Subject: [Tweeters] How to Flush a Snowy Owl
Date: Feb 7 14:57:37 2012
From: Tracey Kidston Photography - info at traceykidstonphotography.com


Keith,

I can assure you that there have always been idiots like these. However in my opinion since the digital age it has gotten much worse. In my experience back in days of film you rarely saw folks with this type of equipment, there were far fewer photographers. Maybe because during the times of shooting slide film you actually had to learn the patience, skill and the art of photography. Now anyone can blast away and take 3000 images of a critter and more than likely they will end up with one or more in focus, properly exposed image.
I suppose it is like anything else the more people are involved the more opportunity you have to encounter unethical, inconsiderate people.
This youtube video makes me furious...it means the next time I am out in the field and I would like to compare notes with a bird watcher, they are not going to want anything to do with me. Irresponsible people, as those in the video, give us knowledgeable respectful photographers a bad name.

Tracey Kidston

http://www.traceykidstonphotography.com
http://www.traceykidstonphotography.blogspot.com/


----- Original Message -----
From: K
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:28 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] How to Flush a Snowy Owl


I joined the crowd at Boundary Bay last week to view the Snowy Owl spectacle. Like others have posted recently, the owls were amazing, but I was appalled with the behavior of some photographers completely ignoring "don't leave the trail" signs and flushing owls repeatedly. It was a hot topic of conversation on the dike all day, involving lots of colorful language and frustrated observers. I even met a birder from Switzerland whose first words to me were "Can you believe this?", as we watched a guy running toward an owl to get the shot. Has it always been this bad, or has the advent and increased affordability of digital cameras exaggerated the issue?

Check out this youtube video for a first hand look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0_gzY2k7P0

Keith Bagnall
Bellingham, WA
kebagnall at gmail.com



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