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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

I finished the birds as art: The Avian Photography of Arthur Morris\/The Top 100<\/em> exhibit-companion e-book last night at about 9pm. I will be burning the master CD early this morning and getting it off to the manufacturing company in Richardson, TX today for overnight UPS delivery on Monday. Whew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I created the Canon panel for the upcoming San Diego Natural History Museum exhibit in InDesign yesterday. Please scroll down to see my request for proofreading help with the text. Note: I posted the corrected version above at 9am on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Insanity<\/h3>\n

I had the idea for the birds as art: The Avian Photography of Arthur Morris\/The Top 100<\/em> exhibit-companion e-book in my mind for about a year but never did anything about it. I always say, “Great ideas are a dime a dozen; implementing a single good idea is priceless.” As recently as two weeks ago, faced with a ton of work to be done for the exhibit and two additional writing projects, I knew that I was not going to have time to do the e-book. About a week ago, however, I thought that I just might–with the help of friends–be able to pull it off. The result? A miracle. <\/p>\n

My first and only-ever photography instructor, Milton Heiberg, helped me put together the InDesign file for the e-book when I visited his home last Monday and Tuesday. Several folks volunteered to help me with the first edit. Then Robert “BugBob” Allen, a longtime friend from southern California sent me an e-mail after reading the December 29th Hare-Brained Scheme…<\/em> blog post here<\/a>. He offered to help both with both InDesign and with the final edits. Many multiple IPT veteran and good friend Alan Lillich also offered to help with the final edits. Neither knew what they were getting into. The three of us spent virtually all of our waking hours for the past three days (or at least it seemed like that…) on the next “final edit.” Think that I am exaggerating? From December 27th through yesterday the three of us exchanged well more than 100 e-mails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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BugBob Allen with his wildflower book. Scroll down for info on Bob’s book. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

On January 1, BugBob sent this hopefully not prophetic but likely realistic e-mail: <\/p>\n

I learned with my second book (Wildflowers, see the image in my signature block) that no matter how hard you edit, something will slip through the cracks. I had a co-author, the publisher’s editor, and 12 botanists edit my book. When I received the first bound copy, I randomly opened it up to a page and immediately found a typo in the middle of the first paragraph I read!<\/em> Bob <\/p>\n

Right after I got Bob’s e-mail I got this from Alan:<\/p>\n

It looks great to me. The newly aligned layout is very nice. An amazingly professional book in how few days? Help aside, the selection of the photos and drafting of the text is quite an accomplishment. Not to mention the little part about creating the photos in the first place …<\/em> Alan<\/p>\n

Both Bob and Alan are incredibly eagle-eyed; they have consistently found errors that I would not have found if I live to be a hundred. So just when we were all feeling pretty good about the final “final version,” I got this e-mail from good friend Patrick Sparkman:<\/p>\n

Thanks for sending me the final version of your new e-book. It is fantastic and I am sure it will be well received. I did not read the whole thing carefully, and it is probably too late, but I did find one mistake. In the caption that goes with the Wood Duck head portrait, you wrote “nets in tree cavities.” It should of course be “nests.”<\/em> Patrick<\/p>\n

You gotta love it. <\/p>\n

Both Bob and Alan have my profound thanks for the incredible amount of work that they put into this project.<\/p>\n

Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains<\/h3>\n

Wildflowers of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains. Allen, R.L. & F.M. Roberts, Jr. 2013. Laguna Wilderness Press, Laguna Beach, CA. 500 pages, more than 2300 photos and 360 illustrations of wildflowers, plant communities, and associated wildlife– primarily insects and birds.<\/p>\n

It is available here<\/a> from the Orange County chapter of the California Native Plant Society and at Barnes & Noble. The BioQuip website has sample pages here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Many years ago, Bob learned macro photography from George Lepp and John Shaw. Then bird photography from yours truly. He teaches general nature photography and macro photography workshops in southern California. Learn more here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Canon Panel Help Needed<\/h3>\n

If you have a good eye for proofreading and spot any errors in the Canon Panel that opened this blog post, please leave a comment. Suggestions for improvement are also welcome. <\/p>\n


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Typos<\/h3>\n

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What’s Up? <\/p>\n

I finished the birds as art: The Avian Photography of Arthur Morris\/The Top 100 exhibit-companion e-book last night at about 9pm. I will be burning the master CD early this morning and getting it off to the manufacturing company in Richardson, TX today for overnight UPS delivery on Monday. Whew!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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