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Web authors are obligated to disclose "their connection, if any, with the advertisers; and also reveal the receipt of free products and/or payments from the advertisers." Since GrayFoxImages.com does not accept advertising this rule apparently does not apply. Nevertheless we are including a disclosure statement to fully state our relationship with the manufactureres and merchants of the photography gear and software mentioned on this site. In a word: none! We do at times provide comments on gear that we own and photography software that we use. However, this commentary strictly reflects our personal experiences as a photographer who buys gear and other accouterments "over the counter" from the usual merchants without any arrangement, financial or otherwise, with any manufacturer or merchant. |
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Gray Fox Images is not a commercial site. As stated
above, we do not accept advertising. Nor do we endorse for profit or
compensation any
product we own or discuss or any web site we link to. Nor do we
endorse for profit or compensation any product offered for sale by any site
or business linked to or referenced herein. All material
presented herein simply reflect our experiences, our opinions and the
things that we have found useful for our photographic pursuits. While
some linked sites do offer products for sale, we include such sites strictly
because they provide useful industry news, gear reviews, forums, technical
articles and other similar material of interest. Or because they
provide goods and services we have found useful in our photography.
Note that we do, however, render opinions regarding the utility and quality
of certain products that we own, have owned or are considering for purchase
or use. Images in the Gray Fox Images Portfolio are not available for purchase. For me, photography is a hobby and a source of personal enjoyment. For that reason, portfolio photos are not offered for sale to the public. On the other hand we do wish to support education and research, particularly as it relates to nature and wildlife preservation, conservation, environmental sustainability, public awareness and like purposes. As a result, images in the Nature Portfolio may be made available at no cost to qualifying organizations on a one-time right-to-use basis for educational or scientific research purposes. A full image rights statement may be found here. Contact me if you are interested in use of an image for a related purpose. |
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Notice: All images and written material on this web site are © 1999-2020 Michael W. Masters. All rights are reserved under US copyright law. Images may not be downloaded or otherwise used without written permission of the artist. Written material may be quoted under fair use so long as attribution is given. Further note that it is usually true that photography at historical and cultural sites, if permitted at all, is governed by legally binding guidelines. Additionally, a distinction is normally made between personal use and commercial imaging. Where photography is permitted for personal enjoyment, commercial use of such images without prior written permission of the respective organization is strictly prohibited. Viewers of this site are doubly forewarned that all Travel images on this web site are for personal enjoyment and should be assumed to be covered under this stricture. |
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This site does not set or use cookies. We cannot speak for our Internet service provider, but the site itself does not set cookies. Note, however, that pages linked from the Links page and others referenced throughout the site may do so. |
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The following is provided for informational purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of any product but rather simply describes personal choices; many equivalent products could be used with success.. They were bought in the usual manner, without any compensation or consideration from the sellers thereof. This site is built using a variety of tools. The primary web authoring editor is Microsoft Expression Web -- a product that is no longer offered for sale or supported. It is, however, available as a free download, and as such remains a useful, if no longer state-of-the-art tool. The principal RAW conversion editor is Phase One's Capture One Pro. After editing, images are converted to web-sized JPEGs and run through a set of actions in a legacy version of Photoshop to add drop shadows. They are then processed via customized web page templates for exhibit on the site. These templates have been extensively modified with site specific attributes via added HTML code. The online site file structure is maintained with Filezilla. Additional tools are used for noise reduction, sharpening, HDR, panoramas and VR processing. These tools, as well as the ones mentioned above, have varied over the years and will undoubtedly do so in the future. Currently, we use NeatImage, Topaz DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI, Photomatix HDR, Aurora HDR, PTGui and Panot2VR. |
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