The altar is set beneath a gilded tester placed high up in the roof.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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new to photography

Hey Diliff, sorry for bothering you with this but i'm new to photography and i loved your newyork skyline photo, i would like to know what should i use to take photos like that at night, specially panoramas, i'm using film so it would be kinda difficult to change the iso but any help would be nice and apreciated,

                Thanks in advance, Androzanitox  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Androzanitox (talk • contribs) 19:57, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture File:Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 28, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-02-28. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:29, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bath Abbey is an Anglican parish church and Grade I listed building in the English city of Bath, Somerset. This photograph shows the interior of the church, featuring the stained glass and the altar at the eastern end of the nave. The square-framed window of seven lights includes a depiction of the Nativity and was made by Clayton and Bell in 1872. The fan vaulting on the ceiling provides structural stability by distributing the weight of the roof down ribs that transfer the force into the supporting columns via flying buttresses.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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If you would like to improve something...

If you want to improve something, but don't have the time, just leave a request in a section here using ==text==, then wait. I will inform you on your talk page with "Re: Article". Thanks!

Image reproduction request

Good Morning (Evening your time),

I have messaged you on facebook regarding reproduction of image request. Could you please email me dnihill01@gmail.com, so I can email you our request.

Kind regards Danielle

Fossick OU

Hi David

Really love your pictures, especially those you took around Oxford

Out of interest, are you associated with a company based in Estonia called fossick OU as they are claiming to be the license sellers of your images.

I notice your images are on here under GNU so just clarifying the copywrite for a fiend

I look forward to hearing back from you

Stay safe

Best regards

Alan

Alan Foster

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chichester Cathedral

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A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Thank you for your great pictures. Werner stickler (talk) 11:38, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that File:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Court 1 Interior, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 20, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-12-20. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:00, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, as well as for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also hears cases of the greatest public or constitutional importance affecting the whole population. The court is located in the Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square, London; this photograph depicts the interior of Court 1, the largest of the three courtrooms in the building.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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London 2023

Hello Diliff,

We've used one of your London panoramas here

https://www.transitstation.org/news

(following the artists' articles).

Your work is fabulous and maybe you can come to find us in the middle of your panorama in 2023.

I'll try to remember to come back here in case you reply. Failing that, you can email me at charlesryder@transitstation.org.

With kind regards, Charles Ryder

Also at https://amphibology.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rue aux Justes (talk • contribs) 18:13, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Salisbury Cathedral Nave

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Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

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Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, commenced around 1175 on the site of a late-Roman mausoleum and an 8th-century abbey church. The cathedral has been described by the architectural historian John Harvey as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells. This photograph depicts the St Andrew's Cross arches under the tower, viewed from the nave.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, commenced around 1175 on the site of a late-Roman mausoleum and an 8th-century abbey church. The cathedral has been described by the historian John Harvey as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells. This photograph shows the stairs leading from the north transept to the chapter house.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Hi Diliff,

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Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset. Construction commenced around 1175 on the site of a late-Roman mausoleum and an 8th-century abbey church. The cathedral has been described by the historian John Harvey as Europe's first truly Gothic structure, lacking the Romanesque work that survives in many other cathedrals. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells. This photograph depicts Wells Cathedral's organ, built from 1909 to 1910 by Harrison & Harrison of Durham with parts retained from the old organ that dated to the 17th century.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Trying to schedule sets a little more systematically. Probably shows. Hope you're well! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 14:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

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St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, is a Church of England parish church in the district of Marylebone in London. The church was consecrated in 1903, but the parish was founded in 1866. Dedicated to Cyprian, a 3rd-century martyr and Bishop of Carthage, it is near the Clarence Gate Gardens entrance to Regent's Park, off Baker Street. The present church was designed by Ninian Comper and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish was formed by the efforts of noted "slum priest" Charles Gutch, who wanted a church of his own in London. Gutch negotiated that a small portion of St Paul's parish be transferred to a new mission district where church attendance was in any case poor. The district was about one-tenth the area of the parish, but it was densely populated due to the overcrowded slums that at that time occupied much of it. This photograph depicts the nave of the church, looking towards the altar in the background.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, is a Church of England parish church in the district of Marylebone in London. The church was consecrated in 1903, but the parish was founded in 1866. Dedicated to Cyprian, a 3rd-century martyr and Bishop of Carthage, it is near the Clarence Gate Gardens entrance to Regent's Park, off Baker Street. The present church was designed by Ninian Comper and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish was formed by the efforts of noted "slum priest" Charles Gutch, who wanted a church of his own in London. Gutch negotiated that a small portion of St Paul's parish be transferred to a new mission district where church attendance was in any case poor. The district was about one-tenth the area of the parish, but it was densely populated due to the overcrowded slums that at that time occupied much of it. This photograph depicts the nave of the church, looking towards the altar in the background.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Duke Humfrey's Library is the oldest reading room in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. It is named after Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who donated 281 books after his death in 1447. Sections of the libraries were restored and expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries, including the addition of a second storey, and east and west wings. The library currently functions as a reading room.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union army. The campaign began on November 15, 1864, with Sherman's troops leaving Atlanta, recently taken by Union forces, and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. This picture shows an engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie depicting Sherman's March to the Sea.

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Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union army. The campaign began on November 15, 1864, with Sherman's troops leaving Atlanta, recently taken by Union forces, and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. This picture shows an engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie depicting Sherman's March to the Sea.

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Re: Use of your image of Rafael Nadal

Hi, is there some way to reach you that is not Facebook?

We would like to use the image in a children's almanac. If we use the given attribution close to the image and put the entire url on the image copyright information page, that should be fine, right? Thanks so much. - a book publisher

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Joss bay image

Hi

We have received a message from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Joss bay in a post about dog friendly beaches in Broadstairs. We are a small veterinary practice in Broadstairs and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Fossick pictures is acting on your behalf?

Many thanks Hazel 80.229.190.70 (talk) 11:23, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Joss bay image

Hi We have received a message from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Joss bay in a post about dog friendly beaches in Broadstairs. We are a small veterinary practice in Broadstairs and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Fossick pictures is acting on your behalf? Hazeom (talk) 13:16, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Central Station Main Concourse Rectilinear projection Jan 2006.jpg

We have received a letter from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Grand Central on a website that has been decommissioned. We are a small construction company and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Pixsy is acting on your behalf? 96.57.89.242 (talk) 16:10, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed

Hello Diliff! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! — MusikBot II ^talk 17:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sydney Opera House - Dec 2008.jpg from Wikipedia

Dear Sir Could you tell me please Can I use this image (see link from Wikipedia: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_-_Dec_2008.jpg) without attribution in social media ads like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. Albertartsruni (talk) 21:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Diliff is no longer active here, and generally does not respond to requests. Attribution is a licensing requirement for all of Diliff's photographs that you can find here, and if you re-use an image without attribution you will be in breach of the licence and will be infringing the photographer's copyright. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Foto von DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0) Sydney Harbour Bridge at night

Hi David, I found your picture of the Sydney-Habour Bridge by Night on Wikipedia. I would like to ask a question: May we add the words "Eternity" to this picture? and publish it in our magazine ideenplus. We are a children's ministry and would like to publish children's story of Arthur Malcolm Stace - known as Mr. Eternity. Unfortunately, I did not find a usable picture with "Eternity" written on it (see this link: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/07/the-story-behind-sydneys-eternity.html). I would create a photomontage. May we use this image free of charge. Of course under the copyright note of her name. It would be nice if you could give us permission to print it.

With kind regards Manfred Fleischer KEB-Germany e. V. www.keb-de.org

You can reply to me briefly at manfred.fleischer@keb-de.org 62.246.86.154 (talk) 07:45, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that File:Chichester Cathedral Choir, West Sussex, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 25, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-05-25. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 21:30, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chichester Cathedral is an Anglican church in Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of the bishop was moved from Selsey. The cathedral has architecture in both the Norman and the Gothic styles, with two architectural features that are unique among England's medieval cathedrals—a free-standing medieval bell tower (or campanile) and double aisles. The cathedral contains two rare medieval sculptures and many modern art works including tapestries, stained glass and sculpture. This westward view shows the cathedral's choir, which is separated from the nave by a pulpitum with three arched openings, called the Arundel Screen.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Use of photo of James Ward

Hi David - I represent the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust and am about to set up a charity auction for a experience involving James Ward and would like to use your photo please. Are you able to give me permission? Many thanks 80.168.196.8 (talk) 11:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wells Cathedral

Can I use your photo for a class assignment on architecture with the following citation below the image? Iliff, D. (2014, April 30). Wells Cathedral in Somerset, England. Wikipedia, File: Wells Cathedral West Front Exterior ,UK."Photo by David Ilff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0" Retrieved Aug. 4, 2023, from: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Wells_Cathedral_West_Front_Exterior,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg Jholland5555 (talk) 16:37, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Temple Church

Dear David, I am publishing an article on Temple Church for which I would like to use your photograph of the chancel facing the nave: File:Temple Church 3, London, UK - Diliff.jpg. The journal that I am publishing in, Immediations (The Courtauld's non-profit journal that publishes research of recent graduates and early career scholars), has asked me if I could ask you to sign an image permissions form. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with this. If you are happy to sign in the (very brief!) form, I can send you the form via email. Please let me know if you require any additional information. Thank you! SophiaDum (talk) 09:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Trafalgar Square Tree

Dear David We used an image of the Trafalgar Square Tree under a Creative Commons licence but inadvertently did not provide the correct attribution. We apologise for this oversight. However, we have now received an email from Pixy with an extremely large retroactive licensing fee for an image used on a web page which is now archived. We are a small publishing and events company doing our best to recover from the devastating impact of covid on our business. We are willing to include the correct attribution but would request some flexibility in the licence fee. Could you also confirm that Pixy is acting on your behalf and that this is not a spam or phishing email? Many thanks Character Pub (talk) 08:57, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Christ Church Cathedral Interior 2, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status

Your image, File:Christ Church Cathedral Interior 2, Oxford, UK - Diliff.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} 09:17, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that File:Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for January 20, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-01-20. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ely Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to an abbey founded in Ely in 672 by St Æthelthryth (also called Etheldreda). The earliest parts of the present building date to 1083, and it was granted cathedral status in 1109. Until the Reformation the cathedral was dedicated to St Etheldreda and St Peter, at which point it was refounded as the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Ely and seat of the Bishop of Ely. Ely Cathedral was built in a monumental Romanesque style, with the galilee porch, lady chapel and choir later rebuilt in an exuberant Decorated Gothic. Its central octagonal tower and the West Tower give it a prominent position above the surrounding flat landscape. This photograph shows the cathedral's lady chapel.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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London_Thames_Sunset_panorama_ _Feb_2008

Dear David,

We used an image of the London_Thames_Sunset_panorama_ _Feb_2008 for a brief period on our LinkedIn page as a banner, but inadvertently did not provide the correct attribution. We apologise for this oversight. I was not aware that the image is licensed to you and as soon as we became aware, we immediately removed the image.

However, we have received an email from Pixy with an extremely large retroactive licensing fee for an image used on a web page which is now archived. We are a small advisory company who gets less than 100 visits per year on our LinkedIn page.

Could you please first confirm that Pixy is acting on your behalf and that this is not a spam or phishing email? Pixsy have been unwilling to provide any evidence that they are acting for you in spite of repeated requests. No contracts with you have been shared and that leads me to believe that Pixsy are making a fraudulent claim using your name.

The case reference that Pixsy has quoted is 002-203834.

Thanks, Snbalaji2 (talk) 14:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hereford Cathedral Image

Dear Mr Lliff,

I have recieved a letter from a company demanding quite a substanial amount of money for using your image and not displaying your information clearly. In asking the company for more details they tend to respond with quite abrubt unhelpful information. It has meant we have removed the image from our website, which is a shame as it is a stunning image but the last thing we want to do is use an image without permission. As a small company we rely on artists like yourself who are kind enough to allow people to use their images and we are very careful to check licenses to make sure we are using them correctly and would of course correct anything if contacted.

Would you be able to confirm if the company contacting us are indeed legitimate as the correspondence does come across a lot like spam. If you do not have any notification of this case and a company acting on your behalf, I would happily open up a discussion about putting the image back on our website in a way which would be of agreement to you.

I am sorry to bother you with this and appreciate your time.

Yours sincerely Andrew Amgnholidays (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Westminster Cathedral image

Good morning David,

I hope you're well. My name is Mark Brierley, I am the Head of Membership and Communications for The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain. We are a charity which helps musicians unable to work because of accident, illness, stress or anxiety, by providing grants for medical treatments.

We have been contacted by the company Pixsy with a copyright claim, regarding the use of your wonderful photograph of Westminster Cathedral at dusk (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminster_Cathedral_at_Dusk,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg), which we recently used to accompany a news article about the Festival of St Cecilia.

As far as I can tell, the image is subject to a creative commons license and no fees should be due, but Pixsy are asking for an exorbitant license fee so we have removed the article from our website (www.rsmgb.org)

We are a small charity that can ill-afford this fee, so we would ask if there is anything that can be done by you to waive the fee, please? As an organisation that is here to protect people that work in the creative industries, we absolutely recognise the need for artists to be fairly compensated for their work, so if you could please clarify whether or not you expect licensing fees from this image, and that Pixsy are acting on your behalf, that would be great help.

Many Thanks,

Mark Brierley Mook200 (talk) 10:25, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

St Albans Cathedral image

Dear David, We used your image of St Alban’s Cathedral to advertise a small pilgrimage there last September and the image remained on our news feed. We understand that this image is free to use but we failed to display the correct attribution for which we offer our apologies. This error was pointed out by a company called Pixy who are asking for payment of a licence fee of £450. We are a small charity – a local church – and can ill afford such an unusual expense. Can you confirm that this is not a scam? Initially the company gave an address in East Finchley, London, and then they amended it to the US. Are they genuinely acting for you? Yours, Philip MaryFinchley (talk) 20:22, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Pixsy and Fossick

Hello David, can you confirm whether the companies Pixsy and/or Fossick have acted on your behalf to request payment for use of your photographs? Please respond on-wiki. Thank you. Nosferattus (talk) 19:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ANI notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Geardona (talk to me?) 15:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

360 degree image of the Piccadilly Arcade taken in June 2009.

Dear David,

I would like to use your photograph of the Piccadilly Arcade for a small book I am writing on my Aunt, Margaret Hermione Mackenzie. She managed an outlet in the Arcade in the late 50s and early 60s selling scottish tartans, cashmere jerseys and scottish silver. I would like to give the reader a feel of what the Piccadilly Arcade looked looks like. From what I see I do not think the overall appearance has changed much since she the period 1950/60. Under the photograph would appear the words Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Please let me know if this is possible?

Kind regards, Mark 91.89.169.177 (talk) 12:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mark, yes that's perfectly fine. Thanks for checking. Diliff (talk) 13:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear David, I would like to use your beautiful photograph of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, in a novel where one of my protagonist's home town is Sevilla (she has a poster in her apartment, showing this view). In the credits I would use the following: Weitwinkelansicht der Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Sevilla – Wikipedia Commons (Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, Spain - Sep 2009.jpg); Photo by DAVID ILIFF. Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0. Please let me know if this is possible. Kind regards, Christoph

Dear David, I would like to use your beautiful photograph of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, in a novel where one of my protagonist's home town is Sevilla (she has a poster in her apartment, showing this view). In the credits I would use the following: Weitwinkelansicht der Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Sevilla – Wikipedia Commons (Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, Spain - Sep 2009.jpg); Photo by DAVID ILIFF. Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0. Please let me know if this is possible. Kind regards, Christoph 158.169.40.25 (talk) 08:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that File:Salisbury Cathedral Nave, Wiltshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 18, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-07-18. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 21:14, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Salisbury Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. Built in early English Gothic style, it was constructed between 1220 and 1258. This photograph, taken in 2014, shows the interior of the cathedral, looking eastwards towards the high altar through the tall and narrow nave. It has three levels: a tall pointed arcade, an open gallery, and a small clerestory. In the foreground is an unconventional modern baptismal font, installed in September 2008. Designed by the water sculptor William Pye, it is the largest working font in any British cathedral. The font is cruciform in shape, and has a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) vessel filled to its brim with water, designed so that the water overflows in filaments through each corner into bronze gratings embedded in the cathedral's stone floor.

Photograph credit: David Iliff

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Hello David,

Can you confirm whether the company Fossick Pictures have acted on your behalf to request payment for use of your photographs?

We included your image on our webpage https://waxantiques.com/visit-historic-london/ which is an informative description of the history of silver making in London since medieval times. The image has now been removed due to the threatening letter we've received but we'd like to reinstate it with a license/attribution to you.

In addition, do you have any views of the Tower of London?

Many thanks Landawax (talk) 13:42, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright - Can we fix this ?

Hello David,

On September 11, 2024 we received an email from the company Pixsy saying they are acting upon your behalf to request payment ($900) for use of two of your photographs. Curious if you requested them to carry out a search or if they are just trolling for business.

We have been trying to contact you but have not received a response.

Anyway, we would like to rectify our error.

We included two of your fabulous images, the Strasbourg Cathedral Exterior & its Astronomical Clock, on our webpage to illustrate the beauty and interesting history of the Strasbourg Cathedral.

We have removed these images from our web page due to the threatening letter we've received from Pixsy but we'd like to reinstate them with a proper license/attribution to you.

I'm sorry that I didn't notice this requirement at the time and I will be diligent in providing attribution to photos used in the future.

Many thanks Sheila SheilaName (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Combining photographs

Hi David, just a quick editing question. Some of your photographs have so much detail I was wondering if you ever stitch them together from separate more close-up images. This is something I've been doing with stained glass windows on libreoffice draw and it works rather well, but was wondering if it might work for nave shots as well. Thanks for your time, NateBergin (talk) 18:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your AMAZING panoramas - What equipment did you use (for example Prague 2010)

Hello @Diliff, I am from Switzerland and since years I use your absolutely amazing Prague panoramas as wallpapers for my 3 Monitor setups at work and at home. Your panoramas are the absolute best on the WWW. Period. There is no competition. Amazing work!

Thinking about beginning with photographing as a hobby.

Dumb question. What kind of equipment have you used to take for example the Prague panorama shot? I have no idea yet, but want to know what ballpark of equipment and cost this is (of course the skill is the hardest in that game). But that I get a rough idea.

It would be so amazing, if you could answer me.

Best regards from foggy Zurich, Switzerland EternalBudapest (talk) 09:28, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Image copyright - is this real?

Hello @Diliff, we have also received a request from Pixsy stating that they are acting on behalf of Owerk Ltd who act upon behalf of you for a payment request for the use of one of your photographs from Wikimedia commons. Is this a legitimate claim?

The image in question is this one: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keswick_Saturday_Market,_Cumbria_-_June_2009.jpg

I fully believed the image was attributed to you correctly within WordPress so can only apologise if you feel that it wasn't. If you view the image on our site it links back to the wikimedia page but I can see that the border added to the website covers the bottom of the image and the reference on the homepage. The attribution has since been added to the footer as well to ensure there are multiple references however if you'd rather I'm more than happy to remove the image.

I've replied to Pixsy but have not heard back from them, hope to hear from you.

Chris ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChrisNaylor94 I am not Diliff obviously but I don't know how often they respond to talk page messages so I thought I would jump in. Have you read c:Commons:Copyleft trolling? In particular the "How Pixsy works" and "Victim of copyleft trolling?" sections. That has some guidance. Personally I don't view these cases generally as "trolling", simply enforcing copyright law where someone has broken it by failing to meet licence conditions, but alas that is what Commons has titled the page. Commander Keane (talk) 22:04, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I've not, no but I will be sure to have a read!

Its caught me off guard to be honest as I thought the image had been reference correctly. If you visit the image via the image library in wordpress you can see the references to the author and license and wikimedia but if you go directly to the image URL then it just loads the image in the browser, I'm not sure if this is what they're getting at.

Thanks for taking the time to reply! ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 22:16, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had added further references on the site but after a discussion tonight have just opted to remove the image instead and use one of our own images which is a shame as it was a great photo of the Keswick Market. ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 22:17, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]