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Another random, recent photograph

This is the aquarium at The Mirage in Las Vegas, on March 24, 2006.

I had no tripod with me, but the combination of image stabilization and high ISO allowed me to make a reasonably sharp image handheld, while Photoshop let me bring out the colour by removing the bluish cast and glare from the glass. The use of high ISO did, however, introduce considerable noise which some may find objectionable.

Aquarium at The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada

Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens at 70 mm, 1/60 second, f/4.5, ISO 3200

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On August 30, 2006 2:04 AM, zingtrial wrote:

Hi this is a nice pics :)
Thanks for sharing

On August 30, 2006 10:58 AM, markoos wrote:

back at las vegas? or is this an old one?

On August 31, 2006 12:00 PM, Odat wrote:

Wow!!! great pic...are there any patents on it, because I'm now using it as my puter background at work!!! It's very soothing to look at...Thanks for sharing that!

On August 31, 2006 5:07 PM, Sassan Sanei wrote:

This is from 5 months ago, but I just came across a batch of pictures that I never went through before. I love when that happens!

Odat, all the pictures on my web site are copyrighted, but I'm giving you permission to use it as your computer background at work, so enjoy! :) Let me know if you would like a higher-resolution copy to match your screen resolution. The original picture is 3504 x 2336 pixels and I can scale it to whatever resolution you like, just let me know what it is (1024x768, etc.).

On September 02, 2006 1:04 PM, Odat wrote:

thanks so much sassan...it looks good as it is...i have no idea whether i need another resolution...aarrghhhh!!

On September 11, 2006 8:28 AM, seebz wrote:

Speaking of permissions, I'm reminded of something that's bothering me a bit. What do you when someone chooses to reprint the same material you've researched over the internet and placed it on your blog? lets say flickr artists? What's kosher and what's not?

On September 11, 2006 2:42 PM, Sassan Sanei wrote:

You can ask them to take it down and hope they will comply. Unfortunately a lot of people do not understand the nature of "intellectual property rights" and do not see anything wrong with copying other people's work and pasting it into their own space. These are probably the same people who copy passages out of encyclopedias and pass them off as their own term papers in school! Others argue that if it's posted in a public space such as an Internet blog, it becomes public domain material, but that is not the case; the creator of the work still has copyright.

I don't think there's much you can do other than to ask them to remove the material or to credit you with it. If it really bothers you, you can pursue legal action, but maybe that is more hassle than it's worth? Or you can be flattered that they considered your material worthy of inclusion in their space, I suppose. :)

On September 12, 2006 1:16 PM, seebz wrote:

Thank you. I did end up commenting about "sparing some credits" for the original author. But that's it.

Comforting to know I'm not the only one who thinks doing such a thing is wrong.