This is my new Ameristep Outhouse Blind for photographing birds on our feeders. My wife thinks I'm totally crazy, but the blind enables
me to shoot very close to the birds. I can only imagine what the neighbors think too! The blind fits one photographer, a tripod, a case
for equipment, and a chair. I'm too tall to shoot out the front window of the blind, so I sat on the chair yesterday and shot from a
tripod. There is enough window opening to see if birds are landing on the feeders and start shooting. Amazingly, the birds
didn't seem to be aware of me at all.

Blinds are highly recommended by John Shaw in his great book, Nature Photography Field Guide. Bill Bates of Pbase has a blind that fits
two people. See http://www.pbase.com/image/52118025 . Another advantage is that when the phone rings, my wife just says, "He
can't talk right now. He's in his blind." :)

Unfortunately, I have so far been unable to figure out how to fold the thing back up. No jokes please, but I'm sure they will come.