Image talk:Crossf3.jpg

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Message posted to User Talk:The JPS on 05/03/07 after a complaint that the image is that of a person and not of a geological feature.

This image appears in both the Cross Fell and Scree articles. Imagine what that image would look like without the person in it. The boulders could be 3 metres across (their real size) or they could be 2 centimetres across. The surface could be a steep slope (which it is) or it could be completely flat.

The human figure (it happens to be me) only occupies about 3% of the image, but it gives the whole thing scale and perspective. We are dealing with a particular form of scree ("talus") and a person in the image gives it meaning. It is apparent that we are looking at a steep upward slope comprised of large boulders.

There is no moral reason why people should be excluded from images. The image shown here is not a picture of me - it is a picture of a geological formation and I just happen to be in it as a reference point.

Are you happy with that?.

Bob BScar23625 14:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)