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User talk:Fir0002/Archive 3Day old chick -> FP
Yet another great shot, Wikipedia is no doubt reminiscent of your photo albums by now! Nice work. |→ Spaully°τ 22:03, 10 April 2006 (GMT) Dinner Plain promoted
Congratulations (again)! ~ Veledan • Talk 13:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC) Wikimania Media Contest, 2006Dear Fir, Glad to see you're in touch with Fernanda Viegas. She's awesome. I'm planning another media competition this summer, like the one from last year. I could use serious help from some dedicated media-lovers. Would you be interested in helping organize the competition this year, and being one of the judges? Cheers, +sj + 18:48, 15 April 2006 (UTC) PS - for instance, it would be great if the presentations from last year (on commons) were turned into a proper gallery. Then the contest needs some promotion; with a local feeder contest next month on en; then open for submissions, and keep them organized into their own galleries... then prelim judging, celeb judging, and a nice awards ceremony :-) Photo:An early radio on display in the National Museum of AustraliaThis image appears to be a localizing speaker as part of a display and not an early radio. The anonymous notice above has been copied here from the talk page of the article History of radio. Since you uploaded the image, can you provide any additional information? The photo appears to be a modern plastic hemisphere rather than an old radio. --Blainster 06:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC) Mac againHey! Your crespuscular ray picture is the picture of the day tomorrow! Congrats! Well, I need a favor, per se. I am applying for the National Honor Society, in my 2nd year of secondary school, I think that's how your Aussies say it :). Perhaps you could write a short bit saying who you are, and that I contribute well to Wikipedia, participating in many activities, and I am in a number of groups, I welcome new users etc etc etc or something like that, and I have a large number of contributions (1500 going on 2000). Wikipedia counts as a community service, extracurricular activity, and its a "club." Its sort of like a letter of recommendation, that I have the smarts and character to join the National Honors Society. Thank you very much!! I need it in a day or two, only one or two paragraphs. -- user pageJust wanted to say, that beyond a shadow of a doubt, you have the nicest user-page in all of Wikimedia land. Bawolff 22:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
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+sj + 19:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC) Your river pic (Harrietville Trout Farm)Hey Fir, just wanted to know how you post-processed that image. It appears to be one a tone mapped HDR->LDR image, as well as having the associated unrealistic 'glow' in certain bright areas. ;) Nice pic, though. I miss Oz. :) England isn't particularly photogenic! At least, London isn't, once you get past the usual touristy suspects. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:14, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
FPCI think you nominated the sunset pic at WP:FPC in the wrong place - you probably want to move it to the top of the page. Stevage 15:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC) Arles Image Web Page CreatorHi Peter, Thanks for your notification. The fact that the Arles website uses that image is not quite a coincidence as I am the owner. Janderk 15:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC) Featured picture promotion
CongratsI've just been looking through all your images, they are absolutely spectacular. Particularly amazed at the Connors Hill Panorama. Nice work! michael talk 07:05, 24 April 2006 (UTC) sunsetwithfunnelclouds.jpgthose aren't funnnel clouds. a funnel cloud is a tornado before it reaches the ground. Joeyramoney 17:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC) Image copyright problem with Image:Fir0002 design 07.gifThanks for uploading Image:Fir0002 design 07.gif. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy). The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
Image Tagging Image:Fir0002 design 07.gif
Thanks for uploading Image:Fir0002 design 07.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Hello!Finally, I found your userpage! A long, long time ago, you introduced me to an external site where you could ask questions and such, very similar to how the Reference desk here operates. I wanted to thank you for that - I didn't get back to you earlier because for the longest time, I thought your username was Fir2000 and not Fir0002! Anyway, I hope you are well, and hopefully we'll see more wonderful pictures from you soon! --HappyCamper 20:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC) Well, I started the weekly maintained Science portal's featured picture. If you have any ideas, pictures, or commentary to add, please do. -- Featured picture promotion
Moon in daytimeFIR002, I envy your picture of the moon against a blue sky. I have tried to take a picture of the moon at dusk, and do not have the necessary features in my digital camera (3x zoom, f/number 3.5). I somehow believe I would be able take pictures of the moon, if I had the correct zoom and f/number (10x zoom?, f/2.8, tripod?). This is a guess based on conversations with others who have been able to take pictures of the moon (They had a Canon, 10x zoom) with their digital cameras. I have also heard that ISO 800 setting might help. Is there an additional specification which I might need to get that shot I want? --Ancheta Wis 23:36, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
I have nominated Image:Mackerel tabby.jpg for removal of the cat article. Please vote on the removal. Go here: Talk:Cat#Vote_for_removal_of_Image:Mackerel_tabby.jpg to vote. Thanks, --GeorgeMoneyTalk Contribs 06:13, 5 May 2006 (UTC) License tagging for Image:Fir0002 banner 01.jpgThanks for uploading Image:Fir0002 banner 01.jpg. Wikipedia gets hundreds of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 13:05, 6 May 2006 (UTC) Orange catI uploaded your Wikispecies picture of the orange cat and am now using it on my userpage becuase it looks almost exactly like my cat. Do you mind if I do that?--ÑøζζłεΜαń 12:09, 8 May 2006 (UTC) P.S. I also am using your picture of a water droplet as my desktop background. Very cool. CongratsAt the risk of boring you witless with all the accolades, may I say that I think your photography is absolutely fabulous. Thanks for making it available to the world. Maustrauser 00:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
PhotosAwesome photos. I do photography myself. Check out my site. (Cheap Tripod site. Whaddya gonna do? matthewtrevithick.tripod.com Sign the guestbook and tell me what you think on my wiki talk page PhotosI came across your awesome photos on commons! I like photography as well. I have a Panasonic FZ15 (35-420mm with IS). My photos on wiki are here: User:Waqas.usman/Waqas.usman_gallery. I'd like you to comment on my photos as well :) I've been learning gradually about a little post-processing as well (sometimes I use the auto-fix in Picasa2 and sometimes I do some extensive sharpness correction etc in PShop with layer masks). Do you process most of your images or are they straight from the camera (except cropping)? Of course I realize that a DSLR's quality of image is higher, I was just wondering how often do you have to process your images. Please reply at my talk page. More of my photos are at http://pbase.com/waqas and http://waqas.fotopic.net Waqas.usman 08:24, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Photos (2)Ya i did check them out. Your better than me. P.S. Nice camera. Better than mine too. Anyway, thanks for signing the guestbook. Matt Scanner photoHi, I used your photo of the Canoscan 9950F to illustrate an article at the Teleread blog about scanning one's personal library. Thanks for the great pic!--branko 14:00, 13 May 2006 (UTC) Quick question(s)I'm just wondering what program you use to edit pictures (your pics are awesome), and do you use it to make panoramas? or can your camera take panoramas? I've tried making panoramas with adobe photoshop elements, and I can never do it right. Thanks!--TheAlphaWolf 21:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC) Featured picture promotion
DOFI'm often frustrated by people of FPC who oppose images with shallow DOF in cases where the shallow DOF actually enhances the image, for example in cases where it makes the background less distracting. I ran across the salad platter image and was wondering if you thought that this was a case which benefited from the shallow DOF, or if perhaps you need a tilt/shift lens. :) --Gmaxwell 22:20, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Clickable image (Fir0002_banner_02.jpg)Hello Fir0002, Featured picture promotion
User page awards Fir0002, thanks for signing up for the Esperanza User Page Contest. The judges have received the fifteen entries, and are ready to start judging. The judges will take a week to complete the judging process, and they will contact all the participants when the judging is done.
NasturtiumsThanks for your great photographic contributions to Wikipedia. Just noticed that your picture Pink nasturtiums.jpg actually show pink petunias--Melburnian 03:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
My real ageHi Peter. You can work out my real age from the (real) DOB on my userpage. (The only thing that's fictional on there is the "current date"; the article is written as through it was still 1973.) — JEREMY 11:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC) Image info questionI was just wondering where and when [2] was taken? Nice photo, by the way. -- Beland 01:57, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
banksia photosHey Antony, nice banksia photos - can you write down where they were taken and Ican help ID some of them. PS: There are loads of nice banksias in east gipplsand including a new species on the Betke river which should be in flower about now..... cheers Cas Liber
Pic peer review requestG'day, love your work. I'm fishing for comments for peer review at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cement truck, would you mind? Stevage 12:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC) UserpageCame accross your userpage from the VandalProof talk page, and I must say... *blink* Wow. Its so... smooth. I was meaning to make a slice graphic for my userpage so that you could click on different parts of a picture and go to the place, but they don't let us upload Flash. >_< But yeah, just wanted to say how envious I am now. :P Cheers, Master of Puppets That's hot. 08:54, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Featured picture candidates/Snail-WAWhat program did you use to sharpen this? I can't seem to get the same result.Froggydarb 09:59, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
FYIFigured you couldn't wait till next week: IT 98.5%, pipped Physics by 1%. BTW SC page is coming along, it's even got a TOC now. --jjron 14:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Taking photos of Flinders St StationG'day, I had this idea for taking photos of things like that where you have traffic passing constantly. Is it possible to take a long succession of photos (say 20 photos in the space of a minute, or even more?) then reconstitute all the parts of the images together that don't have cars across them at any point in time? Do you know if anyone's tried this kind of thing? Could be a pretty unique photo afterwards! Flinders St at midday without a single car or pedestrian! Stevage 17:55, 26 May 2006 (UTC) RfA NotificationHello! I noticed that you have interacted with user:Staxringold who is currently undergoing an RfA and thought that you might be interested in participating at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Staxringold 2. You have received this message without the endorsement of the candidate involved, and this is not a solicitation of support, it is only an effort to make RfA discussions better (for more information see user:ShortJason/Publicity). Thank you in advance for your participation. ShortJason 19:25, 30 May 2006 (UTC) UserpageWow, great userpage. Looks like you spent alot of time on it. --Lewk_of_Serthic contrib talk 19:31, 30 May 2006 (UTC) rainbow pictureHi, I'm sorry but I removed your image from Cattle, for reasons discussed at Talk:Cattle#Images, even though I do like the picture from an artistic point of view. (This is just to let you know; any discussion is best on the article talk page.) Arbitrary username 11:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC) AdminshipSushiGeek 06:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC) (P.S. I'll create the page after you accept.) AdminshipYour page is ready. Just answer the questions, and when you do please update the ending time to be one week after you accepted (in UTC). Also, add the page to the RfA page at the top of the nomination list. SushiGeek 06:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC) QuestionsFew questions (I may copy your answers to the main RFA page if I feel they are relevant to others): 1) Why do you have an external link in your signature, despite being asked not to (see this message that you received) and it being regarded as spam (see WP:SPAM#How_not_to_be_a_spammer point 7)?
2) Do you not view edit summaries as important for all pages?
3) More fundamentally, you show very little experience with areas admins deal with except for images. Would you actively avoid these 'other areas' (such as vandal fighting, blocking, page protection, afd closing etc)? How would you react if as an admin someone asks you 'please block this user': under what circumstances would you block?
Sorry if the above sounds like an interrogation. I'm in no way trying to put down your great contributions to Wikipedia, and I have no problem with admins who don't have full experience in every aspect of Wikipedia (i.e. if you want to be an 'image admin' that's fine by me), as long as I am convinced no damage will be done elsewhere. Petros471 08:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
My RFA Please enable your emailUser:GHe has just pointed that out on your RFA. Normally I'd automatically oppose an RFA with no email enabled. So please set a valid one and confirm it via your preferences (in case you're wondering why, it's so blocked users can contact you while they are blocked, or for other reasons you might be called on as an admin when talk pages can't be used). Cheers, Petros471 21:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC) Photo websiteI noticed your photo website, its pretty slick, have you made many wikipedia related sales? -Ravedave 02:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Re:Your vote on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Snail-WAI supported your edit. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 10:42, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Tambo River photoI've added your photo to an article. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 10:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Snail PictureOK, I've updated my vote. it's right below my previous one now. Bonus Onus 16:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Newton ring imageHi! I noticed that you have the same scanner used to get an image of Newton's rings as this guy (see the "Lovely Newton ring example"). It happens when the the scanner is cold or something, I am hoping you have an example that you could upload. If you are too busy or don't have an example don't worry about :-) --Commander Keane 23:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC) Closing FPCsHi Fir0002. I saw your comment in your RfA about closing FPCs. Anybody can close them--you don't need admin powers :). I think Veledan has been doing a lot recently because he wrote a short script that made it really easy. Good luck on your RfA! ~MDD4696 01:28, 8 June 2006 (UTC) Hi Fir, I'm certain you know your back catalogue better than I do; perhaps you have some suggestions here? Thanks, pfctdayelise (translate?) 09:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC) Wow...You deserve this for sure.  Happy Birthday!
Many happy returns! Enjoy!!! Thistheman 01:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Have a really good birthday! Sergeant Snopake 07:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I'm late with this message... Steveo2 11:03, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Don't worry about it!No problem. You know, it's actually my mother's cat's birthday today, too! :) Sergeant Snopake 11:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC) I'm always available to spread happiness on Wikipedia, and in real life as well! Hope you enjoyed your special day! Thistheman 03:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Your RfAI am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful: Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 07:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Hey fir, congrats and all that :) I just wanted to point out a few things as you're one of the less experienced (in admin related things) person to pass through RFA. By this I don't mean you'd to a bad job (hey I supported you didn't I...) but more of a caution to be careful (which I'm sure you'd be anyway). Slightly ironically the only admin action that can't be reversed is image deletion. Therefore the worst you can do is either 1) do something horribly controversial that causes a big fuss and some editors leave in the fall out or 2) you delete an important picture or something and don't have a backup. Now number 1 can be avoided with experience and discussing things with other admins, and number 2 can be avoided by keeping a local backup of any pictures you delete (unless you are 100% sure that it's ok to go, and once you're familiar with the deletion interface). If you want a play with deleting/restoring pages feel free to have a play in my personal sandbox User:Petros471/Testing, where I've messed around with that sort of thing (trying out selective deletion etc.) If you have any questions feel free to ask me, or any of the other hoard of admins around. Petros471 08:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Congratulations! Wow, you're an admin? That's great! Good for you! Well done! Sergeant Snopake 08:38, 13 June 2006 (UTC) Congratulations, and you're very welcome! --Merovingian {T C @} 08:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
You are now entrusted with the mop. :-) Anonymous_Anonymous 12:55, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks everyone! Much appreciated --Fir0002 08:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC) Congrats on gaining admin status! Great job! :) cøøkiə Ξ (talk) 01:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC) Your RfAAh...Fir0002 - welcome to the crew :-) Remember, if you need a hand, you're always welcome to come by my talk page. --HappyCamper 21:43, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Are you aware...of the Wikia, Inc. site for Academic Publishing? I have only recently learned of its existence after having my work extricated from the Wikipedia since it was determined to be Original Research. Since photos seem to be able to avoid this particular problem unlike text I was sure glad to find it. If you have any time i would greatly appreciate some help in sprucing it up even if it is just from suggestion. Thanks ...IMHO (Talk) 01:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC) (The folowing was moved here from my talk page ...IMHO (Talk) 03:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC))
Image helpFir, congrats! Can you help me out - is there anything you can do in photoshop to make this picture Image:Rabbi Scheinberg at a Bris Mila.jpg a little lighter? It was taken by a bad camera in a dimly-lit synagogue: stained-glass window, poor lighting, yada yada yada. Thanks so much. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 13:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Delisting PicturesHi, Fir0002. My name is Moshe and I was wondering if you could put some featured pictures up for delisting. I am not as advanced as you are on Wikipedia (I see you nominated the Epicyclic Gear Ratios for removal) and am thus unable to do it myself. However, I believe that the following pictures are not up to standards and deserve to lose their "featured status".
Thank you for your time. --MosheA 15:23, 14 June 2006 (UTC) Re: Image:Snail-WA froggydarb-edit 01.jpgYep, you can delete it. Froggydarb 09:23, 15 June 2006 (UTC) RE:Image:Snail-WA 03.jpgI provided an answer, but please see my talk page. --Mad Max 01:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC) KudosThank you for doing the amazing work you do. I hope you won't forget Wikimedia Foundation when you are off being a professional photographer. You are awesome!--BradPatrick 02:46, 16 June 2006 (UTC) I also give you kudos, many of my favourite pictures I am now discovering were taken by you! skorpion 03:26, 16 June 2006 (UTC) Me too, fantastic photographs, a few will grace my desktop for months to come Michaeltyne 12:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Monitor calibrationFir, I'm working through several of the recent WP:FPC nominations so I can close them, and I noticed something while doing so. It seems that in many cases where you have provided an edited version of an image, that image is significantly brighter than other edits. This isn't a problem per se; you may just have a preference for brighter images than many others. But it's also possible that the monitor you view/edit images on is set significantly darker than most other people's. If your monitor hasn't been calibrated, you might want to calibrate it. If you use Mac OS X, an eyeball color-calibration tool is included in the "Color" subpane of the Displays preferences pane. I'd also recommend setting overall color temperature to the D65 standard and monitor gamma to 2.2. In fact, even if your monitor has been calibrated, it might be worth doing again as displays shift in character as they age. You are obviously an accomplished photographer here on Wikipedia, so I hope you don't take these comments the wrong way (especially as I'm somewhat of a newbie here). I'm impressed by your work. It's just something I noticed about your edits that makes me think your monitor might be set darker than most. -- moondigger 23:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
AlburyWhen were you in Albury? I am formerly of them there parts. skorpion 10:10, 18 June 2006 (UTC) Re:Bit of advice pleaseGreat, I'd just written a reply to this, and before I hit save, my computer decided to freeze. So much for 'stable WinXP'... So forgive me if this reply is a bit shorter and less detailed: First off the official policy on sockpuppets is WP:SOCK, which contains lots of useful info like how to tag them etc. Also check out the bit on meatpuppets. Generally speaking when I'm dealing with the messy business of socks I identify the 'puppet master', the main (oldest, most edits) account. Then all other accounts that have strong evidence that they are used by the same person (or people who are editing in a way that makes then indistinguishable from the same person) should be indef blocked. They don't need to be warned if the evidence is strong enough. If the contrib evidence isn't strong enough (glancing at the ones listed on that link you gave me suggests some are pretty obvious, others might need a closer look) then you can request a checkuser (WP:RFCU). The main account isn't usually blocked, but warned that using sockpuppets for vote stacking is against policy. If they continue then it can be blocked for a short period (at first, then longer if continues). Kmf164 is also an admin by the looks of it, so you should be able to work together on this (I generally stay out of sock situations I'm not familiar with, because it does need a knowledge of the contribs). Good luck, let me know if you have any other questions/need more help on this. Petros471 13:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC) Cello editCan you please add what you did to your cello edit? Thanks -Ravedave 02:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know...You are an amazing photographer! I can't believe someone that young has so much photgraphic talent already. You should think about a career in photography or film. Anywho, that's all I came over here to say. Oh, and congratulations on having today's featured picture! ♠ SG →Talk 06:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Swifts Creek PageRe the coordinates for the Creek, I wonder what is more correct. I used the Land.vic official government coordinates, which you should think would be correct (having said which they give different coordinates for the creek itself, although that may make sense given it's not just in one spot). I have added the Land.vic link to the references section if you want to double check. Have also now done a Land.vic check on Flaggy, again different from Google (or were you estimating the town coordinates from the Flagstaff coordinates on Google?). I wonder where Google get their coordinates?
This is a quandary.
I also have a few historical photos that I got off Graeme. PS Have a look at the Bairnsdale page, see what you think. Also went and took some Ensay pics yesterday to start making an article on that. --jjron 11:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC) (oops, forgot to sign about 2hrs ago) Your imagesI just wanted to say thanks for your panoramas, they make for great desktop pictures if you have a 3840x1024 desktop :) Keep them comming --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 20:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
PhotosYour photos are PHENOMENAL! Keep them coming! Hope you're enjoying sysoping. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 07:18, 21 June 2006 (UTC) SC & FP OpI think u'd have to explain HDR to me a bit more, and show me the originals for me to compare. But speaking of which, if you look back at the Bairnsdale page I really like the pic inside St Mary's. I reckon it's a possible feature pic, but not mine (too soft for starters, but I reckon I've done pretty much what I can with my camera and Photoshop and time). But was thinking if you got in there with your equipment you might be able to make something a bit more of it, perhaps using HDR or exposure bracketing (are they the same thing?). Perhaps a shot from the choir loft (if u could get up there) would be even better. Will check the Google coords after the hols (change them if you want; personally though I think the decimal places at least are possibly unnecessary). Personally I would tend to trust the Land.vic data; I would need to check where Google get theirs from, e.g., is it just from satellite data? - could be innaccurate, esp if they haven't allowed for relativity ;). --jjron 10:00, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Re: Voting on FPCNo, I have nothing against you. I just feel that it is pointless to vote "Support" on a photo that will obviously pass (unless the picture is flawless). I do feel, however (and if you are offended by this I apologize) that due to your various other excellent contributions to FPC that you reputation has begun to proceed you, and works that (I feel) are not quite FP quality (like Jonquil Flowers, Ten Pin Bowling, Orb Weaver Spider) are getting consideration from some simpily because "it's a Fir0002 photograph". But regardless, I have nothing against you, though I do look forward to more of your high-quality that I will most certainly vote "Support" on. Morgan695 13:41, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
panoramasJust a question, but what program do you use for stitching your panoramas. Thanks Froggydarb 07:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Vildricianus,
Sorry 'bout that, and I clarified it. Hurricanehink (talk) 13:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC) Wavecut platformYes, please go ahead and delete. Anyone else can do a downsampled version, if ever needed. A pity it was not supported, I really think it is very encyclopedic. Greetings, --Janke | Talk 14:44, 25 June 2006 (UTC) Linkia image deletionIt's okay if you delete the image. I'm not too heartbroken. If only there wasn't jpeg compression artifacts... Dark jedi requiem 01:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Re: Concert Hall editsFeel free to delete any edits I've made to others' images, assuming they aren't needed for any other purpose. I'd delete them myself if I could figure out how to. -- moondigger 00:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC) Partial loading of pageHi,
re:Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cane ToadYeah you can delete it, from now on if any of my edits aren't used anywhere then you can go ahead and delete them. Froggydarb 00:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC) Re: Closing heaps of nomsNot really, no. All I do is just go through the steps one at a time with all the nominations at once, eg first decide whether to promote or not, then add them all at once to the archive, then add them all at once to Goings On etc. It's the quickest and least tedious way I've found to do them. Raven4x4x 05:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC) Your userpageAmazing userpage! I wish I knew what the heck I was doing so I could build one like it, but until then I'll just stare at yours. :) —Aiden 13:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC) Use Foto Eucalyptus-treeDear Fir0002, is ist possible, that we can use your foto of the eucalyptus-tree with another license. this moment, we have to use the hole text of GFDL-license. Best regards Susanne Blessing-Bayer
A moment of your time???I'm just asking, if you get a spare moment, could you please make a very minor edit to this photo - Image:Towneley Hall.JPG when i took it i didnt realize quite how dark it was and it seems like quite a good pic so if you do get a min please could you increase the brightness. Thanks for your time. --Childzy talk contribs 19:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
WP:ESP/UPA resultsCongratulations, you're the winner for this round! Petros471 12:39, 4 July 2006 (UTC) Congrats, next time I won't enter the competition because of userpages like yours. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to get a super duper userpage. ;)--Andeh 13:00, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
You can just go ahead and send the "judging incentive money" to the usual address. --Cyde↔Weys 03:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
SLR camerasHi Peter, Sorry to bother you, but I'm wondering if you could give me just some quick advice on something. I'm considering getting a DSLR - what factors/traps should I consider or watch out for as I look at the ones available? Thanks :) enochlau (talk) 09:16, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
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Also promoted was Image:American buffalo proof vertical edit.jpg, your edit of the American Buffalo coin picture. Congratulations! Raven4x4x 09:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC) Featured pic for deletioni dont quite know how to do it so i was wondering if you could list this photo for deletion- Image:Chicago Skyline at Sunset.png as you can see it is very grainy and would not pass to do thus it needs unlisting. --Childzy talk contribs 11:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC) QuestionHi: I was wondering if a picture like the one found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H3chiefemerges.jpg meets all the criteria for FPC. i mean, i think the pic looks good and all, but i was wondering about the copyrights and stuff. Figured that since you already have experience in this topic you would know.Nnfolz 20:44, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Your Vote on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hippo podHi Glaurung,
"Cut-out" spiderYes, the darkened background is an improvement, but it still looks cut-out. This doesn't have that big "wow" factor that many of your other pictures have... so, no change in voting, sorry. --Janke | Talk 08:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC) Re:Huntsman SpiderA natural one :) Froggydarb 09:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
EmuHi, have you ever photographed Emu eggs or feathers? I would like some pics of these for the article. Thanks --Peta 02:58, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Your photographsHi, Fir0002. I came across your page by clicking around. I just went to your website and am overwhelmed. Your photographs are so amazingly beautiful. Well just wanted to tell you that. Shannonduck talk 06:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Hi again, Fir0002. Just wanted to tell you that I didn't say that because I was just being nice. Your photographs are, for sure, as good as I've seen anywhere. I've been into photography a little myself, in the past, and have even studied it, just a bit. They are absolutely stunning, and show a deep love of nature. I believe you have what it takes to be a photojournalist or any sort of professtional photographer. Shannonduck talk 16:33, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Image:Crimson sunset02 ali k.jpgHi Fir0002, I am thinking about jazzing up my commons page and would like to use this image on it. Would you mind if I uploaded it to commons? Thanks for all your help in the past, Regards, --Ali K 05:24, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
early radiohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Early_radio.jpg is not a radio. it's a "cone of silence" localized speaker system common in museums and libraries. Perhaps you mis-labled it... Rick Boatright 05:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC) NarcissusHey, do u mind if I swap your current main pic of jonquils on the Narcissus page to my pic of King Alfred Daffodils now? --jjron 09:20, 16 July 2006 (UTC) Nice edit jobon this photo I uplodaded:  --Caliga10 12:34, 17 July 2006 (UTC) About a pic I fell in love withI was browsing trough commons and an image caught my eye, it is found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Floating_on_water.jpg I was wondering if it is apropiate for a nomination for FPC. I belive it fails two critical criteria, the one about being in an article and the one about being encyclopedic, both wich I think could be adressed with some cleverness. what do you think? Should I load it first to the english wikipedia or can it be nominated directly from commons?Nnfolz 03:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Nice PhotosHi Marumari! Nice to see your addition to FPC, I've had a look through your other pix and they look pretty good! These are my favs: Image:Swallowtail dying.jpg, Image:Pivoting king vulture.jpg, Image:Mexican wolf lounging.jpg (I'd even try feature the mexican wolf one). Well done, but I wonder if I could ask you to upload in higher res? Thanks, --Fir0002 06:22, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
License tagging for Image:Wikimania-(2006-full).gifThanks for uploading Image:Wikimania-(2006-full).gif. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images. For more information on using images, see the following pages: This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 09:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Hi Fir0002! You've signed up to be a judge for the Esperanza User Page Award! You'll have three user pages to examine. The user pages you get coincide with your signup number. So if you signed up to be a judge in spot 1 than you will get nominations 1-3. Pick your favorite one, and list it in the finalist section. After all 5 judges have chosen a finalist it's time to award them 1-10 points in the four categories:
Please see the Scores section on this page for additional information on your job as a judge. Keep in mind that your scores are confidential! Email Banes with your scores and final picks. As soon as all the scores have been tallied, a winner will be announced! Thanks. May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC) Don't leave...Please don't leave, Fir. By all means, take a short Wikibreak (I'm thinking of taking one now I seem to have stirred up all these bad feelings by (I thought innocently) nominating those pictures for delisting), but don't leave. Wikipedia is a great place, and it's in need of great people like you. You've achieved so much here! You're an admin, you've contributed an MASSIVE 47 Featured pictures, and many others that haven't been featured yet. You're one of the most helpful and constructive voters I've ever seen on FPC. Don't leave, for the sake of the community and the life you've built here. Maybe take a couple of weeks off, or just keep editing pages but ignoring discussions. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC) 
Oh dear... a Wikipedia without you would not be much of a Wikipedia at all! I can't count the number of times I've looked at a gorgeous picture, and predicted seeing your info on the image page. I'm sorry that things are stressing you out, but you should know just how much your contributions are appreciated! I hope you are able to relax, and that things improve. -- Natalya 18:46, 21 July 2006 (UTC) You are appreciated. In case that wasn't already obvious. I had not noticed any of your images before (that I'm aware of), but that's merely a sign of the giganticism of Wikipedia - you are appreciated, and will be missed if you leave. Even if you are unwilling to continue fighting the good fight at FPC, please don't stop releasing your wonderful photos under free licenses. Thanks for all your work. JesseW, the juggling janitor 21:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
FP QuestionHello. I would like to ask you, cause you're a photo guru here :). Do you think this: Image:Titlis-1.jpg photo could successfuly run for FP ? Thank you. -- Darwinek 13:00, 21 July 2006 (UTC) G'dayG'day, sorry to hear you're getting fed up with this place. It's not surprising that you're outgrowing Wikipedia, and as you're going through VCE and thinking about uni, it's even less surprising that the pettiness and bitching here would get to you. What can I say - you're incredibly valuable to us, and an inspiration to a lot of hack photographers like me :) I hope that whatever happens you keep producing awesome photos, and that you still share the occasional one with us. Best of luck with everything. Stevage 13:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I just tried sending you an email- but the Wikipedia servers seemed to die just (as/after?) I sent it, so I'm not 100% sure you've got it. Could you please let me know if you've received it ok? Cheers, Petros471 23:33, 21 July 2006 (UTC) Re:FPDon't be distressed. I have had a few tough and sad moments on Wikipedia during almost two years here. Don't worry, be happy. :) You are a great editor and photo expert, valuable for our community. Lack of your person would be a large loss to our "wiki-family". - Darwinek 09:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Licencing and other thingsYou're probably right about the licencing. I just hadn't really tried to think about it lately. As for those two lenses, I think the 70-200mm f/2.8L lens is the better lens, but the 24-105mm f/4L IS is definitely my walkaround lens, dispite its faults. I've been meaning to send mine back to Canon, as it was one of the first made and has a fault ([3]) which I haven't as yet had fixed. The other problem is one that has occasionally shown itself on the edges. I suspect it may have something to do with the IS as it seems to only happen intermittantly and occasionally (ie here [4]. The left edge is significantly out of focus and I don't know why. So I'm going to take my 24-105mm back to Canon sometime soon and get those issues checked out. Oh, and it vignettes slightly wide open. I should note that having a full frame camera makes those sorts of issues worse than they would be on your 20D. But for a walkaround lens, it can't really be beaten. Its great for low light photography (wide open, at 24mm and IS, you can shoot just about anywhere without a tripod if you have to). Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 10:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Tailor, SnapperHi Fir0002, I just stumbled across this photo and it looks like a snapper to me, rather than a Tailor as you've labelled it. Also you might want to contribute some pics to the snapper (Chrysophrys aurata) article (it's new). Cheers —Pengo talk · contribs 00:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
5th Photo BarnstarHere is a 5th Barnstar for you! Your pictures are OUTSTANDING! Aeon Insane Ward 18:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC) 
And another promoted edit: Image:Atlantis launch plume edit.jpg. As if you need any more... :) Raven4x4x 10:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Dude your images rock! Æon Insane Ward 19:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Quick QWhat software do you use for that wikimedia montage you have on your 1 yr sub-page? Oh, and congrats on the 85mm f/1.8 lens you now have. Its easily my favourite lens, although it isn't the most useful. Aside from portraits where it obviously excels, its difficult to find uses for it, but I try nonetheless. ;) I used it for that Notre Dame pano, actually. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC) Image:sarajevopurple.jpgIs now OK? It's double. Isn't Sarajevo amazing? I hope that you are going visit Sarajevo some day. :)Regards --Kahriman 15:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Salad platter imageCould you possibly identify all the ingredients in the image of the salad platter? I'm writing the caption for the POTD and it would be helpful. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 16:56, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Nomination for Delisting (Wolf Spider) (Emperor Gum Moth)Hello. Very recently I was pointed out to the "courtesy call" of informing the original nominator if his/her image is being nominated for delisting. I admit, I was somewhat aware of the practice, but I seemed to miss the boldfaced notice saying that it was necessary. At the time of the nominations, I was also very busy and unable to continue perusing Wikipedia. Just now I read the comments under the subject's page and the FPC Discussion page and I felt obliged to respond. In no way were my inactions intentional and I apologise for the delay in my responding and the inconvenience it catalysed. Thank You. -- AJ24 01:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia Youth FoundationYou should join the wikipedia youth foundation today! --Bigtop (tk||cb|em|ea) 20:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC) (WP:WYF) Photo questionWhere was Image:Anvil shaped cumulus panorama edit crop.jpg taken? It's such a lovely photo, it makes me want to go there, but I have no idea where I should be fantasizing about. -- Beland 15:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Creek PageCheck out the Creek Page. Have replaced your sawmill pic with a historic pic. See what you think - placement, etc. --jjron 14:00, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
FP delist closing procedureI must confess that I'm a bit confused why you marked the Monopoly board as 'Keep' with a 9 delist to 6 keep vote... you have previously kept images with 15 keep and 10 delist votes. Either way, the majority position has a 150% support compared to the minority. If 15-10 is good enough to keep, then 9-6 should be enough to delist... or am I thinking about this wrong? Do you hold out for a 2/3 majority for delisting? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 19:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Great Alpine RoadHey, can u also check out the talk page on the Great Alpine Road article; see what you think? --jjron 07:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC) A passing helloHey Fir0002! I was just looking at images, and was (yet again) linked to your userpage. I just wanted to make sure everything is ok with you, after what I had been reading last week. I hope it was all a passing phase, but you know where I am if you ever need me. Keep it cool, --Ali K 14:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks both of you! Yeah everything is good again,and I appreciate your support! --Fir0002 12:08, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Just a QuestionI posted on the humanities help desk, and they said I should try asking you: "I'm considering buying three new lenses for my camera (one of the mid-upper tier of those big Nikon professional cameras), and I just wanted advice on which to get. I'm thinking zoom and microfocus lenses along with something else. Is a fisheye lense fairly useless? I like the way some of the pictures taken with it can turn out, but I'm looking for the most generally useful lenses. Is there any particular lense well suited to bokeh pictures? My current lense wont usually let me adjust the focus to the blur-to-clarity contrast that I'm looking for, and I certainly can't seem to get those interestingly pixelated blurred backrounds I've seen elsewhere (though some of that might be photoshoping.)" Thanks so much. What I've seen of your pictures is great, and pretty damn impressive for a 16 (is it 17 now?) year old. I'm about to be 18 and I suck, but I hope to become a more serious photographer. Really, though, your pictures are fantastic, and some of the landscapes are taken from brilliant angles. Beyond impressive. Sashafklein 18:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC) Image modification requestHi Fir0002, I have a request for you to modify one of the images you've uploaded: Image:Sour dough loaves02.jpg is being used on Sourdough (of course), and there's a bit of controversy over the blur effect. The article is being constantly vandalized solely because of the blurring. The caption is being rewritten to read something about "loaves appearing on shelves at over 70mph" or some such. Any chance you could upload it without the blur effect? I've attempted to crop the blur out, but it's just not the same. The image is great otherwise, and it's an awesome addition to the article, but the vandalism is making me crazy! Thanks — Wwagner 18:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi! You supported the Hummingbird Hawk-moth FPC (like everyone else who commented), but HighInBC uploaded an edit that absolutely no-one commented on. I can't promote the image without knowing which version to promote, so now I have to ask everyone which version they prefer. Would you mind specifying which image you are supporting? Thanks. Raven4x4x 09:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC) TV RacesHi Fir0002, reckon u can correct the filename/s on the FPCs? Valley, not Vallery (or was there a reason for that? --jjron 10:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Greetings, Fir0002. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Kylu for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.
Canon lens purchasesIf you need a US address for purchases of film equipment, etc. I would be glad to let you use my business address. I can then forward the items via FedEx or UPS or whatever. I didn't realize that some companies wouldn't ship to Australia. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 02:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Another FPA picture you edited, Image:Versailles Chapel - July 2006 edit.jpg, has just been promoted. Congrats again! Raven4x4x 07:40, 6 August 2006 (UTC) Panorama photo questionHello. I have just taken a few photos in the mountains and want to make panoramic picture from it. The main problem is the different color of sky and other objects. How do you solve this problem ? I can upload them to the Commons. - Darwinek 12:19, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
State LibraryYeah, they straighten it out a fair bit. The second one gets the roof more level, but at the expense of warping/leaning the sides, and I think even losing a tiny bit of the wall. So, not sure which is better. I'd almost say the first one for those reasons. Go ahead and replace it in the article if you want to. May have to get the original off you to replace my original. Well done. --jjron 06:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC) A Pair of Stars for youHello again Fir0002 here a few more things for your page Æon Insane Ward 23:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Fir0002! Your pictures are outstanding! Æon Insane Ward 16:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Just HiHi there, just want to greet my favorite photographer on Wikipedia. I also live in Melbourne, you know, (wait, you are live in Melbourne aren't you? haha) studying at RMIT, but I'm Indonesian. And because of that, I really like your Gamelan photo and would like to thank you that there is actually a featured image related to Indonesia. Okay, take care and happy taking pictures! Cheers -- Imoeng 18:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Salad PhotoHi, I wanted to let you know that I made the background of your Salad picture transparent. How can I send this to you? BhaiSaab talk 21:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
85mm lens photoJust a heads-up. As per the discussion on talk page for WP:FPC, your recent nomination was deemed Promoted against consensus. Accordingly, I have changed the closing to reflect this and it is not currently a Featured Picture. I trust you'll understand that this is nothing personal as I'm a big fan of your work, but based on the discussion on the talk page, the promotion was in error. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 16:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC) QuestionQuick question for you. Can anyone promote a FPC to FP if the consensus is clear and the necessary amount of time has passed? --Hetar 20:33, 12 August 2006 (UTC) Once more...
Your edited picture, Image:Tower Bridge Sacramento edit.jpg, was also promoted. Raven4x4x 01:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC) The sunset looks fine now. The wavy line still puzzles me. Is that the result of some more intelligent stitch program than the one I use? And does that automatically adjust the histogram (assuming that's what it was) or did you do that by hand? I also thought that those two little dark clouds just to the left of it near the horizon were a clone artefact, but I suppose that's just a coincidence. The trees to the right of it look very similar too, which reinforced the impression. By the way, I never know where to react to a message on my talk page - there or at the other person's talk page. And now there is also the image talk page, both here at Wikipedia and at Wikimedia Commons, where any comments should really go. Very confusing. :) DirkvdM 07:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC) Hey Fir, just wondering if you have a less cropped image of this sculpture. It's terribly hard to get a sense of scale from this one, not to mention, what gives with the censorship? Can you imagine David from the waist up?! cheers, pfctdayelise (translate?) 10:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC) |
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