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Wildlife photogrphy? It may no be so wild: Photography farms!
May 6, 2017 07:39:29 #
May 6, 2017 08:17:38 #
Interesting.
When I look at an image, I judge the quality of the image. It doesn't matter where it was taken.
I've seen close-ups of tulips in Amsterdam. They could very well have been taken in a pot in one's back yard in any location. How, looking at the image, would I know where the image was taken. Does the location matter that much? Does knowing the location make the image any better? A tulip is a tulip.
What's the difference between a well done image of a fox taken in one's back yard as opposed to an image taken in the middle of nowhere in some forest?
When I look at an image, I judge the quality of the image. It doesn't matter where it was taken.
I've seen close-ups of tulips in Amsterdam. They could very well have been taken in a pot in one's back yard in any location. How, looking at the image, would I know where the image was taken. Does the location matter that much? Does knowing the location make the image any better? A tulip is a tulip.
What's the difference between a well done image of a fox taken in one's back yard as opposed to an image taken in the middle of nowhere in some forest?
May 6, 2017 09:08:38 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
To me, it makes a difference if the image taken of an animal is taken in the wild or if it's on some farm where the animal is trained and possibly mistreated. Similar to zoos.
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May 6, 2017 10:15:46 #
Longshadow wrote:
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I agree with Longshadow completely. It is like asking someone when you see a great image, what camera do you use. It is not the camera but the person behind it where ever he is capturing that image. I have been to the Triple D game farm in Kalispell, MT. The animals are very well taken care of. Was a great 3 day shooting experience. In fact my photo is of a Tiger captured at Triple D
May 7, 2017 09:09:21 #
canonuser25
Loc: Cardiff (Wales NOT England)
I couldn't agree less with Longshadow. Taking a photograph no matter what the technical perfection in a "zoo" is photographing animals, not wildlife photography. Spend a week in a snowhole to photograph polar bears makes you a wildlife photographer
May 7, 2017 09:15:36 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
canonuser25 wrote:
I couldn't agree less with Longshadow. Taking a photograph no matter what the technical perfection in a "zoo" is photographing animals, not wildlife photography. Spend a week in a snowhole to photograph polar bears makes you a wildlife photographer
May 7, 2017 10:04:23 #
fake news... now fake wild animals....photoshop and post processing makes me wonder at times about photography....didn't know we had fake animals too... I wouldn't pay $1000 to do this...I would just go to the zoo
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May 7, 2017 10:18:02 #
May 7, 2017 11:36:41 #
Would you enjoy National Geographic as much if all the animal pictures were from zoos, farms and aquariums? I wouldn't. But that said, zoo (farm?) pictures can be very rewarding and even useful. In my field of anthropology, I know textbooks frequently use zoo pictures of primates because they show coloration and face clearly.
May 7, 2017 17:58:15 #
I say hooray for those who can get out there where the wildlife roam. for some of us, zoo's and animal preserves are all we have privy to.
May 7, 2017 18:09:53 #
bull drink water wrote:
I say hooray for those who can get out there where the wildlife roam. for some of us, zoo's and animal preserves are all we have privy to.
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May 7, 2017 18:40:03 #
bull drink water wrote:
I say hooray for those who can get out there where the wildlife roam. for some of us, zoo's and animal preserves are all we have privy to.
May 7, 2017 22:40:38 #
If it is for a wildlife photo contest, or photojournalism in a magazine like National Geographic, then shooting in game farms is unethical. If someone just wants nice animal photos to put on their walls, no problem (unless you try to pass them off to people as real wildlife - then you're just a lousy liar).
May 8, 2017 07:11:08 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
JohnSwanda wrote:
If it is for a wildlife photo contest, or photojournalism in a magazine like National Geographic, then shooting in game farms is unethical. If someone just wants nice animal photos to put on their walls, no problem (unless you try to pass them off to people as real wildlife - then you're just a lousy liar).
Seems like a reasonable solution. My only problem is how well the animals are treated in captivity. Most places don't have a good record.
May 8, 2017 13:34:35 #
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