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Just another slightly quirky event in the life of a bird photographer. After yesterday’s marathon post I needed something shorter and more lighthearted for today.<\/p>\n

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About nine months ago I received a request from an author to use this photo of a Short-eared Owl in flight with a vole in its clutches. I told him that it wasn’t tack sharp and that I had other similar images that were much sharper but he needed a vertical composition for a book cover and said this one was perfect for his needs so we closed the deal.<\/p>\n

He said it was for a novel he was writing titled “Brunello, Sex & Rock ‘n’ Roll” and that he wanted the image because “In a very important scene in the book an owl is on the hunt with a mouse\/vole in her claws so your foto (short-eared owl 7893) would perfectly match”.<\/p>\n

So after I received payment I sent him the photo and then completely forgot about it.<\/p>\n

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Until yesterday only minutes before I had to leave the house for a doctor’s appointment when my doorbell rang and there was a package on my front step containing a complimentary copy of the book. It’s a large book in hardcover with nearly 600 pages in small print and sure enough, my image is on the cover (sorry about the image quality, these are cell phone photos).<\/p>\n

With a book that big, my photo on the cover and a title that at least piqued my curiosity I figured he must have something interesting to say so I looked forward to browsing through it when I returned home from my appointment.<\/p>\n

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But the damn thing is written in German and I can’t read a word of it.<\/p>\n

The only words I recognize are some place names and the names of some prominent rock and roll stars, particularly members of the Rolling Stones. And the author obviously has a penchant for long sentences and huge paragraphs – some of his paragraphs are a full page or more long in relatively small print. I’d have a tough time reading it even if I could read German. It might be an interesting and engaging novel but I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

Oh well, I try to look at the bright side. I sold another image and this time it was for a cover so I’m happy about that.<\/p>\n

And I even learned the definition of “Brunello” but I had to look it up…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Addendum: My good friend Jim DeWitt provided an apparent explanation for the long sentences\/paragraphs in this book in a comment on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n