Text and images copyright Melanie M. All rights reserved. Republished from Photo Travel Review, with kind permission.

The English Lake District has long been associated with tourism. Since the earliest days, visitors have strived to convey the images from their minds’ eye to others. Some in words as with the Lakes Poets, some by painting including Turner and Constable, and as the process developed more latterly with photography. George Abraham and his sons were perhaps the earliest photographers of renown in the area (circa 1887). They recorded landscapes and mountaineering images, some of which can be seen in their old premises, now the George Fisher store in Keswick.

Tourism is now the primary source of income to the area, but it is not difficult to escape the crowds in pursuit of images to take home with you.

Text copyright Carolyn E. Wright, Esq. All rights reserved.

You’re sitting in your easy chair and surfing the web. You’re not paying much attention, until you see it. It’s your photo, but you did not post it there. You can’t believe they used your photo without your permission. Now what do you do? The steps you take may limit your ultimate remedies so be sure to not act too quickly.

Each week the moderators and staff of NatureScapes.Net select one photo that particularly stands out in each of the image critique galleries.

This photo becomes that gallery’s Image of the Week, and at year end, one image is selected from these to be the gallery’s "Image of the Year."

With so many wonderful images we have also included two images as "Honorable Mention" in each gallery.

Text copyright Thomas D. Mangelsen, all rights reserved. Images copyrighted as noted.

Game Farm photography is not an issue that is broadly understood. Imagine genetically wild animals born in captivity, incarcerated for life, only to be paroled and paraded for profit, and you have the Game Farm picture.

Although I have spoken out against Game Farm photography for many years, for reasons I discuss below, I feel it is more important than ever to educate people about the practice. I feel that there are numerous issues that have been swept under the rug.