User talk:Diliff/Archive7

Thanks

Great photos - keep it up! I've now used three of yours as personal screensavers - I hadn't realised they were all by the same person. (The three were: London Eye, Coliseum, Montreal City Hall.) Cheers! Ian, Brighton. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.196.203.196 (talk) 04:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Forth Rail Bridge

Hi David!

Thanks for your kind words. I have an account on flickr and also a website where I license my pics commercially - have a look at my flickr site (www.flickr.com/semi-detached) if you get time.

I was thinking this picture might be a better possibility: http://www.flickr.com/photos/semi-detached/3209999903/ - it was taken with a long exposure filter (ND1000) and is more 'real life' than the colouring of the present one. See what you think.

Cheers!

George / Stewart / Semi-detached. —Preceding unsigned comment added by George Gastin (talk • contribs) 12:52, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

..Oh, by the way...

Had a look at some of your cityscape and landscape pics. Must say, they're PDG!!! Nice work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by George Gastin (talk • contribs) 12:54, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:New York Midtown Skyline at night - Jan 2006 edit1.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 30, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-06-30. howcheng {chat} 23:52, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Request for London Eye image use

Hi David

My client, Premier Tax Free (UK) Ltd have requested permission to use your photo of the London Eye, which is on your Wiki page.

It's an A5 brochure about shopping in London for tourists. They intend to use the image on the front cover, though I need to retouch it slightly to incorporate the foreground of another shot they've sourced, so I can place two people onto the scene - the recurring theme of the brochure covers.

I'd appreciate confirmation that you're happy for them to use your image.

Kind Regards, Paul Shevel

Wiki User - Pshevel3121

Pshevel3121 (talk) 11:09, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image use

Hey David, I found a tea brand with a very familiar picture on the box. Take a look at this. It's your image, isn't it? --Muhammad(talk) 20:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, it definitely is... I assume this is a Tanzanian tea brand?? You just never know where our photos are going to appear next! I wonder if there is anything that I can do about this though. Are copyright laws well respected in Tanzania? ;-) This (and many other examples) shows just how little respect there is for the terms of the licenses on Wikipedia.. Mikaul is right. *sigh* Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 22:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes it's a Tanzanian brand under "Tanzania Tea Packers" (if I'm not mistaken). Unfortunately though, I doubt there is anything you can do. Sorry, --Muhammad(talk) 07:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

say hi

Dear David Liff,

someone mention about you in douban（豆瓣网）'s Wikipedia group.so i just come and check out your User page. wow!! I know it is real now. Love your pictures! brilliant!

Best regards.--奔流沙|_(Phonograph) 16:56, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Helvellyn Striding Edge 360 Panorama, Lake District - June 09.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! wadester 16 06:02, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Catbells 360*

http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Catbells_360_panorama%2C_Lake_District_-_June_2009.jpg

I'm getting an error message when I try to open it up full-size. Is there an error in the upload, or am I doing something wrong? makalah@gmail.com if you prefer

Looks like a beautiful picture from the small preview though! I was just there July 2. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.204.96.134 (talk) 22:03, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Canon 50mm

Hey, I am considering getting the Canon 50mm f/1.8 for landscape as my kit lens tends to be very soft. How would you recommend it? --Muhammad(talk) 22:17, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's definitely a very good value-for-money lens. I wouldn't use it wide open (but of course you would never do that for landscape photos anyway) as it is a bit soft and lacking contrast until maybe f/2.8, but from f/2.8 to f/8, it's excellent. The only problem is that sometimes it misfocuses. Usually you can see that it has through the viewfinder (but it is slight), so I find that I have to refocus a few times until I'm satisfied that it has locked on successfully. That's my only complaint. It would certainly be better than the kit lens, although less flexible obviously as you cannot zoom it. Given the cost of it, it's a worthy addition to your lens collection. If it isn't wide enough to fit the whole composition into a single photo, it's quite easy to stitch a panorama with it. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 20:48, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I wanted to buy it in Dubai airport but didn't see it there. Could you please link any panos you have shot with the lens, and how much downsampling has been done on them? Thanks --Muhammad(talk) 18:23, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I had a look at my panoramas on Wikipedia and I don't think I actually have any taken with the 50mm, which is strange because I do use it. I tend to prefer my 85mm for panoramas though, but it's quite a bit more expensive than the 50mm so I'm sure you're not looking at that. I don't suppose that this one will help you very much? ;-) Unfortunately it's huge (23mb). It's not downsized at all though (15820x3805), so you could get a good idea of quality of the lens from it. It has had a small amount of sharpening applied, although because of the bending and stretching inherent in a panoramic image, a single photo might be slightly better quality. Anyway, if there's no way you can view this, I could email you some crops of it, or some other images. It also makes a good portrait lens because of the wide aperture, if that is of any interest to you. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:39, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I downloaded the 20mb file, the quality is pretty good. The left bottom part was severely out of focus. Was that a DOF problem or a focussing error you were mentioning? --Muhammad(talk) 06:04, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - No that was due to DOF, simply because it was so close to the camera (probably one or two metres away), and because I focused on infinity. Whenever you use a larger focal length to stitch a panorama, you can get this problem when viewing at 100%. If you can imagine that stitching four 50mm images to make a certain composition is the same framing as a single image at 24mm, and that you use the same aperture for both (say f/8), you will find that they have the same depth of field when viewed at the same physical size. When you view both at 100% however, the panorama will seem to have a shallower focus. The reason why is that you can look a lot closer at the panorama because it is higher resolution, so you will 'zoom in' on the out of focus areas and they will look more blurred as a result. Hoepfully I've explained that properly. :-) To simplify it to one sentence: It would be just as out of focus if I used a single image with a wider lens instead of stitching at 50mm, but you couldn't look as closely so it wouldn't be as noticable. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 06:40, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Very well explained, thanks. Hmm, will have to focus stack in panos now ;-) --Muhammad(talk) 01:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image Quality

Thanks for the tip on my photos. I always reduced the file size before uploading to Wikipedia, most of the photos I take are between 2.5 and 4 mb before compression. Are you suggesting that I always upload the photos without compressing them. Regards Mick Knapton (talk) 16:26, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pukeko

From the article "It is a native of New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania." Please accept my apologies for the mistaken revert, it is an excellent photo and I'm glad it can remain. Kiore (talk) 19:35, 13 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Princes Arcade

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Princes Arcade, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:

Nice looking place, but not notable. Does not warrant an article.

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File:Canary Wharf Wide View 2, London - July 2009.jpg

Hi, Diliff!

This image - overall excellent work. However I have found several small errors of displacement. Look it on the right second from above floor of a glass building.

With best regards, --George Chernilevsky (talk) 06:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

comment on picture of colosseum.

spotted an object to the left of the picture, can't quite make clear of what that is? You will need to zoom in on picture. Object is described as two white dots above straight white line. questions pertain this picture questions and answers email me at Charmo_zi@yahoo.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.37.7.20 (talk) 17:14, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Asking permission

Hello David!!

My name is Sandra, I am 20 years old and I am from Spain, I live in a village near Barcelona. I’m just an amateur in photography and, if you are interested in know something about me, I upload some of my shots in Flickr’s webpage (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sand_20/).

I've seen some of your photographs at Wikipedia’s webpage and I think that all of them are gorgeous. I’ve been searching more of your photographs in internet and I've found a few in some pages, however I didn't found a webpage "only yours". Do you have any blog or there are any webpage where you upload all your photographs? I would love to see them.

The panoramic of Montreal city (http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Montreal_Twilight_Panorama_2006.jpg) is one of my favourites and, if it's possible, I would like to make a poster of it for my home. So this e-mail is for ask your permission, of course.

Please tell me something about this (adress contact: alfolupi@homail.com). Thank you so much in advance.

Best regards,

Sandra.

PD: sorry , my english is not to good... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.32.101.184 (talk) 14:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:VADM John Bulkeley 1988 NR edit.jpg

Good day to you, I was wondering what program you used to touch up this image. Was it Gimp or Photoshop?--Kumioko (talk) 14:40, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I used Photoshop to remove a few artifacts and spots of dust etc, but a special noise reduction plugin for Photoshop called Imagenomic Noiseware Professional. It's a commercial product but I believe they have a trial version that you can play with, if you're interested. It's a lot more powerful than the noise reduction action built into Photoshop or Gimp. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 17:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will check that out. --Kumioko (talk) 17:13, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

+2 FPs

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Skylark 2, Lake District, England - June 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! wadester 16 17:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Keswick, Cumbria Panorama 1 - June 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! wadester 16 17:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance

Hi there David, I was wondering if you could help me out with something. Do you know how to lay multiple images in Photoshop (CS4 MAC) on top of each other and then remove the object (people, cars, etc) from the final version, which weren't present in all of them (I hope you understand, what I'm asking you here)? I took a vertical panorama yesterday, which needs some further editing including this type of editing. It's a panorama of the Munttoren (you've been to Amsterdam, so probably seen it :) --> see my userpage). Thanks in advance! Gr. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 19:45, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know what you mean. You want to use layers in Photoshop to remove elements from just one layer so that the background containing the other layers remains visible. It depends whether your stitching program allows you to output to a layered PSD file. I use PTGui which has the option. If you do that, you can then follow these instructions (it's easier than me explaining it all with just words, you can ignore the part refering to PTGui if you use another program). If you have trouble with the instructions though, feel free to ask me further questions! Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 20:08, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks, somehow never needed it ;). --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:15, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - No problem. Sorry, somehow never needed what exactly? Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:31, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - This manner of editing a picture in Photoshop, to improve it. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 00:47, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NYC handheld

Hi,

As everyone else said, your photos are incredible. I'm particularly interested in the one you took from atop the Empire State Building in New York. I looked relatively closely to the panorama and didn't see any noticeable stitching areas. Whenever I shoot handheld, especially at night, the skies tend to have very inconsistent lighting. Very curious what your method is when shooting handheld. Is it something like:

figure out a good manual setting and/or lock the exposure
shoot a whole crapload of photos of everything and overlap large portions of the photos
move the camera as little as possible from its axis

and...? Very curious about any pointers you have! If it isn't too much of an inconvenience, an email at seinberg@gmail.com would be greatly appreciated. But I know coming here and asking for the secrets of your methods and further asking you to email them directly to me might be a tad out of line, so I understand if you don't ;-)

Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Seinberg (talk) 04:14, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could you let me on the secret as well? Please :p --Muhammad(talk) 02:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i have a queation?

how long can cuttle fish live?and where can you see cuttle fish at? and what type of water do they live or have to be in like for example salt water?

thanks for your time  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.194.214.76 (talk) 20:24, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm not really a Cuttlefish expert, I just happened to take a photo of one in an aquarium. Of course they like salt water though, because they live in the sea and the sea is full of salt water! Hope that helps. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 20:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- They are found all over the place, including Tasmania. The Blue Planet episode 6 has quite a bit on them. PBS made a show called "Kings of Camouflage" which is worth a watch too. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:45, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New FP!!

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Swaledale Sheep, Lake District, England - June 2009.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. ☩Damërung ☩. -- 10:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC) 10:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Swaledale Sheep, Lake District, England - June 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! ☩Damërung ☩. -- 10:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC) 10:17, 26 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your Featured Pics

Absolutely fantastic... 2help (message me) 02:55, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Simply breathtaking! Thank you for your spectacular images, David! Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 03:16, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to the collection...

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Sydney Opera House - Dec 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! wadester 16 04:03, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Kew Gardens Palm House, London - July 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! wadester 16 04:03, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD Notification

Hi Dave:

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Sept 11 monument in NYC - August 2004.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 11, 2009. This was kind of hard to make a fleshed-out caption, so feel free to update or change the one I created at Template:POTD/2009-09-11. wadester 16 04:37, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting use of Toledo panoramic photo

Hello David,

I came across a Toledo, Spain photo of yours multiple times on the web when trying to round up photos of the city. I work at the University of Minnesota in the study abroad office, and we have a program in Toledo. I was wondering if you would grant me permission to use it for our promotional brochure. As an office of the university, we are completely non-profit and the brochures are given out to students. If you would be willing to let us use it please contact me at liesi001(at)umn(dot)edu.

Thanks, Brian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackie31 (talk • contribs) 19:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lake District Pictures

Just wanted to say that the pictures of the Lake District are brilliant... My parents live there and i have the pleasure of visiting this area 3-4 times a year, and everytime the scenery takes my breath away... If you want to see some of parent's pictures (they take pictures every day and post it to their website) please visit their site... I can't remember the direct website address as i visit it from my own personal links page and thus never type it in! My link page is www.gazhiley.co.uk/links.htm but if you type in Hiley into google you should find it fairly quickly... It's called Lakeland cam or something... They have a group of about 5 or 6 of them who regularly post pictures from their walks around the Lakes...

Just thought you might be interested, or even want to leave them links in their guestbook for your pics for them to view - I know for one my Dad would love to see your pictures... Do you have a gallery you host your pics on or just wikipedia?

Thanks... Gazhiley (talk) 12:31, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Clapham Common Tube Station

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Clapham Common Tube Station Platforms - Oct 2007.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. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 192 FCs served} 01:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 192 FCs served} 01:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Grampians Panorama from Pinnacle Edit 1 - Nov 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 19, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-08-19. howcheng {chat} 04:43, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say

Just wanted to say your photos are amazing. They are truly awe-inspiring. Keep it up. Pyho ^T / _C 02:45, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FP

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Derwent Water, Keswick - June 2009.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. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 197 FCs served} 09:40, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 197 FCs served} 09:40, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On Commons

Hi, as I don't know if you check you Commons talk page often, just wanted to let you know that I left a message there. Cheers, Jean-Fred (talk) 21:53, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Keble College Chapel - Oct 2006.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on August 24, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-08-24. howcheng {chat} 07:15, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your Colosseum Image

I saw your Colosseum being used here. http://italian.speak7.com/ Bewareofdog 00:15, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photographers Blackbelt

		THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S BLACKBELT
		I hereby award at you this Photographers Blackbelt for your outstanding and excellent pictures. --ComputerHotline (talk) 18:41, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Photographs - request

Dear "Diliff",

my name is Ralf Buecheler, I am the director of an English Language learning DVD which is currently being produced in Munich / Germany. The DVD will be part of a public lending system for educational media here in Germany. Teachers can get educationl media from this public media library for free and they can then use the media in their lessons.

At the moment I am working on a DVD on London for pupils in their third year of learning English. One part of the DVD will be an animated map of central London where the user can select certain sights. Upon selection a picture of the selected building / location is shown and a narrator tells a story about this place / building.

We would like to use the following (wonderful) photographs for this purpose:

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Natural_History_Museum_London_Jan_2006.jpg http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Tower_Of_London_-_White_Tower_March_2006.jpg http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square_360_Panorama_Cropped_Sky,_London_-_Jun_2009.jpg

Unfortunately in this case it is not possible to release "a copy of, or full URL of the license" at the same place along eith the image, because the image would be part of a programme. Could we instead reproduce the licence (including URL) and your name in our booklet? Every DVD comes with a booklet of about 40 pages which contains teaching material, further informatio and an index of sources.

I would be very happy and grateful if you could answer my questions. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you very much Yours sincerely Ralf Buecheler --Rabotti (talk) 12:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC) Sorry, forgot to provide my e-mail-address: rabotti@web.de —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabotti (talk • contribs) 09:30, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use the Colloseum picture

Hi,

I would like to request for a permission to use this image of the Colloseum in my assignment regarding Principles and Elements of Design.

I tried clicking the link 'contact me by email' but an error occurred.

I would very much appreciate it if you could send a reply to my email address at dara_faith88@hotmail.com

Please kindly consider my request to use the picture of the Colloseum. Thank you.

Yours Sincerely, Dara Shaipudin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.176.151.20 (talk) 05:01, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yours

Giralda

Hi Diliff,

Those new photographs are beautiful! I shall be sorry to see mine go, but I really like yours. We must have taken our photographs from almost the same vantage point.

By the way, well done for deleting that silly gallery. I think you have added two featured picture candidates here. Best wishes, Graham. Graham Colm ^Talk 21:19, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Graham, I'm glad you liked the new images. To be entirely honest, I did feel a little guilty in replacing your lead image, as it was by no means a bad image, and I was conscious that in doing so, I'd removed all daylight images. I'm pleased you didn't take it the wrong way and supported the change though. You're right, that gallery was a bit indulgent and most of the images were not even of the tower in question - just towers inspired by it! Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Teach me something please

Hi David, Could you please tell me how to save images that were post processed in Adobe CS3 in order not to change(loose) the quality of the sky? Thank you for your time.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Could you give me an example? I'll try to interpret your question anyway. I assume you're asking how to post process a photo without affecting the sky? The easiest way is to create a selection of the sky, feather it a bit (depends on the image but perhaps 3-5 pixels) so that there is a slightly less harsh transition on the selection, and then inverse it, so that instead of only editing the sky, you're editing everything except for the sky. That's a very simple example but it should do the job, if I've interpreted your question correctly. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 17:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, David. I am sorry I could not explain better what I meant. Here are two images [1] and [2]. The first one is original, the second one is downsampled and post processed. I did not touch the sky (sorry the fog) during post processing,I only worked with foreground rocks. If you are to compare the images in preview mode (seen better in preview) side by side you will see that the quality of the fog on the left hand side of the post processed image is much worse than in the original one. So the question is what could be done to avoid it. Thank you for your time, and please, if you do not have time, just ignore my question.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:15, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

use of your picture in a commercial tender document

Dear Sir/madam,

This is a wonderful picture of London and I would like to use this with a slight lens effect as part of our companies tender document, would this be ok for you?

please let me know

Many thanks

Matthew Parker Sales Manager PDC Digital Solutions Ltd

matthew@pdcdigital.co.uk

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Melbourne Skyline from Rialto Crop - Nov 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 25, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-09-25. howcheng {chat} 04:38, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Once upon a time...:

Hi David, if you believe the English Wikipedia users, who did not know about 2+2=4, should know about that, please do post the link to the nomination I withdrawn, or any other place as you wish.If I am not allowed to forget the story, for your information here's the end of it. The beginning... I'd better not to go into it. Best regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:25, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm glad that is the end of it. I certainly didn't intend to re-start anything. Muhammad asked the question and as Wikipedia is a wiki, everything should be transparent and that includes our actions and posts. Although I posted it somewhere inappropriate initially, I corrected this and placed my reply directly onto his talk page. I'm sure he is not going to let it affect his dealings with you, and neither will I. As for the future, as long as you're prepared to be mature, sensible and fair, I am confident it will be reciprocated by others. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 16:40, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- What I meant to say was that Muhammad asked me a question, which you responded few days later. Why do you believe that Muhammad is not smart enough to go to Commons and to look at 2+2=4 contributions, and 2+2=4 talk page, as he did without your response and the link you provided? I am not sure what your intention were.If you wanted to bring back painful memories, I believe you will be glad to find out that you've seceded. It's OK. I guess I deserve it, and who cares anyway.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

licence request

Hallo David, while looking around for a new header for our website, I´ve seen your fantastic sidney skyline picture. I run a small travel agency in Berlin, Germany. I would like to use this one as the background of the header. Would a separate site with copyright information, hyperlinked with the header, sufficient to protect your rights?. Maybe there could be a short personal portrait of you also. Otherwise please give me short information about the costs of commercial use. My email: XXXasa@ihrglobal.deXXX. In any case I enjoyed your pics very much. Best regards from Berlin, Andy

I'd like to make it clear please

Hi dilliff. Ever since yesterday I was thinking what did you mean when you said: "As for the future, as long as you're prepared to be mature, sensible and fair, I am confident it will be reciprocated by others." I thought, when the last time I was, for example, unfair. Then I realized that you were unhappy with my opposes of your images, that you might think that it was a retaliation of some kind. I'd like to assure you that my votes and comments on your images had absolutely nothing to do with any, and I mean any, of our past communications. I voted the way I believed (and still do) was right. Your retaliation to me here on English Wiki was of a very, very bad tone. I'd like to tell you that you do not have to prove to anybody that you are a good photographer. You are a good photographer, one of the best here, yet it does not mean that some of your images (very, very few) cannot be opposed once in a blue Moon. I will completely avoid voting/commenting on your images in the feature because IMO your recent outbursts on oppose votes both here and on Commons show that you are not mature enough to take the opposes properly. Please have a nice day.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kaaba

Hey, I forgot to show you this. What do you think? --Muhammad(talk) 08:24, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the location of Mecca certainly seems like an interesting coincidence... I had a look on Google Earth and the Kaaba isn't exactly on the Golden Ratio between the north and south pole. It's off by about 20km (It is 12,358km from the south pole and 7,623.58km from the north pole by my calculations, but 7623.58 * 1.6180339887 = 12,335.21km). Now that definitely is close, but if it were really placed there by God's hand, wouldn't he have got it exactly right, and not just approximate? It's a mathematical constant, after all, and a creator intelligent and powerful enough to create the universe should be capable of being more precise ;-). Also, using Greenwich as a longitudinal reference point for calculating the Golden Ratio on the east-west axis seems a bit ridiculous considering the British used it as an arbitrary location of the prime meridian for their own timekeeping purposes in 1851! Unless you choose to believe that somehow God inspired them to place their Royal Observatory in a location that would point to the Kaaba based on the Golden Ratio? :-) Also, at the start when it showed all the Golden Ratios on the human body, I couldn't help but think that many of them didn't look like they had exactly the right ratios, but it moved so fast I couldn't tell for sure. In any case, they could only be approximations as there is natural variance in the human body. It might be coincidence that they are vaguely similar in ratio to the Golden Ratio. I certainly wouldn't say that it's indisputably proof of God's hand at work. That's my take on it, anyway. What's yours? :-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:35, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The Kaaba was built a few thousand years ago and geographic activities could have contributed to the difference. That may by why the whole city of Makkah is considered holy rather than just the kaaba. Even then, the ratios comes up to around 1.62 which is IMO is very close for a coincidence. --Muhammad(talk) 02:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Agreed there is natural variance between humans and it would be impossible for all individuals to have their bodies with the exact ratio. But isn't it bewildering that the ratios approach the golden ratio? Take a look here and here for images which show the same illustration as that video. If humans came about by chance, where did this ratios come from? What about the golden ratio in nature? Take for instance the sunflower. The individual florets grow in two spirals extending out from the center. The first spiral has 21 arms, while the other has 34. Divide the two, and voila the golden ratio. Or take bees in a hive. Dividing the number of females to the number of males gives the golden mean. There are numerous other examples. How can such a ratio be present in so many unrelated areas short of it coming from a creator? Sorry for the late reply, college is getting a bit hectic these days--Muhammad(talk) 02:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to cut in, but stumbled across this while closing an FP. Muhammad, I did end up viewing this as well some months back when you pointed it out to me, and while I don't remember all the details now enough rings true to assume it's the same clip. There's not much new there to me, I have seen similar things used by Christians to 'prove' their religion is the correct one, and similar things used by people to 'prove' for example that the Ancient Egyptians either had mystical powers or were guided or helped by extraterrestrials to build the pyramids.

Not to be harsh, but I find it all rather silly. The point is that the people behind this stuff take whatever evidence serves their claims, stretch and contort things to fit in with what they're saying, and ignore all else (e.g., even if the Kaaba was exactly on the Golden ratio between the poles, well, then so is every other point at that latitude on the planet, and for that matter, so is every point at that southern latitude in the southern hemisphere - ultimately then, so what? Are they all specially chosen places by god?) Take your choice of which one to believe in, then use this special-pleading maths to 'prove' it. Surely believers shouldn't require their faith or beliefs to be 'proved' by some bogus mathematics?

I'm not just being facetious here - for example a quote straight from the second site you reference above (which isn't obviously any sort of religious site) says "Curiously enough, you also have 2 hands, each with 5 digits, and your 8 fingers are each comprised of 3 sections. All Fibonacci numbers!" This is what I'm talking about. This sentence mentions 5 digits and then, just to fit their own argument, two words later forgets about the thumbs and claims you have 8 fingers. But fingers are simply a human definition which is far from consistent in usage within and between languages and cultures, so this is merely fudging reality to fit their preferences. This is what I'm talking about re their bogus maths.

FWIW nature does often follow these simple mathematical rules such as the Fibonacci sequence and there's often good physical or biological reasons why. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson is one well known early pioneer in this field and may be well worth you having a look at. I find that reality tends to be far more interesting than pseudoscience. --jjron (talk) 12:27, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can always trust a science teacher to dip in on a debate like this. :-) I agree with you Jjron. I had quite a few opinions that I intended to share but hadn't had a chance to as yet, but I might as well add those that you hadn't already mentioned. The fact that our finger bones get shorter at roughly the ratio of 1.6 doesn't seem particularly extraordinary to me. Our hands have evolved (or have been designed by God, if that is your belief) to grip objects. It only makes sense that each successive bone is shorter so that it can curl inwards to grip. For that reason I don't think it's particularly bewildering at all, it's just logical. In terms of natural selection, it makes sense that our bodies are the way they are, because they have been shaped over a very long period of time - if the bones were too long or too short, we would grip more poorly, and not survive as well as those with the right ratio of bone lengths in the hand.

I can't find any respectable source that can confirm the ratio of male to female bees, but I suspect it is a myth - a virulent meme if you will. Untruthful ideas that sound interesting are more likely to be transmitted to others than ideas that are truthful but not interesting. My impression before googling it is that it would depend largely on the species of bee, but after looking, I did find this (a PDF document), which, if you look page 2 onwards, describes how it is completely wrong, and possibly originated in the Dan Brown book, The Da Vinci Code (which has been proven to be full of dodgy facts).

As for the Kaaba not being exactly on the golden ratio due to 'geographical activities', I assume you mean things like tectonic plate movements? I had a look at the article and it suggests that the Arabian plate is moving at 20mm a year. Even with 3000 years, it would only have moved north 60 metres. And would God use Mecca as a signal for the golden ratio, knowing that it would not remain in the right place over time? In any case, it doesn't matter, because I agree with Jjron - you shouldn't need this sort of thing to convince you of the existence of God, but likewise, IMO you should use science and logic to question everything around you, including conventional ideas about religion and God. Just because billions of people believe something, it doesn't make it true. Obviously logic, evidence and science cannot disprove 'miracles' because miracles by most peoples' definition do not follow the laws of physics and logical consequence. Whatever you choose to believe is of course up to you. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting points re the bees. And the question again, even if it was true, then why bees? Why not some other species? Why not all species? If the Golden Ratio was so important to God, then wouldn't it make more sense to have human sexes follow the Golden Ratio rather than the (close to) 1:1 it does follow? As I say above, these characters will just choose whatever figures they think match their argument, ignore all others, and provide no good reasons why. --jjron (talk) 07:01, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

True, since the Bible/Qur'an does essentially say that humans are above all the other animals, why not use this special ratio to elevate us humans, too...? I certainly wouldn't complain if females outnumbered males. ;-) To expand slightly on what Jjron said before, it doesn't seem particularly impressive that your fingers, bones, etc are Fibonacci numbers. Since we're talking about small numbers, a full 50% of numbers between 1 and 10 ( 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8) are Fibonacci numbers. Hardly surprising then, that you can find aspects of a human hand that contain those numbers! (and as mentioned, there are many aspects of the human hand that do not contain Fibonacci numbers!) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FP!

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens - July 2009.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. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 209 FCs served} 10:22, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would like to use this photo on a website, not to sell the photo. Can I download it and use it on the front home page please. Baishun (talk) 04:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You'd like to use the photo of Kew Gardens above? You can use it but only if you adhere to the terms of the license - namely you must attribute the photo to myself and include a link to the CC-BY-SA license. Let me know if you need further clarification. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:19, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trafalgar Square FP

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Trafalgar Square 360 Panorama Cropped Sky, London - Jun 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! Makeemlighter (talk) 01:16, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use Barcelona Cityscape Panorama - Jan 2007.jpg for a conference website

Dear David,

I write you on behalf of the Conference Organizers for the "European Energy Conference" which will take place in Barcelona, 19 to 23 April 2010. We are currently working on the conference webpage and we are looking for a panoramic picture of the city.

we just found your picture, Barcelona Cityscape Panorama - Jan 2007.jpg, and we think it would be perfect for our homepage (please see: www.e2c-2010.org). therefore we'd like to ask you for permission to use it and we would of course aknowledge you as the source.

Please let me know what you think about this as soon as you can. You can contact me at apiccolotto@esf.org kind regards

Alessandra —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.241.244.202 (talk) 13:18, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sydney Harbour Bridge as seen from Kirrabilli House

Hi David, I would like to use this photo taken 15/6/2005 on my website. If I put your name to it I understand that this is OK.

Russell rgboz@hotmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baishun (talk • contribs) 07:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks David, I really admire your work. Baishun (talk) 11:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David, Im new to using Wiki, I would like to use the Sydney Harbour Bridge viewed from Kirribill House. Sorry to bother you so many times without the full description and not specifying the photo from the beginning. I really love all your photos. Russell email rgboz@hotmail.com Baishun (talk) 11:19, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:La Giralda, Seville, Spain - Sep 2009.jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:La Giralda, Seville, Spain - Sep 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! jjron (talk) 06:25, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW I really like this image. The colors, the building, everything is so cool. upstate NYer 15:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I agree with you and I was hoping that the limitations of the perspective and lack of ultra-high res detail could be overcome by the other positives in the image... Looks like it just scraped through. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:03, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Watsons Bay - Camp Cove Beach, Sydney 2 - Nov 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 14, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-10-14. howcheng {chat} 20:48, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

nyc midtown skyline photo

Hi, this is a great photo. I am interested in including it in a soon to be published book about urban design and climate change. Please let me know if you would be willing to talk about sharing the rights. Thanks!

-Michael michaelspina@rocketmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.86.72.215 (talk) 14:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright concerning the Coloseum Image via WikiPedia

Dear Sir/Madam

I am a GCSE ICT student in Britain, England, London and am doing a ICT Project which will be creating a student profile on a specific country. The country which I have been assigned to is Italy and as part of the project we will be creating emblems with specific images linked to the country ( in my case Italy).

I would like to request permission to use the image of the Coloseum on the link: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Colosseum_in_Rome,_Italy_-_April_2007.jpg This image will be used in an emblem for ICT GCSE Coursework.

Please e-mail your reply to : sinthika_m@hotmail.com

Please note that if I do not recieve a reply I will assume that I have been given permission to use the image for my coursework. For more information on the ICT GCSE Course I am doing please visit : www1.edexcel.org.uk/D201_0908/HTML/spb201Index.htm and click on the tab " Student Profile", before scrollign down to "Emblems".

Yours sincerly, Sinthika Manimendran —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.5.137.176 (talk) 13:14, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FP

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Wakehurst Place Mansion 1, West Sussex - Aug 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! Makeemlighter (talk) 00:37, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Admiralty Extension from Horse Guards Parade - Sept 2006.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) 00:46, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Input, por favor

I'd like to get your input here, if you don't mind. upstate NYer 18:15, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image of Brighton

Your caption for Brighton Promenade is wrong. That is not an image of Brighton Promenade. It is an image of the service road below the promenade, which is used for supply and maintenance purposes for both under-arch commercial outlets and for the beach itself. You can just see the edge of the real promenade in the top left-hand corner. Don't take any notice of the description in any Wiki article, or indeed of what anyone tells you. What you show is not the promenade. As a scene purporting to be of the promenade this image reflects very poorly on Brighton. A worse scene can hardly be imagined, for a prospective visitor, than the grubby clutter of that service road. --81.109.20.122 (talk) 17:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TB

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Category Invite

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derwentwater panorama usage request

hi david, nice work, i would like permission to use your image on a lake district tourist leaflet, could you please let me know what are your terms and conditions? thanks, ellellar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellellar (talk • contribs) 17:58, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

		Voices Needed at Featured Pictures
		Hey there, this is just to let you know that there are some images that need additional input at the older than seven days section, and/or the older nominations requiring additional input section, and/or at that pesky box up top that says "FPCs needing feedback." Either way, it's time to rouse the troops, so if you haven't been around and have the time, come on by. Thanks.

Nezzadar [SPEAK] 19:45, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Congratulations Diliff! Your photo Image:Palace of Westminster, London - Feb 2007.jpg was the Random Picture of the Day! It looked like this:

Random picture of the day

The Palace of Westminster

Image credit: Diliff (talk · contribs)

. - Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 20:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Diliff my Name is Tony Kowal and I'm 16 years old. I'm living in Germany and I have two questions to you. 1. I want to know which photo camera you used when you took the picture of the Saint Peter'S Square in Rome. I saw that photo in the german Wikipedia-article "St. Peter's Basilica" and I was fascinated of the high image quality. Now I want to buy a new photo camera because I like (like you) to make photos from the landscape and buildings. I like to travel around Europe and at the different places I like to make photos. 2. I saw that you make good "panorama-photos". How you take such a photo? Do you use a tripod or something else? Looking forward to hearing from you soon. I prefer that you write me an E-Mail (if you want). My address: Tony-Kowal@web.de. Thanks and have nice days! T. Kowal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.203.232.147 (talk) 09:10, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keswick Panorama

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Keswick Panorama - Oct 2009.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. –blurpeace ^(talk) 00:03, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! This is beautiful! Hekerui (talk) 09:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NEW YORK SKYLINE IMAGE

Hi David

Just saw your image of New York skyline and I was wondering if you would license it for a local online campaign in New York for a Real Estate firm ?

You can contact me at john@inoventiv.com or I will check back here !!!

Best wishes

Hope you are enjoying the UK !

John Marshall —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.14.246 (talk) 00:58, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dear David Iliff,

the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München would like to use your picture "Toledo" as an illustration for a project webpage about the history of christians, jews and moors in Spain. If you agree in principle I will email you a draft of our picture. And please tell us how you'd like our citation of your copyrights.

My contact: ilse.wurdack@lmu.de.

Thank you in advance

Best regards

Ilse Wurdack —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.84.44.220 (talk) 10:07, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Licence/Copyright/Use of your pictures

Hello David,

my name is Frank and I am from Berlin, Germany. I am the founder of the semi-commercial website http://www.gayscout.com. (Charge free) Yesterday me and my programmer implemented the "city picture" feature and now I am on the search for free panoramic pictures of cities. I found your really extraordinary good pictures and I am kindly asking, if I can use some of them on my website by referencing the source. You can see examples here, how it would look like:

I already used two pictures of you, so please tell me, if it is ok for you and if I can use more of them.

You can answer me by writing to frank (at) gayscout.com

Thank you very much.

Sincerly

Frank Behr

16:33, 8 November 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gayscout (talk • contribs)

your File:Koala climbing tree.jpg

see [3] and more on de:Wikipedia:Weiternutzung/Mängel/Mehrfachnutzungen#www.meringer-honiglaedchen.de --Martina Nolte _Disk. 03:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Berliner Olympiastadion night.jpg

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted

Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Berliner Olympiastadion night.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. jjron (talk) 12:17, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007.jpg

Hi, I like to find out if we can use your photo of the Colosseum in Rome for an annual report project. I can give you more detail about the project. Please respond to: hctja@aol.com Thanks, HC Chung 99.178.108.134 (talk) 18:50, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Colosseum_in_Rome,_Italy_-_April_2007.jpg

Pristis in the Georgia Aquarium

I dont think that is P pectinata as the Aquarium does not have that species. The only Pristis in the big tank are from the west Pacific. You should check with the Aquarium. Ross Robertson drr@stri.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.111.134.20 (talk) 12:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Sydney skyline at dusk - Dec 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 12, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-11-12. howcheng {chat} 03:34, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Image

Hi, I want to use your image of Sydney skyline on my site www.freeinindia.com . I want to use a thumbnail size or may be something of max height 250 px.

Please let me know what should licensing and attribution to you should I write on my webpage? Also let me know if I am allowed to resize your image?

thanks, Gautam greatgautam@gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.35.208.21 (talk) 23:56, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TAYYABA KHAN

I WANNA NOE D FUL HISTORY OV DIS WORLD WONDER,, SO I KNDLY REQUEST U TOO GV ME UL INFO... THNKZZZZZZZ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.119.191.37 (talk) 20:31, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alfriston Church image

I'd like to use the above image in a our annual newspaper 'South Downs View'. We're featuring Alfriston in one of our parish profiles. I work for the South Downs Joint Committee - we are non-commerical, managing the landscape to protect, conserve and enhance the South Downs www.southdownsonline.org

Can you let me know the conditions of using this image. The print run will be 70,000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.168.57.2 (talk) 16:56, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PIcture of vatican

Hi We would like your permission to use your picture of the vatican in our travel catalouge for 2010. There will be some overaly text, i.e. "Rom - Sorrento 8 dagar 5.995:-" I will naturally add your name next to the picture.

Please contact me by email

emanuel.karlsson@rolfsbuss.se www.rolfsbuss.se —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.182.69.42 (talk) 20:34, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Zion's Angels Landing

I was wondering if it would be possible to get a print of this? Thanks, Blake —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vineyardglenn (talk • contribs) 00:09, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alfriston Church image

would like permission to use ssibbald@southdowns-aonb.gov.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.168.57.2 (talk) 14:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Imperial Russian coat of arms

I've had a go at editing this nomination. What do you think? --Silversmith Hewwo 10:22, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Frauenkirche Munich - View from Peterskirche Tower2.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 6, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-12-06. howcheng {chat} 19:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Thames Panorama, London - June 2009.jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Thames Panorama, London - June 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! Caspian blue 03:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Imperial Russian coat of arms

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Eastbourne Panorama, England - May 2009.jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Eastbourne Panorama, England - May 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! jjron (talk) 13:34, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Derivative of West Minster Palace and Thames Photos

I am interested in using your photo as a background for a portrait of my niece in oil paints. I'm not sure where that falls in the licensing issue as the work would be derivative and not even the subject of the painting. But I don't want to assume I can use it without checking with you first. I would use one or the other of the pictures if I can photoshop it in behind her image. She is in Grad School now so I have this great picture of her and I'd like to put a city behind her and I think London would be appropriate. Would you have any objections to my using one of your two pictures to which I refer for such a purpose? You may contact me at pecarey9@gmail.com. My name is Pat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.205.114.171 (talk) 16:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merry holidays

Merry, joyful Christmas and fruitful New Year, both in real life and here. Brand[t] 22:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays

Caspian blue is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

--Caspian blue 21:54, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

File:Father Winter Solstice.jpg

❄ upstate NYer ❄ is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Something makes me thing you're a Festivus kind of guy. ❄ upstate NYer ❄ 14:30, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, something along those lines. But who, in a western country, doesn't celebrate Christmas in the secular, Santa Claus kind of way too? ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:57, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would have thought you were a Gregory House kinda guy when it came to hols :)--Muhammad(talk) 14:44, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Congratulations Diliff! Your image Image:Georgia Aquarium Jan 2006.jpg was the Random Picture of the Day! It looked like this:

Random picture of the day

The Georgia Aquarium

Image credit: Diliff (talk · contribs)

. - Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 14:09, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Crib Goch, Snowdonia, Wales - August 2007.jpg

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Crib Goch, Snowdonia, Wales - August 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! jjron (talk) 15:18, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mosquito

Remember the requirement for a female arm here? This image seems to taken without an distracting human hairs --Muhammad(talk) 14:41, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I never really found the hairs distracting in NS's photo, and the new one you linked to is inferior in both resolution/detail and angle/view... Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

Greetings!

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Upper Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia - Nov 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 2, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-01-02. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:16, 1 January 2010 (UTC) howcheng {chat} 00:55, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I like this photo

That is a beautiful Photo, i spent 20 days in australia this past summer, but i never got that great of a picture of the Harbour bridge and the opera house.

Pick II (talk) 18:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Featured Pictures

Hi Diliff. Thanks for your note regarding sport profile photos. I may take you up on your offer to run one or two past you at some point. I've been a bit slack taking new ones this season as well, so maybe I'll go out and try to take some for this purpose. Camw (talk) 15:26, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

image usage

193.128.166.225 (talk) 16:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello David -

I am writing to see what permission usage is granted without a caption on your photo, but with a credit cited on our credit page?

The publication is an education text book,

Please email me as soon as you can

at natalie.andrews@harpercollins.co.uk

193.128.166.225 (talk) 16:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

POTD

Hi David,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Sydney Opera House - Dec 2008.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 26, 2010. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2010-01-26. Perfect for Australia Day! howcheng {chat} 23:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Critique pls

Hi, I finally got around to stitching a panorama of Mount Kilimanjaro which has been sitting around since June last year. Do you think it is upto FP standards? --Muhammad(talk) 03:30, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think it's a fine image, and probably the best in the article (although the panorama of yours in Moshi is also good), but I don't know. I am sure it is not easy to get a detailed and high resolution image of the mountain from a distance due to haze, but I would prefer more context in the photo. It is hard to see if we're just looking at the tip of the mountain or most of it. I think it might struggle at FPC due to being an incomplete view, but it is still worth trying. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for that. Is this aerial view any better? --Muhammad(talk) 15:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Wow, that is an interesting view. I guess because we always see the mountain from below, I never realised it had such volcano cone-shaped summit. Looking more carefully, I see that it is a similar view to a photo already in the article. I think yours is much better than that one, and should replace it in the article. Again though, because of the clouds, it is hard to know whether it extends far below or whether it flattens out. But I think that the second image is more striking. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:01, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks, I think I will nominate it then. BTW, check this out. Amazing video :-) --Muhammad(talk) 16:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request of price for using an image.

David,

Could you please send me a price for using a cropped version of the image of the London Financial District Skyline?

Please email at andy@webfinity.org as I have a client who would like to use it on a website.

Regards,

Andy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.196.193 (talk) 19:19, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Diliff or Illiff

It seems to me that your last name on Wikipedia is sometimes Diliff and sometimes Iliff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.158.106.14 (talk) 15:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]