1 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

T Murugavel

Environment Monitoring and Action Initiating

2 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

3 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

Source: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0407/feature4/special.html

 Elephant hunting in Tanzania by the Barabaig people

4 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jan/20/wolf-wildlife-photographer-award-stripped

Storybook Wolf, which won the £10,000 prize. Photograph: José Luis Rodriguez

�

5 of 40

​

​

​

​

‘a successful hunter removing his spear from an elephant and then removing the tusks—were actually made several years earlier and are not of the Barabaig’

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

6 of 40

‘several readers pointed out that there are faint but unmistakable numbers on the tusk’

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

7 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

The Natural History Museum's wildlife photographer of the year has been stripped of his £10,000 prize, after judges found he was likely to have hired a tame Iberian wolf to stage the image of a species seen rarely in the wild.

8 of 40

  • hunting and photography.

Both involve matters such as captive wildlife, baiting,  advancing technology, commercial activities, and inexperienced people afield. And participants of both pursuits are spending more per capita on outdoor equipment each year (Aiken 2009, 2010).

​

  • to review or change their policies, …. additional regulation such as permitting of activities, seasonal restrictions, area closures, and designated use sites (Borrie et al. 2002, Borrie 1999).

​

​

​

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

9 of 40

���Ethics and Wildlife Photography �

most people taking pictures of wildlife are amateurs looking for a memento of their trip, it is the amateur that shapes the way land and wildlife managers oversee nature photography opportunities.

​

Donald M. Jones—a big game professional photographer for 24:

two main categories: regulatory semantics and behavioral etiquette.

Semantics: exploit animal models / digital

not innately wrong in terms of irritating wildlife

behavioral etiquette: affecting their natural behavior

​

10 of 40

So What…?

Dos & Don’ts

  • maintain distance

deserted nest,

missed mating chance,

failed hunt

  • keep eyes and open – mouth shut
  • dress appropriately – camouflaged
  • don’t use deodorant etc

​

���Ethics and Wildlife Photography �

11 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

Thanks:

http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/October/eric.htm

12 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

13 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

14 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

15 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

16 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

17 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

18 of 40

  • do not mob, prevent movement, pursue them persistently or harass them

​

  • avoid baiting - make them dependent /

possible human – animal conflict

  • stay in the path -

​

���Ethics and Wildlife Photography �

19 of 40

���Ethics and Wildlife Photography �

Tiger Machan Resort:

20 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

  • stay away from migratory bird / animal in their early stages of migration
  • don’t prune / go close / touch (may lead a trail)
  • learn animal behavior
  • avoid flash

​

21 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

22 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

  • amphibians and reptiles are thermo-sensitive
        • don’t take them from natural habitat
        • may infect them with pathogens
        • gloves may have chemicals
        • inspire non-professionals may handle
  • avoid mating or egg-laying creatures
  • maintain distance – they may be guarding their eggs

​

23 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

24 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

25 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

Digital Manipulation of Wildlife Photography

  • simple dodging
  • burning to lighten and darken areas
  • Adding / subtracting components

Captive wildlife

  • Presentable and neat
  • Aesthetic and attractive

​

​

26 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

27 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

28 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

  • Baiting and luring

​

  • habituation due to handouts can result in disease or even death of that animal and injury to young or to us

​

​

29 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

THANKS:

greenhumour.blogspot.in

30 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

31 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

32 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

33 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

34 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

35 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

36 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

37 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

38 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

39 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

40 of 40

Ethics and Wildlife Photography

remember that the welfare of the subject and habitat are irrefutably more important than the photograph

​

​

​

​

Thank you …..

​