Level or not?

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Hey, pix are for sharing and all our enjoyment

No, they're not; Not unless the copyright holder says they are.

It's really pretty simple: Photos are copyrighted. That means nobody has the right to copy unless the copyright holder has given express permission to do so. And he didn't allow his photos to be easily dragged off and onto the desktop from Flickr, by the way. It was likely screen-grabbed, not that it matters in the least - a copyright violation is illegal either way, whether it was easy or difficult to copy the image without the legal right to do so. I hope rotanimod got the copyright holder's permission first.

You can right click a photo on Flickr and view available sizes. I got one of the lowest resolution ones he had available, linked back directly to his work, and didn't directly host anything. this was a discussion on landscape leveling in post, with his shot as an example, and what to use as reference for post leveling.

Any thoughts on the discussion?

 

[Buckster]

Hey, pix are for sharing and all our enjoyment

No, they're not; Not unless the copyright holder says they are.

It's really pretty simple: Photos are copyrighted. That means nobody has the right to copy unless the copyright holder has given express permission to do so. And he didn't allow his photos to be easily dragged off and onto the desktop from Flickr, by the way. It was likely screen-grabbed, not that it matters in the least - a copyright violation is illegal either way, whether it was easy or difficult to copy the image without the legal right to do so. I hope rotanimod got the copyright holder's permission first.

You can right click a photo on Flickr and view available sizes.

I'm well aware of that. It's not a valid excuse to copy it without his permission, especially when he's taken steps to prevent downloading of that image. Because of that, you took a screenshot to grab it, didn't you?

I got one of the lowest resolution ones he had available,

Again, not a valid excuse to copy and use his photo without his express permission to do so.

linked back directly to his work,

Still not a valid excuse to violate someone's copyright.

and didn't directly host anything.

Who edited and uploaded this to a server online: fixed3_zps0fc9242f.png Photo by mushroomx | Photobucket. If it was you, did you get the copyright holder's permission to do so? If he didn't give you the right, then you don't have the right, and should stop.

this was a discussion on landscape leveling in post, with his shot as an example, and what to use as reference for post leveling.

Any thoughts on the discussion?

It looks slightly off to the eye, but not a lot. Derrel explained it very well, and Tim, as usual, had some very interesting and helpful insights. I've found that often it's a simple issue of perspective, as shorelines aren't always exactly perpendicular to the camera's point of view.

In any case, I don't think it's got enough of a tilt to spend so much time and effort on it. And it's certainly not worth screenshot-ganking the guy's photo, drawing lines on it, uploading it to a server online, and then presenting it to us. You could have simply pointed to the image he posted himself with a link, and had a discussion about it without violating his copyright at all.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

No screen grabbing involved. Just right clicked, and clicked the small size from the available sizes that popped up on his flickr page.

The Photobucket link has been removed.

It's a small thing to some people. But then again, I end up around water a lot, shooting landscapes. So an important discussion to have, for me.