Stephen Buchan's photostream  

Usage of my photos
Over the years, as my collection of photographs on Flickr has grown, I've been receiving increasingly frequent enquiries for use of my images. In most cases I agree to the request, but to reduce some of the repetitive correspondence via email, I'll just explain my usage conditions here:

1. Please email me directly to request to use one or more of my images, explaining the purpose of the usage and declaring whether the use is for a non profit-making venture or is commercial.

2. For commercial use, we can enter into a negotiation on price. Full-size original images may well be available for higher-quality reproduction - please specify resolution requirements.

3. For non-commercial use, I have in the past requested some gift in kind such as a field guide, or a copy of the publication in which my image appears. I have a growing collection of interesting books containing one or more of my images.

3. Credit should be given to me as the photographer of the images used. For on-line material, a link back to my Flickr image would also be appreciated.




About my photography
I've been interested in plant life (and fungi) from childhood. I like the aesthetics of plants and fungi, as well as the more technical biological aspects of their study, especially taxonomy and cladistics, and the light the latter studies shed on the path of evolution. Flickr and photography combined is a great way to share these passions with the relatively small number of kindred spirits out there



My groups
There's a number of Flickr groups dedicated to holding species in particular angiosperm families. In addition to joining those already in existence, I have created further flowering plant family groups so that most of the major families are now represented.

The angiosperm family groups I maintain are:

Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family)
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (Carrot Family)
Bignoniaceae (Trumper Creeper Family)
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (Cabbage Family)
Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)
Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family)
Piperaceae (Peperomias and Black Pepper)
Poaceae (Gramineae) and allies (Grasses, Sedges and Rushes)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

Living in Scotland and with an interest in many plant groups, I also felt the need to create the group Flora of Scotland for photographs of both flowering and non-flowering plants found natively or naturalised in Scotland.

Ghana is a country I have close ties with and so I've set up a group called
West African Plants. In order to cast a net wide enough to get a reasonable number of contributions to this group, I've defined it as being for native and wild plants from any West African country. However, it does seem to be a part of the world with few botanical photographers on the ground.



My other interests (when I'm not on Flickr!) include travel and photography generally, and so there's more on my photostream than plants and fungi!


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