I know this is going to provoke discussion, and I hope it doesn't get personal, or grow into a flame war.

Some of Chris Packham's views in a web article (http://www.warehouseexpress.com/Chri...ham/birds.html) on a photography equipment supplier's website I find disturbing, some I just disagree with.

"If you are a budding bird or wildlife photographer may I take this opportunity of offering you one genuine piece of advice. Don’t bother to compete with us."

Now I could have taken that out of context and left it at that, but he has another possibly controversial viewpoint too:
"My advice is this, embrace life’s most important rule and avoid competition at all costs."

Finally, still on his non-competition theme:
"Develop an ability and some style in that niche and you will not fail. Use Darwin’s theory of natural selection to envolve into a new species of wildlife photographer."


Then he goes onto something I think will elicit strong reaction here:

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/Chri....html#artistic

But I suppose it's natural when there's money at stake.