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+1 on the above, except that the usual response to this problem is to hire a lawyer and attempt to negotiate a license after the fact. And fix your website. Also: freely available doesn't mean free. That applies to images, music, video, whatever. Unless a license is specifically granted, assume that someone owns it and you can't do whatever you want. There's no defense for "I only used part of it". And TinEye/other tools may not work with partial images. Your excuse has no merit.

Okay, that's both legitimate and pretty funny. :-D

I appreciate that, but IS isn't necessarily going to fix bad technique. I use some manual lenses, and I'm not the most stable person. I'm forcing myself to improve my skills. Have you tried a Z6, and found it advantageous in that area?

Two comments: The reference image has round, green things on a field of gold. I don't see anything comporable in yours. Stop looking at what you think is there, and look at texture, shape, color, size, definition. (Hint: the dead shrubs in your image have almost zero interest, aside from the left-most, near one.) Better yet, turn the images upside down, and keep them there to do your analysis. Remove the context / paradigm from your visual and analyze what is really there. Not what you think is there.

I think, like on the D850, you have to use the buttons on the body. Educate your fingers.

If the Z7 is more camera than you need, then so is the D850. They're not that far apart. I test-drove a D810 3 years ago, then bought the D750. I added a D850 this year for: truly silent shooting (I shoot classical music events) and flexibility in resolution (I often shoot at 24MP, not 47), and a bit better low light performance (I shoot a lot in dim light). I had the money, I had the need, I bought. If not for the silent mode, however, I'd have stayed with the D750. It's a great body.

Sony doesn't even use XQD in their still cameras because there's no bandwidth requirement. Until we get 4K 60fps, or 6K or 8K, UHS-II will handle the data rates just fine. The great thing about XQD (and PCI devices in general) is that buffering can be essentially dispensed with. Having watched a D4 in continuous mode basically never stop shooting RAW files, it's pretty clear what might be done. XQD is the new MemoryStick. Good job, Sony. No, no word on the FW patch. Still waiting and hoping for my D850.

Regarding your comparison, comment #10: The reference image has layers, it has light and dark (hightlights and shadows), clear color variations, foreground interest (shrubs), a sky with variations (blue and clouds), and there are shape variances. Your image puts the mountains so far back that nothing is really distinct. the dead trees aren't large enough to be interesting, and the sky is so gray that it loses interest. What you have is 3 bands of consistency. You could (as suggested) work in post to make each of those come to life. At the very least your tonal range should be expanded. Adding contrast and perhaps a touch of clarity to the sky will help to define the clouds. I don't think much can be done with the mountains due to their distance. You say the two shots are similar, but they're not, aside from color palette. Study this. Then go study how to post-process landscape shots. Research composition. Learn about dodging and burning. Above all, learn to make us feel what you felt when you saw the scene.

I would think the OP is asking about watermarking, which can be accomplished via a Lightroom feature, Photoshop/etc, or any of a number of other apps. Without further information about tools currently in use, it would be pointless to offer instruction, IMO. The OP did not mention theft (misappropriation) or ownership. If that is of concern (I'll add here) don't post your images online. Ever.

I enjoy my Lensbaby Velvet 85 quite a bit....

"Hundred Foot Journey" is a master class in lighting and composition. It practically makes me cry. Every scene is beautifully constructed and lit.

You lose nothing by using the widest color space available: AdobeRGB when shooting RAW, ProPhotoRGB when editing in LR/PS/whatever. Export to sRGB always for labs and social media, for JPGs and PNGs. Print work usually required CMYK, but I'm not sure how that overlaps the versions of RGB. I just stay as wide as possible in an attempt to avoid conversion problems.

With all due respect, you want an NVME device for scratch space, and a large SSD for workspace. Save the spinny drives for long-term storage. I have a 4TB RAID 1 volume on my windows system for my main LR catalog, and a 1TB SSD for things I"m working on. I boot from a 1TB NVME with lots of empty scratch space. I move folders back between the SSD and spinny as needed. Both get backed up to another server.

I grew up in Albuquerque, and have been going back to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta for several years now. Here are some shots taken with a Nikon D5100 (crop sensor), ISO 3200, 1/100s @ f/5. I can't comment on film (never used it, never will) but this might give you a reference point for deciding what to do. FWIW, glows are awesome. Enjoy your time.