A Bottle-nosed Whale in London Town

I know this isn't a great photo, but it's not every day that you see a whale in the centre of London...

Full story from the BBC here

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Beatnic says:

Nice shot!

Apparently it weighs seven tonnes

It's caused quite a stir
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Natman says:

How long before someone creates a "Whale in London" Group?
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

seanhfoto says:

Very cool moment!
Oh to have had a 500mm at hand!!!!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

ηickρ says:

It's an excellent photo. All I got was backside.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Jaded says:

Just to give you an idea of how big this thing is...

Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

jrg_ says:

One of the better of the "non-pro" pics, Mr J!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Any chance you'd consider uploading to the Wikimedia Commons, so that it can be used in Wikipedia/Wikinews articles?

Alternatively, if you don't want to completely open-source your photo, but just release it under a Creative Commons BY or BY-SA license, then Wikinews would still be able to use it...
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Jaded says:

@Frankie
It has a Attribute-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license so it should be fine for Wikipedia to use it - let me know if not and I'll change it.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Frankie Roberto says:

Hi Mr Jaded,

Wikipedia and Wikinews aren't compatible with the NonCommercial bit of the license as I understand it. Even though they don't have adverts, they allow some external parties to have commercial access to the data (eg Google and Answers.com) in order to help fund the service.

I've taken your comment above as implicit permission for us to use it for the time being, and have uploaded it here for use in this article.

Hope that's okay - please confirm that you're happy for it to be released under a Attribution-NonCommercial license. If not let me know and I'll remove the photo.

Thanks - and what a great photo!

Hoping to use it on the front page of Wikinews!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Jaded says:

I'm happy for it to be released under an Attribution-NonCommercial license.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Jaded says:

Lost whale dies after rescue bid
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

_sarchi says:

I actually heard about it at the London flickr meet..

..the bottle nose is not the largest..the Blue Whale is the largest mammal in the world..
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Frankie Roberto says:

London whale dies - sad indeed...
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

jovike says:

Good pic. Sad story.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

erglantz says:

Wonnderful shot. Sad ending.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Aarron says:

Superb story this, one that's had the whole of London (and bizarely the world) captivated...
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

coalvillestation says:

That's a very nice picture, giving the atmosphere and a wonderful souvenir of a lost whale. Well done!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

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