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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

10,000 Birds

The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. I was returning from Rockport, Maine, having retrieved my daughter Skye and her friend Bau-Hien from a photography workshop. I was returning from Rockport, Maine, having retrieved my daughter Skye and her friend Bau-Hien from a photography workshop.

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Mastering Bird Photography: A Book Review by an Amateur Bird Photographer

10,000 Birds

In this new book, she puts everything she has learned in over 30 years of wildlife photography down in writing. And, not every photograph is perfect; in some cases, Read presents several versions of a specific bird to show how what happens when you use, say, a shallow depth of field, like in the two puffin photos below.

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