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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 3530528" data-attributes="member: 2844">Or is it that photos freeze the moment in a way which does not show field marks in the way in which we experience them in the field? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  I agree regarding things like wheatear tails. Sagely, 'Britain's Birds' (currently in my view by far the best photo guide available this side of the Atlantic) sidesteps the issue with regard to wheatear tails by using drawings to illustrate the point! If the promised European version of this book comes to fruition I think it will be a significant advance on Jiguet & Audevard.  Until then I think it can claim the crown as the best such guide available in Europe.I'm just putting some finishing touches to a review of the guide which I hope to put online within a day or two ...</blockquote>