Comments on: Image Creation and Optimization Ethics in Today’s World https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2026/07/14/image-creation-and-optimization-ethics-in-todays-world/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:03:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2026/07/14/image-creation-and-optimization-ethics-in-todays-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2686454 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:03:17 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=98805#comment-2686454 In reply to Tony Sawbridge.

And I agree with you on the images created while the photographer is sleeping. The BBC once gave a ton of prizes (including the big one I think) to a guy using night-time set-ups for Snow Leopards. All the images were created when he was nowhere near the camera. To me that is arts and crafts stuff.

artie

]]> By: David+Policansky https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2026/07/14/image-creation-and-optimization-ethics-in-todays-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2667509 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:09:33 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=98805#comment-2667509 Artie: I’m not going to answer your question: both photos, which I like a lot, are plausibly photographs by your definition, not photo-illustrations. But that doesn’t mean I know that they ARE photographs. Years ago when there was a near-full moon at Bernardo Wildlife Management Area in New Mexico I studied the wind, the tome the moon would rise over the mountains, and the flight patterns of the sandhill cranes. Based on that knowledge I went to the management area and spent a long time trying to get a good photograph of a crane or cranes flying in front of the moon, like yours today of the pelican flying in front of the sun. I got a few good ones and was pretty proud of myself for doing all that work and for getting a good result. I showed my favorite image to a friend, who complimented me on my Photoshop skills. Needless to say I was crushed.

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