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Quality Image Promotion edit

 
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Hi. exactly, my photo is unsharp :/ I update my nomination with your version :) thank you very much :) Best regards, Pudelek

Canon EF 75-300mm III USM edit

Your page says "Canon EF 75-300mm III USM" but links to en:Canon EF-S 75-300mm III USM which is a non-existent EF-S lens. :) Cburnett 13:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

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I used one of your images edit

Dear Darren Swim,

I used one of your chipmunk shots in my link blog, Carbon Based, which focuses on climate change adaptation

ht tp://carbon-based-ghg.blogspot.com/2009/05/climate-change-driving-michigan-mammals.html

Many thanks for making this engaging shot available.

All the best, Brian Thomas

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Comments Good. Nothing to complain about. --Johannes Robalotoff 20:55, 15 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

 
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Comments Excellent shot.--Cayambe 15:51, 14 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Hello Relic38, I used your barn image for a video I made.

You can check it out here: ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIL3dHv_XSY Dylan

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Comments Good quality. Pity that DOF is so low. -- JovanCormac 06:54, 19 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Comments nice --Mbdortmund 04:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Comments very good, nice --George Chernilevsky 07:47, 23 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Comments good work --George Chernilevsky 04:55, 25 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

sunset with pelicans edit

Hello Relic38. You've voted on my image foggy sunset with Brown Pelicans. I'd like to let you know please that I've added an alternative in case you have not seen it :). Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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very nice.--Mbz1 04:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
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Comments Good. - Darius Bauzys 04:07, 29 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

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Comments Excellent -- George Chernilevsky 05:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

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We used your image of chipmunk2 (1580) edit

Dear Mr. Swim,

We inform you that your image "chipmunk2 (Tamias striatus) (1580)" will be used in our BioKit for the Sutton region (in production). BioKits (www.ec.gc.ca/biotrousses-biokits) are a product of Environment Canada's Biosphere and their collaborators, and are aimed to families to help them discover and appreciate biodiversity in nature and cities in Canada. In consequence, your image will be used for educational and non-commercial purposes.

Thank you very much for your contribution!

--205.211.133.129 19:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)Claude Joyal Educative Programs Officer The Biosphère Environment CanadaReply

Immature sanderling edit

Hi Darren, Thank you for posting this superb image. I would like to include it in a book I am writing about birds.

Photo usage edit

Hi, I've been working on a small game built around animal quizzes and I wanted to let you know I've used one of your pictures.

I found your picture here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Rhino_(Rhinoceros_unicornis)1_-_Relic38.jpg

And I attributed the picture like this: Darren Swim with this link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Relic38 and also added a link to the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

I hope you're happy with it, please let me know if this is not the case. You can find the game here: ht tp://apps.facebook.com/animalalbum Or through here: ht tp://www.facebook.com/pages/AnimalAlbum/156339584490672

Kind regards, Garfunkel Jansen (talk) 15:15, 26 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

P.S. Thanks for taking the picture and making it available.

  • Hi Garfunkel, You many use the image, it is free to use under the CC license tagged to the image. The credit you note is fine. The links above have been removed, as I prefer my talk age to remain neutral with regards to advertising and internet search crawlers.

Thanks and Best Regards,

     Relic38 (talk) 13:37, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Recommending your photo for publication edit

Hi Relic38,

I am recommending your photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning(8337)_-_Relic38.jpg for a project with Baker Publishing Group. If it is approved the credit line will read Darren Swim / Wikimedia Commons, CC-by-sa-3.0. If you have any questions you may contact me at waltonimagesupply@gmail.com. Thank you. Kim Walton

Usage in International School Linking / Child Sponsorship Initiative through grassroots.org.uk edit

Dear Mr. Swim,

Firstly, thanks for uploading so many brilliant images. My name is Jon, and I work for [ht tp://www.grassroots.org.uk Grassroots Trust] in the UK.

We are a Christian charity that runs a sponsorship programme for children in India, Kenya, Romania and Tanzania for children in primary and secondary education. We work with children of all faiths and no faith. As part of this work, we also link primary schools in the UK to some of the schools we partner with abroad and would like to use the image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Rhino_(Rhinoceros_unicornis)1_-_Relic38.jpg as part of a resource given to UK schools to learn more about what animals there are in different countries. You will of course be credited with the creation of the image.

I hope this will be okay. Do let me know if you would prefer we not use this image.

All the best,

Jon White.

  • Hi Jon, Not a problem, thanks for letting me know. I try to keep my Talk page neutral with regards to linking to external pages, so I broke the link to the web site.

Cheers, Relic38 (talk) 13:51, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Use in the context of an undergraduate level course edit

Dear Mr Swim, we used the American Ash (Sorbus americana) Fruit (12786)-Relic38.JPG photo in the context of an undergraduate level course (Connaissance des végétaux) at Université de Montréal.

Iseult Séguin Aubé — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.158.151.106 (talk) 15:16, 06 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Using your image in my book edit

Hi Darren -

I'd like to use this image in my upcoming book, Berries: A Global History (Reaktion Press): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Ash_(Sorbus_americana)_Fruit_(12786)-Relic38.JPG

Just wanted to leave you a message about it as requested! You will obviously be credited for the image.

Thanks very much! Heather Arndt Anderson HDArndtAnderson (talk) 21:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)Reply