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Subject: [Leica] Wildlife photography controversy
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:21:02 +0100
References: <380-220101320174539371@M2W132.mail2web.com>

If it is that wolf jumping over a gate at night I remember, the photo  
remains impressive all the same,
with or without the award
and/or the shame ...

Philippe

Le 20 janv. 10 ? 18:45, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net a ?crit :

>
> Steve Unsworth wrote:
>
>>>>
> The winner of a prestigious wildlife photography competition has been
> stripped of his title after it was decided he staged the photograph...
>
> <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/statement
>  
> .
> jsp>
>
> And...
>
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/20/wolf-wildlife-photographe
> r-award-stripped>
> <<<
>
> Not the first time this kind of thing has happened.  When the reward  
> is big
> enough the temptation to cheat will be too much for some people.   
> All of my
> photos of captive wildlife is clearly captioned as such.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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