I started watermarking them not so much for copyright but because they show up in a lot of places and aren’t credited or anything. I saw what people were doing on the Adventure Rider Forum so I thought I would give it a go.

So far it’s too early to tell if much good or bad has come of it…

You invited feedback on the latest version of your “watermarks.” I’d say they’re a big improvement over the previous versions. They seem significantly less distracting. Each is a smaller blemish on the photo.

I do feel that they’re still a blemish, though, still an annoying distraction. The composition of your photos is usually excellent. There’s no junky waste space in the lower right that can be cluttered up without doing harm to the photo. The play of light in the photos is usually composed so well that an artificial bright spot tacked on sticks out. (The spot is much less bright in the newest watermark, which is an improvement.)

I’m not a serious, publishing photograper, so there may be benefits of a watermark that I’m failing to see. (The recent marks bear neither your name nor a copyright symbol.) So I hope you’ll forgive any obtuseness I’m showing. Still, I feel that the ideal would be no marks at all.

I don’t mean to harrangue you. I think your photos and prose and blog are excellent, and I thank you for them. And I remain a big fan.

Best,
Ken