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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 756195" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>There's some stuff in here that's useful and interesting - like buying $150 software so you can "bird" from inside. But I have to say that at the heart of his technique here is something I take great issue with, because he's essentially baiting so that the birds come to him.</p><p></p><p>Now for backyard songbirds this isn't an issue, particularly if you continue to feed them throughout the year. Heck, I spread seed in places outside of feeders so I can get the bird somewhere more "natural". But the truth is that photographers have been doing this with other types of birds and wildlife with alarming frequency to the detriment of the very thing they're photographing. It's the ethics of putting the value of the photograph above that of the subject, and while this guy doesn't really go there the fact that he is using the very technique in question without speaking to its danger in other areas has bothered me enough that I plan on writing to him about it.</p><p></p><p>There was an <a href="https://bcgforums.com/index.php?threads/is-this-wildlife-photography-or-not.6856/" target="_blank">excellent discussion on this topic at Steve Perry's forum</a>. It starts around whether or not photographs of animals in zoos or other areas designed to attract them is actually "wildlife photography" (I have no strong opinion on that unless the image is used a manner that is deceiving or breaks the rules of a contest), but there is a lot of great information in there about how wildlife protection organizations, like Audubon, have demonstrated that the actions of photographers have caused real damage to various species of owls and other wildlife.</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not saying that what he's doing in these image is that. Just that it's "just like that".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 756195, member: 9240"] There's some stuff in here that's useful and interesting - like buying $150 software so you can "bird" from inside. But I have to say that at the heart of his technique here is something I take great issue with, because he's essentially baiting so that the birds come to him. Now for backyard songbirds this isn't an issue, particularly if you continue to feed them throughout the year. Heck, I spread seed in places outside of feeders so I can get the bird somewhere more "natural". But the truth is that photographers have been doing this with other types of birds and wildlife with alarming frequency to the detriment of the very thing they're photographing. It's the ethics of putting the value of the photograph above that of the subject, and while this guy doesn't really go there the fact that he is using the very technique in question without speaking to its danger in other areas has bothered me enough that I plan on writing to him about it. There was an [URL="https://bcgforums.com/index.php?threads/is-this-wildlife-photography-or-not.6856/"]excellent discussion on this topic at Steve Perry's forum[/URL]. It starts around whether or not photographs of animals in zoos or other areas designed to attract them is actually "wildlife photography" (I have no strong opinion on that unless the image is used a manner that is deceiving or breaks the rules of a contest), but there is a lot of great information in there about how wildlife protection organizations, like Audubon, have demonstrated that the actions of photographers have caused real damage to various species of owls and other wildlife. Again, I'm not saying that what he's doing in these image is that. Just that it's "just like that". [/QUOTE]
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