ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2002). 2002 1st edition. 8vo paperback. Pp160. Colour photographs by Bates Littlehales throughout. Fine. Useful and interesting manual of bird photography, "what equipment to use for best results, .getting close to the birds you want to photograph, how to take advantage of challenging weather conditions, how to make interesting backgrounds .photography websites". Includes lists of (North American) species with recommended tactics for getting close to each, with a further list of suitable food baits. PREVIOUS PRICE £9.95.

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Title: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY FIELD GUIDE: BIRDS. SECRETS TO MAKING GREAT PICTURES. Rulon E. Simmons, with Bates Littlehales.
Publisher: National Geographic. Washington, DC. 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0792268784
ISBN 13: 9780792268789
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition

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In a single year, 25 million people will travel specifically to observe and photograph wild birds, spending 18.1 billion dollars on trips, equipment, and publications. And this dedicated population continues to grow each year. Now, National Geographic offers novice to advanced birders and photographers a sturdy, easy-to-carry guide packed with the information they will need to take their best wild bird photographs. Author Rulon Simmons, a 30-year birder and award-winning photographer, joins Bates Littlehales, a 40-year National Geographic photographer specializing in birds, to offer specifics on finding and photographing birds, whether in the backyard or in the nation?s stunning national parks. Includes comprehensive information with full-color images on the right films and lenses to use; the best time of day to shoot; stalking, luring, and ?posing? birds; range maps and birding hotspots; and a complete index. This excellent companion to National Geographic?s #1 selling National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America is the only book photographers will need to capture stunning images of wild birds.

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Rulon Simmons is a 30-year birder who has photographed more than 300 species in his birding quest. He is an expert technician in image quality at Kodak and teaches photography for Kodak and for a local college. He has written and photographed for Popular Photography, Kodakis Viewpoints magazine, Birds and Blooms, The Genessee, NG BirdWatcher. His work appears in the book Applied Photography. An exhibit of his bird photography was featured at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography. He has won numerous photographic competitions, domestic and International.

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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