My friend Tony tells me that the images on his blog make their way on little winged feet all over the Internet. So, this one has a watermark to make it just a bit harder to purloin.

These two shots are from a recent trip to the Havasupai Indian Reservati onin a side canyon of the Grand Canyon. They show Havasu and Mooney Falls, two magnificent waterfalls on Havasu Creek. This trip involves hiking for miles znd plenty of climbing..

This is a case of a benign split personality. After forty years of obsessing about fish and sharks, I discovered that the desert southwest is like another ocean with a different color palette. So, I've spent the past two years exploring it. There is SO much more to see!

The saga of 'Maddened Attack'

The image shown here illustrates the dangers of copyright violation.

Some years ago, a major corporation licensed it from an authorized agent of mine to use for a year in a new product rollout. Before using it, they made some minor changes with Photoshop. Then it was widely seen in ads for that year.

Last year, I engaged a copyright detective, who discovered the altered image on products all around the world. Slowly, he has brought the unlicensed users into compliance.

The lesson is that even when you think you are carefully protecting a valuable image, a third party can leak it onto the Internet and other people will use it for commercial purposes.

Maddened attack is now home with me so that I can try to protect it...

This is a self-defense blog. I was driven to it because I produce material faster than my webmaster Patty can update my web site www.divexprt.com.

My friend Tony Wu in Tokyo was known as Grasshopper early in his career, but now he matches Master all the time http://www.tonywublog.com/ He is dragging me kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. Sigh.

So, I'll try to post material to this blog just to keep up.

For a quick view of my latest adventure, here's a YouTube post http://www.youtube.com/divexprt

I'm off to Monument Valley in Arizona/Utah next week, so there is lots more coming!