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You activated the triggering mechanism. Its delay is inconsequential, whether it is 10ms or 10 minutes, since you are the proximate cause of the capture. These
by danilocampos 15y ago
You activated the triggering mechanism. Its delay is inconsequential, whether it is 10ms or 10 minutes, since you are the proximate cause of the capture.
These primates composed and snapped the photos themselves, unaided, on their own initiative. The providence of the camera doesn't make the camera's owner the copyright holder, any more than using a rented camera makes the rental company owner of the resulting images. Composition and shot timing are the two primary creative acts in photography — the monkeys did both.
- Terretta 15y agoIn further support of this, the photographer didn't "activate the triggering mechanism" by even intentionally leaving the camera in hopes to have them take the photos. I'd argue that a tripwire or any other mechanism of photographer intent to have the animals photograph themselves, would be akin to setting the timer. But, he says it was accidental: > One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a frenzy, said Slater, 46.