Photography is an art that I have enjoyed all my life--not creating it,
but enjoying what is produced by others. Just think of all the places
we have been and things we have seen from our armchairs that we would
not have known about if not for photographers.

I think of Paul Bannick's Owls and Woodpeckers book as a perfect
example. When do most of us ever have the opportunity to get an upclose
look at Owls for as long as it takes us to absorb all the intricacy of
their feathers and structure? And be able to summon that bird again
when we want another look?
But Paul has made that possible...and he did have to take his equipment
in the field to get those pictures, I am sure.

And most of the time when I encounter a birder with a high-powered
camera, he is offering every birder who appears the opportunity to look
through his lens on its tripod and see a bird "up-close" that we could
not even see with our binoculars.

Of course, I am always glad when any other birders show up while I am in
the field--cameras or not--because the more eyes, the more possiblity
that we will see more of those elusive creatures.

Darlene
Cinebar