First off, excellent shot - it shows the bird off beautifully, great detail and turn of the head.
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Alan McFadyen - Are you insinuating that Paul has photographed a captive bird but not declared it? If this is a escapee gone wild / feral then surely it is just 'one of those things' that are beyond anyones control, and photographically speaking, should be fair game just like any other wild subject.
I appreciate I do not have the best knowledge in this area, but a few weeks ago I was out dog walking along the canal and there was a buzzard sat bold as brass on a post like this on the other bank - about 40 feet away. (Obviously I didn't have my camera!). It was facing me, and didn't have any jessies etc, so as far as i'm concerned it's a wild bird. We do often get one circling above this area.
Is there something I should be aware of when looking for signs of captivity, because if I had taken this shot I wouldn't have been either declaring it as a captive and wouldn't have had to clone anything out of the shot, and I don't think I would have been breaking my own ethical code in doing so.
I'm interested on opinions on when a bird becomes 'tame' and should be declared as such.
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Cobra - if this turns into a discussion away from the shot critique, can we consider splitting the thread into 2 so as to keep the discussions apart from Pauls shot?