Image Evaluation: Nature
| Evaluator: | David Meisenheimer, FPSA, EPSA |  |
| Contact Address: | 15938 Bridle Ridge Drive Monument, CO 80132 |
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| Phone #: | 719-481-2347 | |
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| Definition: | Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict observations from all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well informed person will be able to identify the subject material and to certify as to its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality. Human elements shall not be present, except on the rare occasion where those human elements enhance the nature story. The presence of scientific bands on wild animals is acceptable. Photographs of artificially produced hybrid plants or animals, mounted specimens, or obviously set arrangements, are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation, manual or digital, that alters the truth of the photographic statement. Authentic Wildlife is defined as one or more organisms living free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat. Therefore, photographs of zoo animals or photographs of game farm animals regardless of the game farm’s use of wildlife terminology are not considered wildlife images Makers may perform any digital enhancements and modifications that improve the presentation of the image that could have been done at the time the image was taken, but that does not change the truth of the original nature story. Cropping and horizontal flipping (equivalent to reversing a slide) are acceptable modifications. Addition of elements, removal of elements other than by cropping, combining elements from separate images, rearranging elements or cloning elements are not acceptable.” Photographing in Antarctica by Cynthia Walpole, PSA Journal, July 2010 Working With the PSA Nature and Wildlife Definitions by John M. Davis Jr., APSA, PPSA, May 2009, PSA Journal. The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth; PSA Nature Definition — Image Manipulation by John M. Davis Jr., APSA, PPSA, June 2009, PSA Journal The Well Being of Your Nature Subject is More Important Than Your Photograph by John M. Davis Jr., APSA, PPSA, July 2009, PSA Journal Reflecting Reality by Lynn Troy Maniscalco, FPSA, EPSA, January 2009, PSA Journal |
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Spider Images by Daniel D. R. Charbonnet III, FPSA, EPSA, March 2011, PSA Journal
Critters of the Galapagos by Tom Zinneman, December 2010, PSA Journal Hickory Horned Devil Regal/Royal Walnut Moth by Barbara Lewis-White, PPSA, December 2010, PSA Journal Lazy Birding by Elena McTighe, APSA, PSA Journal, April 2010 Newfoundland in a Nutshell by Fabiola Forms, February 2010, PSA Journal A Kenyan Safari: The Greatest Show on Earth part 1 by Graeme Guy, EPSA, November 2009, PSA Journal A Kenyan Safari: The Greatest Show on Earth part 2 by Graeme Guy, EPSA, December 2009, PSA Journal Photographing Swans by Timothy Morton, APSA, November 2009, PSA Journal Gentle Giants of Rwanda by Eleanore Avery, APSA, August 2009, PSA Jounal Elephant Seals of San Simeon by John Crippen, July 2009, PSA Journal Distinctive Image featuring animals in their natural habitat by Joanne Stolte, APSA, EPSA, March 2009, PSA Journal Florida Birds: Seducing Photographers by Dana Vannoy, APSA, PPSA, July 2006, PSA Journal |
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