Wildlife photographer of the year winner disqualified

Nick Clayton · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:17 pm

I found this quite a surprise:

http://www.suomenluonto.fi/bbcs-nature- ... llegations

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/ ... tement.jsp

http://www.photoradar.com/news/story/wi ... squalified

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:05 pm

Were my Gannets ok Nick ?

Nick Clayton · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:26 pm

Dean Eades wrote:

Were my Gannets ok Nick ?

Looked a bit plastic to me Dean :lol:

John Clarkson · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:36 pm

Worth investigating surely?

John

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

maybe a comment on the ability of the judges to see wood beyond the trees -- now officially disqualified he still claims it was not a set up with a tame wolf in spite of all the evidence -- I noticed today that they had already gone to print with the portfolio 19 before the disqualification so the book is a poor indictment of the competition --as anyone who looks at BBC Wildlife will know this sort of use of captive animals and birds is now almost universal amongst many well known photographers, the mag now even puts a little captive note next to the photographer's name BUT surely a WILDLIFE magazine should be using pictures of wildlife not captive tame animals -- the lust for profit seems to rule the majority of the world

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Wildlife photographer of the year winner disqualified

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