My name is Joe Piotrowski and I am a bird watcher and amateur Photographer living in Williamsburg,Va. Photography has been a hobby since I was developing film in my closet darkroom in high school 40 years ago. Those days I had a 4x5 Toyo View Camera and was an avid Zone System Nerd. I am glad those stinky, slimy days are over. Film is dead! Now I take my trusty Canon Mark III with 4.5-5.6L IS 100-400 Zoom and Tripod(with cable release-some things never change) into the wilds and capture informat