Copyright problems with Image:Image:Shelfstone.jpg
An image that you uploaded, Image:Shelfstone.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Copyright problems because it is a suspected copyright violation. Please look there if you know that the image is legally usable on Wikipedia (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), and then provide the necessary information there and on its page, if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. WTucker (talk) 19:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
An answer to your question
In answer to your question about why the image in the Shelfstone article was submitted to be considered for deletion.
When I looked at the image, I recognized the cave and then I realized that I had seen that image before or one much like it. To me, the image appeared to be a crop from an image at [1], specifically [2]. This image is clearly marked with a copyright assertion from Dave Bunnell. But, even if it weren't marked, the copyright is still held by the producer of the work and cropping does not create a new work but a derived work.
A close examination of the image seemed to confirm my suspicions of a crop of one of Dave Bunnell's images.
Dave Bunnell appears to be a Wikipedia contributor. His talk page can be found at User talk:Dave Bunnell. I put a note on his page but have had no response to it. I think he has probably not revisited Wikipedia in a while.
The image at the NPS link is tagged, "NPS Photo by Bill Holmes". All NPS content is public domain unless otherwise noted so the correct tag for this one should be {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}}. I just updated it. -- Hux (talk) 23:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Spar.jpg
O.K. The copyright status of Image:Spar.jpg seems to have been clarified and the image appears to be in the public domain. However, the uploaded image appears to have been cropped from the original and has lost some fidelity. How about uploading an uncropped version of this public domain image to replace the cropped one?