Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Apr 18, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: And Paris, Texas is in downtown Christ Church, New Zealand. Or at least it was there ten years ago. I thought it was too, but not according to their website. I wonder if they closed their shop(s) here. I'm not in their target market so I never paid much attention. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two - the real one or the Vegas replica has been seen by more people. It very well may be that the replica is the genuine article, so to say. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Wonder if the agency/photographer had been entirely accurate in their keywording of that image... :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:18 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Wonder if the agency/photographer had been entirely accurate in their keywording of that image... :-) Jostein They might have allowed themselves quite a few liberties on the matter... -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas. That's what you get for cheapskating. When Apple ran their first ads announcing the next generation of OS X (Lion) they used a stock photo of a lion's head. Too bad the same picture had already been used for election posters by Belgian right-wing extremist Vlaams Belang party: http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20101021_167 Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Our government at work, (don't bother I know it's a semi-private enterprise. It's still working under bureaucratic rules), On 4/16/2011 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Sadly there's probably more actual liberty in Vegas than in all of New York. On 4/16/2011 7:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Apr 16, 2011, at 17:44 , Paul Stenquist wrote: In the end, it probably doesn't matter. The Vegas statue is a replica and the image on the stamp is tiny. Paul On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Not true. The real one (New York Version) has black snot running out of her nose, and a splitting headache. http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2009/01/resist_urge_to_get_inside_lady.html The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Don't believe the propaganda; the Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey, not New York. Dan On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:43 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Sadly there's probably more actual liberty in Vegas than in all of New York. On 4/16/2011 7:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Sat Apr 16 18:09:28 CDT 2011 William Robb wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious Would it be coppery if it were the original statue? :-) Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada- 13101814 :-) It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two - the real one or the Vegas replica has been seen by more people. It very well may be that the replica is the genuine article, so to say. that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. But Paris is also in Las Vegas. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Hunt On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. But Paris is also in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a shallow simulacrum -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. But Paris is also in Las Vegas. I thought it was in Texas. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:43 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. But Paris is also in Las Vegas. I thought it was in Texas. Could be. But Texas is in Queensland http://texasqld4385.com.au/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
What's more bothersome here is that the folks chosen to find the image never took the time to verify what it was. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two - the real one or the Vegas replica has been seen by more people. It very well may be that the replica is the genuine article, so to say. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Apr 17, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:43 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/4/17 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very philosophical. But the real one is still in Paris. But Paris is also in Las Vegas. I thought it was in Texas. Could be. But Texas is in Queensland And Paris, Texas is in downtown Christ Church, New Zealand. Or at least it was there ten years ago. http://texasqld4385.com.au/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
When I lived in Jersey, growing up I could see it from my bedroom window. It took moving to Michigan before I ever went to the Statue. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Don't believe the propaganda; the Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey, not New York. Dan On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:43 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Sadly there's probably more actual liberty in Vegas than in all of New York. On 4/16/2011 7:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Ken Waller wrote: When I lived in Jersey, growing up I could see it from my bedroom window. It took moving to Michigan before I ever went to the Statue. When I immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 my family came by ship (the Queen Elizabeth I). I guess that, aside from refugees on rafts and such, we were part of the last wave of the last generation to do so. Cunard stopped transatlantic service later than summer. Anyway, all good immigrants are supposed to view the Statue of Liberty as they sail into New Your harbor, but as luck would have it we arrives in the wee hours of the morning and missed it. I've still never visited it, though I'd rather like to -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:52:48 +0300 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: It strikes me as an entirely non-trivial matter - which of the two - the real one or the Vegas replica has been seen by more people. It very well may be that the replica is the genuine article, so to say. Seems odd that no one has mentioned that the one Up North is French. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On Apr 17, 2011, at 17:31, Mark Roberts wrote: Anyway, all good immigrants are supposed to view the Statue of Liberty as they sail into New Your harbor, but as luck would have it we arrives in the wee hours of the morning and missed it. I've still never visited it, though I'd rather like to My brother just dug out some old photos we took from inside the head/crown back in 1975. Even back then as a small kid, I felt it was too crowded and maybe a little dangerous. Glad we got to go in there while we could, though! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
awesome. nice job =) 2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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that is both funny and sad. G On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:56 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: awesome. nice job =) 2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . You're thinking of the Planet of the Apes movie, I think. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 16/04/2011 5:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . You are thinking of the Statuesque of Liberty. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . And I thought it was Polish. On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 16/04/2011 4:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) The irony is delicious -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That's right! Damn you! God damn you all to hell . . . On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought the Statue of Liberty was in Vegas . . . You're thinking of the Planet of the Apes movie, I think. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
In the end, it probably doesn't matter. The Vegas statue is a replica and the image on the stamp is tiny. Paul On Apr 16, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
