The 2009 BBC Wildlife photographer of the year has been found guilty… ok maybe not quite but certainly was disqualified for submitting a photo of a wolf and not disclosing it was shot in captivity instead of in the wild.  Read the BBC article and then read the attached article for more details of the evidence and determine for yourself.

Winning Image - False

I am an avid wildlife photographer myself and have on occasion shot at a wildlife park (none of which are published on my website (www.bolinphoto.com) I would never think of portraying an image taken in a park as that from the wild.

The photographer is spanish José Luis Rodríguez.  His behavior in this matter disgusts me as there are many hard working photographers that don’t deserve to be tainted in any way by his behavior.  There were 43,000 entrants in the competition and to think he had the nerve to accept the award knowing his behavior was deceitful.  Shame on you!