Now here's an offer that I'm sure nobody can refuse. I want you all to send me copies of your very best bird images. In return I'll send a prize to the best one (as long as it reaches some arbitary standard - set by me).
Oh, I'll also need you to give me £20 for the privilege. Oh, and you'll also sign over all rights so that I can publish the pictures myself (and, if I'm feeling generous, I might give you a little bit of money in return - but I might not).
OK, PM for the address to send all those images (and the £20 cheques - please don't forget the cheques).
What do you mean, do I think you're an idiot?
Well, Bird Watching magazine and Warehouse Express obviously think their readers/customers are stupid - because those are exactly the conditions for entering their new competition.
Just had a look at it as the magazine arrived in the post today......yes it does sound a bit steep for an entry fee. Surely a graduated one for how many of the different categories you enter would have been a much fairer way. Even the "reduced entry" rate for the ones that are entering the Under 18 section of £10 is a lot for that one category.
Frank,
Thanks for bringing yet another example of a common, and growing, problem to our attention.
Welcome to the world of copyright infringement. It would help if photographers, professional and amateur alike, would stop giving their work away simply for the vain (or naive) aspiration of seeing one's name in print. It results in the increased undervalueing of our product, and the skills necessary to create that product.
Robert / Seattle, aka
www.pisanostudio.com