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I do the same thing that Joe does.

@RightOn: Andy Goldsworthy's work is amazing, in the natural form and the photographic form.

All of my work is officially copyrighted through the U.S. copyight office. I have paid the fees to have it all officially copyrighted.

Paying the fee to have your work officially copyrighted, gives you a certificate of copyright, which is an official document, and a legal one, and valid in a court of law. It states your name, the title of your work, the type of work, the year, the Library of Congress's catalogue number, etc., on it. It offers protection above and beyond a simple copyright icon and statement on a blog or website. The copyright holder is legally protected with this document.

An official copyright certificate validates the copyright holder. It is extremely useful, valid and viewed as such legally in a U.S. court of law.

Looking back in my December photos...I would say that for December 2007, this is my favorite.

For the overall year, itself, it would be this one.

How sweet and thoughtful! Your friends think a lot of you.

This is standard fare for me.

Nikon D50
Nikon D40
28mm lens
18-55mm lens
50mm lens
55-200 mm lens
70-300mm lens
Various Nikon filters
Remote
Dust blower
Lens Cloths
SD Memory cards
Zip Lock baggies

I would suggest you go visit dpreview. Compare the cameras according to your needs.

Then as publicenergy said, try them out in a camera shop.

I recommend the Nikon 40, but that is me, I am a Nikon fiend.

Dave: Yes, you have to love those shutter noises. LOL. :)

Art forms (no matter what form it takes) makes a statement, and this certainly is making a statement on junk mail. I see where she is going with this, in that respect.

I wouldn't go to an art gallery to see it, though.

My anonymous answers can be found on the site's survey.

I like the vibrant tones and contrasts, and light reflecting in the droplets.

I would think that mixing blue and yellow would give you a hue of green.

If you are speaking of fashion (of which I am not obssessed over, as I live in jeans and tee shirts) I have seen some fashion trends moving towards gray. Everywhere you look in the women's fashion aisles, gray seems to be the color, even with accessories you will see metalic grays. So, if we go with what Ozone42 said, then bluish-yellow would more or less equal gray tones.

If you use their extended license, and become an exclusive member, you must read the terms carefully, extremely carefully.

I never have more than 50 photos on istock at a given time, and these are photos I would not sell, artistically, or exhibit in galleries, etc. Although I have had a lot of downloads, I would never become an exclusive member, because then your work is represented by them, and you can't even display it on your website, show it in gallieries, etc.

I prefer selling my work artistically, on my own, and have done fairly well. I don't normally sell my work in frames, as sell huge sizes, and I ship everywhere, and frames can become extremely cumbersome and costly to ship, and I don't want to deal with frames. I will matt it, though.

Lelia...Groups! I do realize the significance! I will definitely check them out,

It sounds as if they are interested in the members and their needs, when push comes to shove. That is definitely a far cry from dA nowadays.

RedBubble looks interesting, Lelia. I see it is based in AU. :)

These are extremely nice. I get mission photos all of the time. One can go to nasa.gov and download original images, and use them on their websites, free.

I have seen the Shuttles up close and personal (literally)...and had my photo taken standing under one of the shuttle wings. I know some astronauts, and they are great individuals.

I have an archive of actual hard copy photos (autographed, and some not autographed) of all the astronauts, missions, and even photos I have taken myself, of them arriving back on Earth after a mission, etc., having worked for NASA not too long ago. I have fantastic hard copy and digital photos of the various Space Shuttles when they landed at Edwards Air Force Base due to bad weather in FL.

My camera goes every where with me, whether it be in my yard, or shopping, or traveling, it is like an appendage. There is no limit to my photo taking.

I see you are using a point and shoot, and not a digital SLR, where you can buy varied lenses.

Like I said, test the camera's lens, from various positions and lengths, and I am sure you will find a good positioning point.

You could be right, dreamweaver. You should "test" your theory, and find a spot in your home or wherever, that has some "space" to it, and take a few photos, playing around with the subject and zoom. It might be worth your while to work with the subject and camera for a while before buying another one.

Even if you need to put the qult on a rack, and put the rack on top of a table to get a balanced composition...work with it. You can always cover the table with a covering.

I was going to suggest you check dpreview, also. You can compare and contrast individual cameras.

It would have to be a site that is different than the rest, and unique.

What that would be, I can't say.

There are settings one can use on flickr in order to prevent your photos from being used in ways you don't want them to be.

You can use the "All Rights Reserved" setting, as ErinR mentioned, and the other methods ErinR mentioned.

Also, upload a small resolution file. I could care less if anyone complains about the file size, and could care less if they complain that I have watermarked my images. It is my choice, and I don't bow to flickr pressure.

The Nikon D40 is an excellent buy.

Are you looking for a digital camera or a digital SLR?

What price range are you talking about?

Creative, Greg.

LOL!

You're welcome, and thank you! :)

First row, first photo: daisy

First row...fifth from left: yellow daisy

Second row...first shot: yellow petunia

Second row...third from left: white vinca, sometimes known as a periwinkle

Second row...fourth from the left: azalea

Second row...fifth from left: yellow daisy

Third row...first flower: yellow cone flower part of the daisy species.

Last row...third from left: petunia

Nice, eonDxD!

What an amazing shot! The timing was certainly right.

Excellent capture, eonDxD.

silvertje: A beauty.

RightOn: Lovely and serene photos!

Dale: Thank you. :)

greghickman: Nice geometrics in the shadows.

I just used the "8" as an example of what was identifiable to me, personally, not as an example of what it actually was. Now that we can see it in full, it clearly is not an "8".

The real issue is the fact that the 9rules logo is being used.

It isn't necessarily an "8", as I had stated. It just appears that way to me, but the logo itself has definitely been copied.

I definitely see it in the upper right corner...and it looks as if there is an "8" at the end, on the far right of the logo.