Photos of nesting birds (1 Viewer)

The shot was removed due to the equipment stated with the photo... a 300mm lens + 1.4x tc. We can't really guess as to the cropping with the shot, but this isn't really the equipment we'd encourage for this type of nest shot.
The removal of these photos, and similar ones, is not so much to do with any actual disturbance, as there probably wasn't in this case, but more about disuading others from emulating with inadequate equipment.
It appears one shot was with an 800mm lens and we have left that in the gallery.

It was amiss of me not to include a link to the SWT homepage from where the Peregrine watch details can be obtained. The viewpoint is on one side of a gorge at eye level to the nesting Peregrines on the other side & close enough to produce "large" images with super-telephoto lenses. The staff are more than happy to help you get a good picture but unfortunately they won't carry your gear up there for you!
SWT: www.swt.org.uk/default.asp

Steve G said:

There is some confusion pertaining to photography of Schedule 1 species at the nest .....

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Hi Steve,

Thanks for the clarification!

Michael

Andy Bright said:

The shot was removed due to the equipment stated with the photo... a 300mm lens + 1.4x tc. We can't really guess as to the cropping with the shot, but this isn't really the equipment we'd encourage for this type of nest shot.
The removal of these photos, and similar ones, is not so much to do with any actual disturbance, as there probably wasn't in this case, but more about disuading others from emulating with inadequate equipment.
It appears one shot was with an 800mm lens and we have left that in the gallery.

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Your above quoted message "emulating with inadequate equipment". Please define "inadequate". How large a telephoto lens must be used to land into "adequate" equipment?

cspratt said:

Your above quoted message "emulating with inadequate equipment". Please define "inadequate". How large a telephoto lens must be used to land into "adequate" equipment?

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Well this will vary according to the size of bird, and as i said... who know's how much cropping has been done? Basically most digiscoped shots will indicate a fair distance and 600mm+ focal length for dslr/35mm.. but we still reserve the right to delete any nest photo, no matter what the equipment. We have to judge these shots on gut feeling sometimes, the alternative is a total blanket ban on all nest shots (maybe with the exception of remote nestbox cams)

What we don't want to see is nest shots taken with a 4x zoom on a compact digicam, these will be deleted.
Remember that this site is primarily a birding one, not photography... the welfare of birds is paramount and we would rather be safe than sorry, even if our decisions seem unfair.