Balloon over Frozen Wasteland

[Bill76434]

This loosely based from a photo a friend took. I spent heaps of frustrating time trying to paint the background mountains and finally went mad with the palette knife, Payne's Grey and Tit' white.
 

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[dennis]

Very interesting painting 

[njnjgirl]

Wow Bill, super job on the mountains!

[Bill76434]

  Dennis and Mary Lou

[EmmaLee]

I like the vibrant balloon over the black and white background. I could tell they were mountains right away. I think it’s great!

[Bill76434]

  so much Emma

[Bill76434]

My (friend?) has objected to the use of her photo.
Have I infringed the copywrite here?

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[dennis]

Unfortunately, yes. It is too similar. It has to be substantially different to avoid infringement. This is the problem with using other people's photos without permission. We have always used our own photos or copyright free ones. I have a whole section on copyright. See one section below where I tried to simplify the wording. :


https://paintbasket.com/members/index.php?topic=102.0


(Paint Basket Art Forum /Other /Copyright Questions    -  See bottom of page 2 for all the sections)

[njnjgirl]

Sorry to hear this. Really a shame. 

[Bill76434]

Thanks Dennis, I did notify her that I was going to do it and with no reply I went ahead. It was only when I sent her a copy she objected. 
Thanks for the support Mary Lou.

[Aniz Oniro]

Sorry i can not see your work

[Bill76434]

Sorry Maria, I took it down due to the copyright issues

[Aniz Oniro]

Sorry to hear that