Collected specimens pinned - are dead to me - that is what the photo shows.
But counted as alive if the observer collected their specimen when it WAS alive.
(I don’t agree, but those are the iNat guidelines)
Award winning photos are probably copyright infringement - but - some observers DO take outstanding photos - so you need to check the quality of their other photos (and they might come back with a ‘using different camera’ comment)
If the obs seems in need of a flag, the onus is on the observer to tell identifiers up front - what the back story is.
If you do flag, follow your notifications, so you can react if something changes.