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Picture of the Week

We receive a number of photographs each week, for various purposes. The one (more often two, and even that is hard enough sometimes) that I like best of those recently received will be featured on this page. That I choose a picture does not imply or deny technical or artistic merit. It's just one I particularly liked at the time I made my choice. Photographs on this page will depict birds of prey taken anywhere in the world or anything taken at the Trust. All images are appreciated and many that don't make this page do appear elsewhere on the site.

This is open to amateur and professional photographers of all ages (although I should prefer to see parental permission if the photographer is under 16), and it makes no difference if the camera used cost ten thousand pounds or came free with a packet of breakfast cereal. You may suggest captions (which I may but don't guarantee to use), personal details (ditto), details of location and technical data (some of which I may be able to read from the EXIF header, for those who know and care about such things).

No prize or payment of any kind will be offered, but the photographer will be credited and we can provide a link to the photographer's web site and/or email address if requested and if appropriate. You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for any images submitted for consideration and, by submitting your images, you give the Hawk Conservancy Trust (HCT) a non-exclusive licence to reproduce the images on its web sites and in other media, without payment, for the sole purpose of the HCT and its promotion and publicity. Requests from others for permission to use these images will always be referred to the photographer at the photographer's last known email address.

Please respect the photographers' intellectual property rights when using this page.

The first shot I have chosen this week was taken by Peter Millard, and shows Snowy Owl Sweeny Todd in flight during the 2pm Valley of the Eagles demonstration. Peter used a Canon EOS 50Dat 300mm, 1/2500s at F4 and ISO 160.

My other favourite shot from this week's submissions is of Saker Falcon Drifter showing off his aerobatic skills during the 2pm Valley of the Eagles demonstration. This image was by Hamish Smith, using a Canon EOS-50D at 400mm, 1/2000s at F5.6 and ISO 200.

If you have recently taken a photograph that you think I might like to put on this page, send it to me, Keith Channing, Webmaster as an email attachment (.jpg preferred). Don't embed it in the message, don't flood me with loads of images and don't send me a link to your online gallery. The image width should be at least 1000 pixels and the total size of the email including images must not exceed 20MB. If at all possible, please leave the EXIF header intact. I reserve the right to crop the image for emphasis or other reasons. The subject of photographs should be either Birds of Prey taken in the wild, or anything taken at the Trust; I would prefer not to display a picture that you are planning to include or have already included as an entry to any of the Trust's photographic competitions.

... and don't forget to check this page regularly to see if your photograph has made it!

Featured images showing birds of prey are archived (unless you ask us not to) and can be viewed here. It is also available as an Atom feed