>I have slides of Marbled Godwits taken at various parts of the day and
>weather conditions. The bird in the late afternoon is quite red and the bird
>photographed under an even overcast (my favorite lighting condition) is quite
>different from that taken at noon on sunny day. And this does not include the
>use of flash. As a photographer I have always felt that the best way to
>illustrate birds is by a painting unless there's ample room for annotation
>for each photo describing in what region it was photographed, what season,
>what time of day, what weather conditions and what type of film. And of
>course this was all before Photoshop and digital manipulation.
>
>Jim Rosso

We in the bird-records committee often joke about Photoshop vis-a-vis bird
reports. If I had it, I'd sure have some fun at WOS meetings!

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416