Photo Gallery of Buceofilipinas

Hi again,

I would like to invite you to visit our pics gallery at http://www.buceofilipinas.com/fotos.html and videos at http://www.buceofilipinas.com/videos.html

Hope you enjoy it...

Thanks!

Hello, Charlie. Welcome to Wetpixel.

Thanks for sharing your galleries and videos. We hope that you will also eventually participate in the dialog between photographers here on the forums (thus far, we have only seen commercial posts about trips and links to your website).

Hello Echeng,

Thank you for the welcome post...

Actually I am quite new in photography, I just bought a canon A570IS with DC-12 housing and magic filter. I am planing to get a fisheye from Inon and eventually a macro lens. I have been reading quite a lot of posts in Wetpixel for quite some time and I found it extremely useful for my initial learning and decision to get this equipment. I also read the Martin Edge great book with plenty of key links to different posts in this forum.

This is a totally new experience for me, I am available if ever I could be of any help, within my novice limitations, I will need some practicing period and I will definely post my pics for your comments & suggestions (& critics will be gladly welcome)...

Warm regards!

I smell a fish here I think Eric...............,advertising I think is the word.

Bruce -

One of our moderators has discovered other people's images on your site.

From http://www.buceofilipinas.com/fotos.html :

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/0014-_Naked-Lunch_.jpg (Ralph Oberlander's from Pacific Northwest at http://www.beneaththesea.org/v2006/photo_contest_2006.html )

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/0019bCat_C_Clown.jpg (Barbara Jones)

He also speculated that the videos aren't yours, either.

We assume that you have permission from the original authors to publish their work?

Eric,

I noticed that too - many of the photos on the right-hand sidebar are previous photo contest winners which are clearly not Bruce's.

James

Hi again,

All pictures & videos were provided by many collaborating resorts, dive centers, live-aboards, webmasters, etc., with the aim of helping promoting the country as a key diving destination... We noticed those pics you mentioned and since we can not identify the source, we had them removed immediately. Thanks for letting us know. Any future posts will be placed in the Commercial dive trips section (under Dive Destinations & Travel) if you feel its more appropriated.

Thank you and best regards

If this is the case, Bruce, then you should probably state everything you wrote here somewhere on the webpage so viewers know that the images were provided by specific sources. Most people want credit for image use.

At the moment, there are probably quite a few images in there that aren't there with permission. I'm sure you will hear from more people about it.

And yes, please put all commercial posts in the commercial forum.

Hi again,

 

All pictures & videos were provided by many collaborating resorts, dive centers, live-aboards, webmasters, etc., with the aim of helping promoting the country as a key diving destination... We noticed those pics you mentioned and since we can not identify the source, we had them removed immediately. Thanks for letting us know. Any future posts will be placed in the Commercial dive trips section (under Dive Destinations & Travel) if you feel its more appropriated.

 

Thank you and best regards

Hi,

I have found these photos of mine in your website:

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/3.jpg

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/villoch14.jpg

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/villoch35.jpg

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/villoch40.jpg

http://www.buceofilipinas.com/images/villoch10.jpg

I am not a collaborating resort, dive center, live aboard webmaster or etc, And the photos are from the RED SEA not the Philippines. I see other photos of photographers who have never been in the Philippines and photos from Galapagos...

So if you want to use these photos please let me know and I will send you the invoice, otherwise PLEASE remove them immediately from your website. THANK YOU.

Carlos Villoch

Dear Carlos Villoch,

Our most sincere apologies.... the pictures have been removed.

Lamento mucho esta situación, la verdad es que no teniamos conocimiento del origen de estas fotos y hemos aprovechado para también sustituir alguna otra de la cual desconociamos su procedencia.

Ruego acepte nuestras disculpas,

Sinceramente,

Buceofilipinas