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GUIDES TO BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY
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The
Art of Bird Photography : The Complete Guide to Professional Techniques
~ Usually ships in 24 hours
Arthur Morris / Hardcover / Published 1998
Arthur Morris is one of today's
leading bird photographers, and this book will show you exactly how he
shoots his highly marketable work. This guide is particularly useful
for users of Canon autofocus equpment. It doesn't cover blind techniques
to any significant degree, but is full of useful information. Read
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Bird
Photography : Pure and Simple
Arthur Morris / Paperback / Published 1997
Good, booklet sized, Canon specific.
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The
Field Guide to Photographing Birds (Center for Nature Photography Series)
~ Ships in 2-3 days
Allen Rokach, Anne Millman / Paperback / Published 1995 (Not
reviewed.)
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How
to Photograph Birds (How to Photograph, No 1)
Larry West, Julie Ridl / Paperback / Published 1993
Covers blind work very well.
Joy
of Bird Photography: Take Flight into the Fascinating World of Birds and
Learn How to Photograph Them Like A Pro
Vernon Eugene Grove / Hardcover / Published 1998
(Unreviewed, but he does very nice work.)
Photographing
Waterfowl : Techniques for the Advanced Amateur and Professional
Kit Howard Breen / Published 1989
The
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds : Guide to Birds & Nature
Photography ~ Ships in 2-3 days Laurie
Campbell / Paperback / Published 1993 (Unreviewed.)
Wild
Bird Photography ~ Usually ships in 24
hours
Tim Gallagher / Paperback / Published 1994 (Unreviewed.)
BIRD PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PORTFOLIO BOOKS
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A
Passion for Birds : Eliot Porter's Photography ~ Usually
ships in 24 hours
John B. Rohrbach, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
Eric
Hosking's Birds
Published 1988 Unreviewed.
Eric
Hosking's Birds : Fifty Years of Photographing Wildlife
Eric Hosking, Kevin MacDonnell / Published 1988 Unreviewed.
An
eye for a bird: the autobiography of a bird photographer
Eric John Hosking
Interesting autobiographical story
of a pioneering British photographer who lost an eye when he was attacked
by a Tawny Owl.
Hawks
in the Hand : Adventures in Photography and Falconry ~ Ships
in 2-3 days
Frank Craighead, John Craighead / Hardcover / Published 1997
A wonderful coming of age story set
in the earlier part of this century.
Vanishing
Songbirds : The Sixth Order : Wood Warblers and Other Passerine Birds ('Constance
Sullivan Book) ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
Eliot Porter, et al / Hardcover / Published 1996
Phenomenal in-flight flash work
done in 4X5 format via camera traps by a master of the format.
In
Wilderness Song : Litany of the Common Loon
Stephen Kirkpatrick / Hardcover / Published 1995
Portraits
of Tropical Birds
John Stewart Dunning / Hardcover / Published 1985
Flashed tent shots of Neotropical
birds with unremitting blue backgrounds. Dunning was a sand and gravel
magnate who spent years netting and photographing birds in South America.
Masterpieces
of Australian bird photography
Peter Slater Unreviewed.
William
L. Finley : Pioneer Wildlife Photographer
Worth Mathewson / Published 1987
Wonderful book on a historic Oregon
photographer and conservationist.
Bird and wildlife field guides
Business guides to stock and wildlife photography
Landscape photography guides
Nature and wildlife photography how tos
Portfolio and coffee table books