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Thanks for closing this. I know featured things have all sorts of related codings and cats and logs and its something I should know and don't, so thanks for helping clean up by bad idea. MBisanz ^talk 03:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FP Image

I noticed Image:Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft2edit1.jpg had been promoted to FP... But it never had the featured picture tag and all that added to it. ^8th star 22:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Space photos

Hi again! I thought you might like to know that the Spaceflight portal is scheduled to show your edit of the Mir photo (Mir_on_12_June_1998edit1.jpg), not just for a week but for a fortnight! See: Portal:Spaceflight/Did you know/2008 Fortnight 13 for an idea of how it will look.

Also, would you be willing to see if there's a way to improve another space-related image? It is Image:STS-31 Launch - GPN-2000-000684.jpg, which shows two shuttles simultaneously at the two launch pads. This will happen just once more in history, for the next shuttle mission (STS-125), where the second shuttle needs to be at the pad to immediately launch an STS-3xx rescue mission should one be required. I've used the image in the STS-3xx article, and it is used pretty heavily elsewhere, but it has some problems. First for use at thumbnail size it really should be cropped more closely around the two shuttles. But more importantly, the exhaust plume of the launching shuttle is so bright that the rest of the image is a bit washed out. This isn't exactly the same lighting problem that you fixed for the images taken in space, but maybe the same kind of photo-tweaking could help this image? Thanks yet again for your time and effort with this stuff! (sdsds - talk) 23:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your quick reply on my talk page! As regards the cropping, I think it would be fine to eliminate both of the water towers on the right side. It would also be OK to eliminate the top of the launch tower that appears on the left side of the image. I think it would be good to keep some of the greenery at the bottom, but the water below the greenery can definitely be eliminated. In any case the goal should be to make the two shuttles "pop out" of the image even when it is shown at a small size. (There are lots of images showing shuttles launching, and lots of images showing shuttles waiting on the pad, but few that show both!)

More artistically, it would be ideal if the image also conveyed something of the passage of time during the launch sequence, and thus be reminiscent of Monet's Poppies Blooming, where the people out for a walk are duplicated, once up on the hill in the background and once in the foreground. (sdsds - talk) 02:59, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit of this image is the Portal:Spaceflight "Selected picture" for the month of August! (sdsds - talk) 05:29, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Thanks for the note. Thegreenj 17:31, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mammoth Hot Springs Trees

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Your image, Image:Mammothterracetrees.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! MER-C 10:46, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Galaxy Quest edit

Hey, I reverted your edit to the "Star Trek cast responses" section of Galaxy Quest. I don't mean any hard feelings and I'd be happy to enlist your help in improving the article wherever we can. Believe me, I don't want to be the only editor making substantial contributions to this work. However, I feel that at least portions of that section belong in the article as it stands right now. We may merge them (in a more appropriate, narrative form) with the "reception" section, but I don't want to see them removed wholesale. If you think that they ought to be tossed out, make your case on the talk page. Thanks. Protonk (talk) 18:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. I don't think the reactions of Star Trek actors to a parody are relevant for an encyclopedia article—good movie articles here seem to focus on critical and box office reactions for reception, and I agree with that. If you want to keep it to be worked in more appropriately later, though, that's OK with me. Thegreenj 18:39, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks. I'm trying to eventually turn this into a GA and I realize that it will need to be merged into the reception section. There is also a healthy discussion ongoing in the talk page on whether or not this is an homage or a parody. Protonk (talk) 18:43, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Along the River During the Qingming Festival

Well could you help me withdraw the nomination? Also I marked the image for speedy deletion, so it shouldn't take that long. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Chiswick (talk • contribs)

Done. You can create your new nomination whenever you're ready. Thegreenj 00:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. Also I remember that I still have the original version uploaded but I did not use it, so I am going to nominate it. The other one (Which looks exactly the same) is just an extra I uploaded because the original wasn't showing up at first, so I am going to have it deleted and nominate my original. Daniel Chiswick (talk) 00:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to put you through more trouble, but it would be nice if you made an entirely new nomination with a new name, simply so that the original would be available though the FPC archive for future reference. Thegreenj 01:46, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Commons

Hey, thanks for your comment. I'm going to be uploading all future photos to the commons, I didn't know how to reference them from there until just the other day. Is there a protocol to follow when re-uploading to there? Do I have to delete the old pics or what happens? (Giligone (talk) 01:51, 5 September 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Picture

Hey Thegreenj. Just wanted to say thanks for the comment. Indeed, it isn't a good as the pictures set by fellow contributors, although in my defence they had proper cameras for this job. ;-) I'll take that tip for next time, although my response to that for my pic was: It was particularly sunny for most of that day and this was my first day at the task so I needed all the help I could get. I tried looking at my camera's Aperture mode and the closest to f/8 I could get was f/6.8, what about ISO settings? Natrually, I would assume the lowest, ISO 64, would be the most appropriate, thoughts? Interestingly, Knickerbrook is a hilly sort of corner, ie the track goes downhill slightly so I don't think I could be able to get a decent, clear subject whilst exaggerating the background. Mind if you expand on the "chromatic aberration problems", I don't quite understand what you mean.

More roll, you say? I think Stephen Jelley gave me a good example of the roll experienced through Knickerbrook, although I haven't uploaded this pic to Wikipedia yet...mainly because Flickr's uploading tool is far easier to use in batches than Wikipedia commons is, ie uploading each pic one at a time. :-( It was actually pretty sunny most of the day, as Matt Neal proves and post-editing was a nightmare, thank god for Windows Live Gallery's "highlight" slider. Ah, some good news then, all that practice with speeding trains, yes I am a "railfan" :-P, at my local railway station and panning with express trains (with my camera phone). Woop, 7-8 on my first effort, guess I'm learning a bit too quick for a beginner. :-P --Phill ^{talk Edits} _{Review this GA review!} 23:09, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

POTD notification

Hi Thegreenj,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Mammothterracetrees.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 17, 2008. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2008-12-17. howcheng {chat} 22:15, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		You deserve this, for amazing photographs! From K50 Dude

A true! EF mount

So I just bought a Canon 35mm film SLR, and got a photograph of a true EF mount. So now that's been dealt with! Nebrot (talk) 09:40, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect! That definitely works. Thegreenj 02:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

== So I had another go this weekend... ==

...and I remembered some of your advice. :-D I was pleased with how some of them came out, tbh. Since you had such a helpful review last time, I thought it would be wise to ask you again green and see if I'm on the right track.

Personally, I like the Jordan and Dean Smith ones myself, but you can find the rest of the images I've uploaded on the relevant commons category. The other 300-odd pictures I took during the weekend are on my Flickr account. ;-) --Phill ^{talk Edits} _{Review this GA review!} 22:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments, but I think for now I'd wish to improve on my technique rather than go for an FA photo. I might be going to Silverstone to watch the World Series by Renault in July so I should have some opportunity for an FA there, hopefully! :-) (Assuming my improvement takes another big jump \o/) I thought they'd be better than last year. The Formula Renault cars came out a bit worse than I thought because of the shadows the trees behind me created, but my friends wanted a bit of shade so we all agreed to cross the track and into the shape, too bad some of the shade went onto the track. What program are you using btw? I usually use Windows Live Photo Gallery for quick fixes. I have Photosop (CS4), Paint.NET and Piscara if that's any help! :-D Either way, the cars are much better to photograph than Roborovski hamsters, those things are so small you have to use the macro mode to get decent detail and that doesn't like much in the way of sudden movement - what robos do best. ;-) --Phill ^{talk Edits} _{Review this GA review!} 21:48, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Review of closure process 2

Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:Eumecesfasciatus.jpg

Can you remember where this was taken? Geographically, and was it taken in the wild? Thanks. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Memphis, Tennessee, US. This was probably in a park or at the zoo, so it's "in the wild" insofar as it's not in an enclosure. Thegreenj 20:39, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Eumecesfasciatus.jpg

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Awesome work

Some awesome photographs, great job contributing to Wikipedia. I use a Nikon personally but haven't contributed may photographs. Perhaps you've inspired me to. It's always great to see young contributors like myself. Cheers! petiatil ^{»User »Contribs} 03:04, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My optics questions

Hey, thanks for your help about my optics question over at the help desk. However, I've found that it's been put into the archive not even 12 hours after my last post, so I'm notifying you hereby about my new question, see Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2010 August 17#Optics: 35mm focal length equivalent. --79.193.41.249 (talk) 04:15, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. I've replied on the archived page. Thegreenj 01:37, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merry, merry

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POTD notification

Hi J,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Eumecesfasciatus.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on January 14, 2012. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2012-01-14. —howcheng {chat} 11:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Use of image Ceuthophiluscricket

Dear Green J. My publishing house would like to use your image of the cricket for the cover of a collection of poetry. Please let me know if you would grant permission and under what terms. Please mail me at laurens@cossee.com Thanks (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:14, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

STS-114 Landing

The green effect in this photo just above the orbiter's cockpit (I think it is lens flare) made me think of you! ;-) Seriously, I see you are on wiki-break but wonder if there is nonetheless a chance you could be persuaded to improve this image? It's not just the green flare; it is really grainy and (IMHO) poorly cropped. The landing (of Discovery at the end of the STS-114 mission) is historically significant since it was the first time a shuttle crew returned home safely after the Columbia disaster. It was a bit tense, since the foam loss that doomed Columbia unexpectedly recurred at the launch of Discovery. Anyway, I hope all is well with you! Best wishes, (sdsds - talk) 05:30, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Used one of your pictures for website

Hi Thegreenj, I just wanted to let you know that I used one of your lovely photos (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masterlockpadlock.jpg) on my website. My site is at www.escapecrime.com and as the name suggests, it's about learning to protect yourself and your loved ones from crime.

Your photo forms part of the header at the top of every page on the site. I have included your name in the footer section of every page with a link back to the picture on Wikimedia Commons. I'm really happy with the way it looks! A big thank you for the use of it. Have a look if you get a chance. Evanmalherbe (talk) 16:32, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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