Please understand that this web site is intended for photo buyers, i.e. those who are interested in paying a fee to use our images for a certain period of time. Use of these images is NOT FREE. These images are NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN. The entire content of this site, as a whole and in its parts, is protected by international copyright. All text and photos copyright © Mark Strickland. All rights are reserved worldwide.

Mark Strickland would like to offer special thanks to natural history photographer Phillip Colla for his contributions to portions of this text, which are used with his permission.

Our images are available for many possible uses, providing that a mutually agreeable licensing or usage fee is paid. The amount of the fee depends largely on your intended use. In order for us to quote a licensing fee, we need to know specific details of your intended use of our image(s), including: * advertising or editorial use? * medium? (magazine, book, brochure, wall display, postcard, calendar, annual report, web site, CDROM, etc.) * print run (how many copies will be produced?) * rights required (regional, national, or international? non-exclusive or exclusive?) * duration of use (one-time, six months, two years, etc.) * delivery format (35mm duplicate, 70mm duplicate, JPEG digital file, 35mm original, etc.)

All images displayed on this site are available as 35mm reproduction quality duplicate transparencies (slides); many are also available as 70mm (6 x 9 cm). Original transparencies (35mm) are also available for most images, providing the user agrees to be responsible for damage or loss. We will be happy to provide further details on request.

We encourage you to browse through the dozens of images on this site. Please understand that they are NOT FREE – our images may be licensed for a negotiable usage fee. The content of this site is made available for purposes of researching or licensing images offered by Mark Strickland / Oceanic Impressions. No image is to be copied, duplicated, modified or redistributed in whole or in part without the prior written permission of Mark Strickland.

Web site use (use of our images on your web site) is no different than any other usage; it requires payment of a licensing fee prior to any use. We do not allow display of our images in exchange for a credit line and/or internet link only, even if the site is intended for educational, non-profit, charity or personal use. In all cases, an agreed upon usage fee must be paid and license agreement completed before any image is used.

Mark Strickland / Oceanic Impressions

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