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insect-icide
I was extremely disappointed to read the Photo Stories article ‘A micromacro world’ (Photoplus 124) that encourages photographers to kill insects. This feature is about getting the photograph at the expense of the subject, and is proven by the writer’s own words when he talks about being ‘cynical’.
The method he uses to kill insects is one that has been used for many years but is frowned upon by true wildlife photographers, which Kjeld Poulsen is not. Encouraging people to kill insects as a project in your magazine is beyond belief, given the state of the insect population these days. By the way, I am not a ‘tree hugger’, I spent my earlier years shooting, but came to realize shooting with a camera does not mean the death of an animal – that is providing you don’t use the methods promoted by your magazine. Stuart Andrews, Worcestershire Our Photo Stories section showcases a variety of our readers’ photography interests, and while we report on wide range of subjects that we think will be of interest to our readership, we don’t necessarily condone methods used. What do other readers feel about this?