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  • October 21, 2012 at 9:19 am in reply to: Interesting point re disposing of old negatives #1004660
    SimonBrown
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    Does anyone know the policy in UK museums/archives?

    Right now, unless the museum/archive owns the rights, or can contact the rights holder for permission, scanning an image is a breach of copyright.

    In practice, it happens and to the best of my knowledge no one has ever been taken to task.

    But there is now pressure from certain aspects of the the Cultural Heritage Sector to seek changes to the law that would allow commercial exploitation without permission from the rights holder. And the proposed changes would not restrict museums to this behaviour, but would allow any commercial organisation to make money from someone else’s property.

    As a creator dependant on income from my images, I am very uncomfortable with this. Creators have offered a compromise of ‘preserve, digitse and use for non-commercial purposes’ but both HMG Intellectual Property Office and the Cultural Heritage sector are still seeking commercial rights to something that someone else owns.

    October 21, 2012 at 9:07 am in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #1004664
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    Why is the Dornier now on the front burner? it’s been there a while hasn’t it? is it now in further danger of being lost for some reason? If so I can understand not completing something to get out, but not if it’s safe where it’s laid for what 65 years?

    I think there are two issues as to why its not always safe to leave the Dornier where it is; Its thought that the sands had covered the aircraft until recently. Now exposed, the constant to & fro of the tide and its burden of sand will gently shot blast the airframe…and secondly, certain sections of the dive community do not respect or understand the Protection of Military Remains Act, and therefore may pilfer parts.

    I have dived and photographed the Dornier recently. Here’s one of the resulting images:-

    Starboard engine

    Its not an easy place for underwater photography. From the starboard engine, I could not see the fuselage…

    July 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm in reply to: XH558 airborne again.. #964558
    SimonBrown
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    It flew past my bedroom window about an hour ago…what a sight…

    June 14, 2012 at 8:09 pm in reply to: How many He-115s were bult? #995837
    SimonBrown
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    At least 3; the one they raised and the two I photographed in 40m of water just off the former seaplane base in Trondheim:-

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonbrownimages/7141966697/in/set-72157629599163242

    And the second:-

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonbrownimages/6995879666/in/set-72157629599163242/

    Its safe to say the one raised is in far better condition…

    April 26, 2012 at 2:53 pm in reply to: P-40 in Desert, Spitfires in Burma…and now a He 219 in Denmark! #1055091
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    It certainly seems to have found every fishing net for miles around!

    Last year I was diving and photographing the remains of what turned out to be a P47-D Thunderbolt that was sitting in 25m of water in Weymouth Bay. The site is covered in modern rope…the tail wheel was found about 400′ from the engine – this could have been as a result of a crash, or being trawled. We can only find one undercarriage leg, leaving us wondering if we have the crash site…or if the aircraft has moved by trawling.

    Sites like this do get trawled…another site under investigation is the wreck of the Scaldis, a Brixham trawler that (according to contemporary reports) snagged a german bomber in its trawl net during a storm. The trawler was lost with all hands.

    Its not unusual to find shipwrecks with discarded fishing gear. Its not an aeroplane, but this image gives you an idea about the kind of mess lost fishing net looks like:-

    http://simonbrownimages.com/gallery/SBrown-20120201-0198.jpg

    April 21, 2012 at 11:25 am in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1064230
    SimonBrown
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    Unfortunately, this series of photos doesn’t appear to have this data embedded so I can only think that it has been deliberately removed. Kind of think that’s a strange thing to do if the person who took the shots is just a bit of a happy snapper!

    Data is only removed if you don’t want others to know what settings have been used, it’s basically being a bit protective I guess.

    Not necessarily so. EXIF data can be routinely stripped in many ways, either deliberately or unknowingly. Previous versions of Photoshop would strip metadata when using the Save For Web function, for example.

    Uploading images to photo sites, social media or the like will often mean this kind of embedded data is stripped too…its a PITA for photographers who do embed information (keywords, descriptions, copyright notices etc) when it happens.

    However, if the lat & long was embedded…and it can be quite easily…then removal of said data may well have been deliberate. If not by the photographer, then whoever posted the image.

    November 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm in reply to: Cold war RAF Squadrons #1085958
    SimonBrown
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    Many thanks to all for their considered replies – particularly DaveF68.

    That has given me enough to go on for a while…

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