harvey wrote:
Firstly I don't think you should ever use content in new contexts without permission so this usage should be clear in the posting setting up a challenge.
Hi Harvey,
That's why I started this thread in part but I think this can be one of the participation rules that the participant may be asked to agree. Otherwise, naturally the photo will not be used in the gallery or with a purpose that exceeds reference intentions.
harvey wrote:
Secondly any images aggregated into a new posting should be posted in the same form. For example if the orignal image was an external link the new posting should still be the same external link and not a new copy of the image.
Creating a new external link; this I did with Bakubo's photos in the last challenge with - I hope - his permission, because I did PM him to show what I was planning on doing. He gave me his opinion on the presentation and I moved on from there.
Some strange things can happen though, like the images Lonnie Utah submitted. I could view the photos in the forum with no apparent problems, so I downloaded them to a folder pertaining to the challenge with the rest of the submitted images to view them on the same page as a whole. Lonnie Utah's JPGs didn' show as thumbnails nor did they open in Photoshop or other viewing programs for some reason. So I went back and screengrabbed his photos to view. There's nothing wrong with my computer and it only happened with his images repeatedly.
There can be some complications that are not forseen. I did externally link David Antony's and Ossie's photos after I straightened the horizon in Ossie's photo and cleaned the haze with some adjustments. This required a new upload and yes, it may have offended Ossie, which I hope he'll forgive me because I didn't have enough time to contact him privately to ask his permission. I'll seek a way to delete it from the external link if possible if this truely bothers Ossie.
There was a similar approach for David Antony's file.
I personally don't approve touching other photogaphers' photos but I knew the potential in them and just for once adjusted some minor settings. It is time-consuming and better be performed by the photographer but I hope for this once this attempt will not hurt them or cause unsettling feelings among us.
I rather think everything should be done by the photographer but those individual photos had potential and I thoought it would be my lazziness if I didn't do something.....I know how it may appear to the viewer though: conceited and presumptious perhaps.
I appoligize inadvance David Antony and Ossie, if I offended you in any way for the actions I speak of above.
Thanks for the input Harvey,
Yldiz