Doc Barry wrote:
Hi mvsilvers,
You make a good point, but Matt has address this matter. If you use his skies in your photos and you purchased his kit, then he grants you free use of them and you retain the copyright of the enhanced image. His only restriction is that you not sell his sky images as your own package of sky images. Hope this answered your question. I read the "fine print" before I purchased the Kit for just the reason you raised.
I wasn't referring to legal copyright issues. Can you, me or anyone claim a picture is their's if half of it was taken by someone else? This is not about post processing or removing, adding, or modifying small objects here and there. This is about a significant alteration to your image using an image captured by someone else. Since you essentially end up with a composite photo with someone else's sky can you really take credit for the end results if it's good?