A closer view of me with six of the Backyard Bird Photography books
Learning to highlight the subject so the subject doesn’t get lost in the background.
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Mallard in the city
I ran across this bird recently and thought the fountain in the background was interesting. 
Backyard Bird Photography on the patio
Doing the shoot the other day with the Scrub Jays, I popped off a couple of the book on the patio. Glad I did.
Northern Mockingbird fledglings in Santa Monica
I heard the voices of the little birds as I walked by this hedge, then got a couple of shots of one of them. The parent showed up a few minutes later to feed them, so I took off. Right off of a main street, too. 
Palo Verde tree in bloom in my yard
Opening my box of 30 advance copies of Backyard Bird Photography
The book won’t be available to the public until August 5 (although you can pre-order it online discounted from $14.95 to $11 and change) since Sam’s Club bought out our first printing, but I ordered some extra copies from the publisher in advance. Lucky I did, since I can give them away to the nice folks who pose with the book. Opening the box of books right there in the garden where I took the photos was kind of neat. 
