Hi Stuart,
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Originally Posted by StuartDH Looking at your last post, does that mean you're actually in favour of nest images, as long as they're done properly and used responsibily in the right context? |
Not in favour
per se; in a balanced, educational article, they're fine.
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Originally Posted by StuartDH I agree that we shouldn't post nest images in the Gallery. The Gallery is there for both species reference and photographic beauty and, because of the latter, we don't want to encourage photographs of nests just to get a nice picture. However, I should probably clarify that we're also talking about using them in the reference section, forum and newspaper areas of the site. |
Fine - drop the
Gallery suggestion (wasn't that how this thread started?).
In reference articles yes, if they are written well by someone with real experience and knowledge of the species in question
In the Forum, there will be times (in my experience rarely) when a photograph of a nest may be used to illustrate a discussion (the Dipper nest shot in
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...78-post23.html might be a good example of that). How would you deal with a thread that starts "What nest is this?"?
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Originally Posted by StuartDH I take it that you accept it's OK if it's done like the RSPB, arkive, birds for britain etc, even though they don't carry a warning and some of the images are for sale? Birdforum also have nest images in a Gallery, although I understand that they've got such a large Gallery that some of their nest images may have been published in error. Birdforum don't have star ratings for their images, so if we removed our star ratings would you then be in favour of allowing nest images in the Gallery? |
No, I wouldn't be in favour of a
Gallery that allowed nest images.
As I've said before, it's about context. It's all very well looking at images gleaned from search engines but that's removing them from the context in which they were conceived and published. I don't believe that the RSPB, in selling nest photographs by professionals, are condoning the taking of nest 'images' by all and sundry. You would be better off asking them about their reasons for including them in their catalogue.
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Originally Posted by StuartDH Following your comments above, if you could outline specifically where you feel certain nest images could be allowed then that would be very helpful. If we ever post nest images on the site (not in the Gallery), whilst obviously respecting the various laws and guidance from the big orgs, we'd also welcome any opinions on how we should operate to maintain the highest standards. |
The welfare of the birds must be paramount.