This year Bird Photographer of the Year is being hosted on Photocrowd
If you are not sure what Photocrowd is - then where have you been? It is one of the many trendy crowd-voting websites that is full of photo contests that you can 'enter', ‘like’ and 'vote' on and get a sense of pride and satisfaction with each new like you get… These websites exist on a diet of followers and influence. They appeal to our base instinct of being liked, being worthwhile, being complimented, being important. They pander to our own insecurities - when many like
