THE PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE
Pacific anemone (Anemone multifida), photo by Jim Riley.
EDITORS
Vascular Plants: Jamie Fenneman
Fungi: Michael Beug
Bryophytes: Steve Joya
Algae: Michael Hawkes
GENERAL INFORMATION
Photos are how we visualize our wild species, and photos on E-Flora BC are a big part of the project. Donations of photos are always very welcome. If you are interested in donating photos for use on the E-Flora site, details on how to submit them, the types of photos we are looking for, copyrights and permissions, and how photos will be selected are provided below.
HOW TO BECOME AN E-FLORA PHOTOGRAPHER
SOME KEY INFORMATION
Seaside bittercress (Cardamine angulata), photo by Gary Ansell.
WHAT KIND OF PHOTOS ARE WE LOOKING FOR--WHAT WE DON'T WANT
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For more information on photos on E-Flora BC, visit these pages:
Frequently Asked Questions by Photographers
Frequently Asked Questions About Photo Use
Pink sand verbena ( Abronia umbellata var. breviflora ), photo by Matt Fairbarns.
HOW MANY PHOTOS OF EACH SPECIES DO WE WANT?
Because of the multiple purposes of photos on E-Flora, we aim to provide multiple shots of each species in the photo gallery. Don't be put off from submitting a shot because there is already a photo of that species in the gallery, or even if there are many photos. If your photos illustrate something useful ecologically, or distributionally, or provide good insight into habitat--or if they are just plain beautiful--then we would love to have them. We need many photos to help users identify the plants they find. And many users just simply like to browse collections of species photos.
Because we will be mapping photo records, it is also important for us to obtain photos for each species from significant new locations. This mapping component of E-Flora is an important addition, and will help to fill in distribution information for our wild species. This is important for species where there is no specimen-based dot on our maps.
Just use common sense when submitting your photos. If we already have dozens of beautiful photos of a species, then we probably don't need more--unless your photo is documenting a significant range extension for a species (i.e., your site is much further north or south than any other dot on our maps), or an unusual colour form, or there are few distribution dots on our map and your photo record would be a significant contribution.
Western pasqueflower (Anemone occidentalis), photo by Allan Carson.
COPYRIGHT AND OTHER SPECIFIC DETAILS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS:
What you are agreeing to when you become an E-Flora photographer
1. At E-Flora BC, you retain copyright of your photos. We provide a blind contact form with each of your photos so that anyone interested in using your photos can contact you for permissions.
2. E-Flora BC will not provide permissions to use your photos; we direct all contact to the photographer.
3. By submitting your photographs to E-Flora, you agree to allow E-Flora BC to use the photograph as part of E-Flora BC, an online atlas and associated database that is openly accessible to the public on the world wide web. The photo will appear in our photo gallery, and may also appear in our general botanical information pages (such as this one), as the lead photo on the atlas pages, or on our Biodiversity Blog. This includes display on large-screen computers as well as small-screen devices, where the format may be adjusted to fit the screen size.
4. E-Flora BC will display the following information with respect to your photos:
5. Note that a blind contact form is attached to each photo in the E-Flora photo gallery that allows people to contact you without revealing your email address. Your email address will not be displayed in the photo gallery. Photos used in our introduction pages provide email address links only with permission.
6. Note that any photos that are published on the web are open to photo theft, and this includes photos on E-Flora BC. We aim to protect your photos through automatic reduction of the resolution of each photo you submit in order to render them unusable. We also use photo blocks to make it more difficult to copy an image, Read more about blocks here.
7. For photographs submitted to E-Flora BC, adherence to Canadian copyright law is the responsibility of the photographer. Please ensure that you own and control the copyright to all photos that you submit to E-Flora BC for publication, and that you have the right to submit the photos to our site.
8. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. E-Flora BC respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requests that users of the site do the same.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (toothed jelly), photo by May Kald.
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
1) If your email address changes, be sure to let us know so that we can update your contact information.
2) Photos published on E-Flora BC are available on the site for many years. Because of this, it is a good idea to consider the long-term. Designate a beneficiary--someone who will hold the copyright to your photos after you pass away. This could be family, a friend, a nature club or others, often someone who shares your passion for nature and nature photography. Why is this important? It is important because your photos will continue to be displayed on E-Flora BC, and requests for permissions to publish them will continue. Who can give that permission for continued use?
Recommended citation: Author, date, page title. In: Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2023. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Date Accessed]
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