On presenting my work on DA

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In case anyone wonders why I upload my exposures in unusually high resolutions (I have had questions, even warnings).

I shoot medium format film and my photos are extracted from the negative at very high resolutions.  Minimum around 50 megapixels, max around 200.  One can print huge posters at a very high quality with this material.  For DA I usually scale them down so you can zoom in twice (3000 px horizontal, assuming a full hd 1080p monitor).  I do this to give you, the onlooker,  the opportunity to change the point of view as well as altering the composition within the limits of the monitor.  The high resolution image will follow almost without losses. I found that this feature opens some creative ways of modifying a photo or composition without actually altering it.  Try it! 

A word on monitors:  I have a calibrated monitor now, I use the Datacolor Spyder for this.  All photos are adjusted for viewing within that adjusted colorspace.  I have four other systems (tablet, IPS Monitor, notebook, default Samsung monitor) to check how it looks on other devices and noticed that there are considerable differences, expecially in black and white.  If you see anything worth to complain about regarding color pr b/w tonality in the photos  I'd be happy to try to find out what the culprit is.

And note on the legal stuff (may I state that I hate lawyers).   I've been warned that presenting high resolution images can be used or pirated without notice by some misfits.  
I shoot analog photos, the proof of me being the owner is right here with me in form of a negative.  It would be immensely dumb to pull anything against that. 

Cheers,
Mark
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Just as a note, there are a few helpful tools that help to find possible copyright frauds.

- classic, search with google images
- TinEye reverse image search on www.tineye.com or as browser plugin  -> uses different image databases like QDB, SauceNAO, TinEye, Yandex or GazoPa
. RevEye reverse image search, Google Chrome plugin
Image Search Options 2.0.2, native plugin for Firefox browsers

TinEye seems like one of the most useful extensions to me (it has a limit of 10 image scans per day though, as a free service).  

Cheers,
Mark