Lefty and Gary

Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:32 pm

Reno 1978. Does this qualify for anybody as "The good old days"?

Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:34 pm

Roger that, thanks for sharing it...

Lynn

Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:40 pm

Or was it Gary and Lefty -- I do get confused some times...

Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:49 am

Thanks Neal. Good stuff.

I noticed the early cowlings. Is that the P-38 currently in New Mexico?

Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:31 am

Neal

That just had be laughing out load at the screen.

Thanks for that :lol:

Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:15 pm

Just so everybody knows, I'm probably going to pull these images from WIX in a day or so. They are really quite unique, and image piracy is such a pervasive problem these days that I don't think it a good idea to leave these or other particularly valuable (to me) images available on the internet indefinitely.

My understanding is that with Photobucket if I delete an image from my account there, then it disappears from wherever it is linked. Is this correct?

I would appreciate any comments from anybody who thinks it unfair or a bad idea to post something and then fairly quickly remove it for this kind of reason. Would it be a better idea to not post it at all? Any comments appreciated...

Neal

Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:26 pm

Regarding the above question -- if you think it's OK to "post and then pull" then what do you think would be a reasonable interval to leave it up so a reasonable number of people would be likely to see and enjoy it? I'm thinking three or four days, but would appreciate comments or thoughts.

Sorry to bring up such off topic issues, but these thoughts have been bothering me a bit, and a post on another site got me thinking again about copyright issues and piracy concerns. I do like sharing my stuff, but I want it to remain my stuff.

Neal

Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:49 pm

Neal Nurmi wrote:Regarding the above question -- if you think it's OK to "post and then pull" then what do you think would be a reasonable interval to leave it up so a reasonable number of people would be likely to see and enjoy it? I'm thinking three or four days, but would appreciate comments or thoughts.

Sorry to bring up such off topic issues, but these thoughts have been bothering me a bit, and a post on another site got me thinking again about copyright issues and piracy concerns. I do like sharing my stuff, but I want it to remain my stuff.

Neal

If you have Photoshop, why not run a great, big watermark over the photo? Then you can keep it posted permanently on the forum, and it will be hard to steal.

T J

Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:22 pm

Neal, just moving your photo to another file in Photobucket will break the link.

Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:25 am

Maybe just wait until the thread goes to 'page 2' (four or five days at the most), then pull the pictures.

Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:47 am

Neal Nurmi wrote:Just so everybody knows, I'm probably going to pull these images from WIX in a day or so. They are really quite unique, and image piracy is such a pervasive problem these days that I don't think it a good idea to leave these or other particularly valuable (to me) images available on the internet indefinitely.

My understanding is that with Photobucket if I delete an image from my account there, then it disappears from wherever it is linked. Is this correct?

I would appreciate any comments from anybody who thinks it unfair or a bad idea to post something and then fairly quickly remove it for this kind of reason. Would it be a better idea to not post it at all? Any comments appreciated...

Neal

Neal,

If an image has significance historically or commercially for you and the idea of somebody down loading it for personal file reference 'gets to you' I think it better not to post at all.

The issue of concern is usually one of commercial gain... but if we are truly honest it is really lack of credit.

Posting at modest resolution rarely produces a down loaded image worthy of publishing but it does open the door to be contacted by historians or magazines for a request for publication with credit, payment and/or trade.

It is irritating when occasionally a personal image is re-posted without credit but only minor compared to the pleasure of sharing images from yester-year....particularly as one gets older.

Watermarking right across an image in my view is the last resort for only the 'hottest' news image and best not to go there.

People are lazy. Help them with a credit title on both the image and the file name.

I probably have upward of 1500 photo bucket images currently on websites various, equally I have downloaded many hundreds for future personal reference. A bargain.

As long as you are winning more than you are losing.

PeterA

Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:51 am

Neal

I can fully understand your reasons for doing this. When I post pictures they tend to be no more than 800px wide and 100KB in size. I usually put a watermark via Photoshop in the corner, however this year there will be a (hopefully) subtle watermark across the centre of the picture. I hope it wont be too obvious but at the same time it will be difficult to remove.

This should make life more difficult for people who want to use the images on their websites without approval or who want to print them.

Here is an example of how I will be doing it in future.