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Fish Face

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I am a huge fan of David doubilet. His photography is amazing and awe inspiring. My only quam with this book is that it is too small. Many pictures are ruined because they stretch over pages and parts are lost. The hardcover edition seems to remedy the problem though. As no content is lost to the binding. His Water Light Time book is one of my favorite books in my library. And Fish Face is already one of my favorites. The pictures are great, and he has once again proven his ability as a photographer

Lot's of interesting and colorful photos. I gave it to my sister, for christmas, and our whole family sat around looking at the fish for hours.

Once again, David Doubilet shows his ingenious photography work. I really enjoyed Water Light Time, and Fish Face is proving to be a close second. Each image is carefully shot. It is wonderful to see close-up images of deep sea marine life and other creatures that one would not normally find on a casual snorkel excursion. There is a sense of humor to some of these photos, too, which makes looking at them even more entertaining. This is a perfect companion to Water Light Time!

Doubilet has done it again. As a vintage underwater photographer of 50 years I have devoured all of his books, as an inspiration. Undoubtedly he is the best underwater photographer in the world today and his use of light and subject matter are masterly. Fish Face is an interesting and difficult theme handled with great aplomb.I recommend this work to photographers and all those interested in the sea.

I am an underwater photographer caught up in the film vs digital debate. Mr. Doubilet's book Fish Face, Water Light Time and his National Geographic works go a long way to keep me completely divesting myself from film in favor of pixels. At a recent lecture in Santa Barbara Mr. Doubilet indicated that he is still swimming with film with marginal mental and financial investment into digital techniques. His most credible argument in favor of film was black and white imagery and the use of filters. The unpublished works he showed us were incredible and I hope to see a collected works before digital devours us all. I have found Fish Face a good learning tool in terms of composition and and an exercise in recognize the moment and capture that moment, whereas I found Water, Light Time a good study in terms of lighting, composition and imagination. What I am really waiting for is the black and white.

I bought this book on an impulse. It is a great buy. I am a teacher and often buy coffee table books for students to look at. This is a fun book and students will love it. I enjoyed looking at it myself and will again when I share it with others.

I have collected many of David Doubilet's published works and I find in this book a bit of whimsy. The pages are filled with expressions and personality and I find it funny that Mr. Doubilet likens many of his fish subjects to beloved human personalities. It is fun to go through and imagine who looks most like "that fish face". An inexpensive treat to have some fun with if you like fish.

This was such a hit with my sister who is an ocean lover. It makes a great gift. The pictures are amazing. EACH page is up close, glossy, vibrant and colorful. Great buy if you love fish and/or just art. The cover is also beautiful and it's quite small, which adds to it's apeal. Love it.

Many books I buy are to keep my gradeschool grandchildren interested in learning. Thus it was with this one. Every page is a full page, quality, color photo of fish that are unusual to our every day lives. The children loved it and have spent hours with it. It is also fasinating to adults and their parents and myself have poured thru it again and again. Fish Face would also make a good coffee table conversation piece. There are no age limits to book. Everyone will benefit from it again and again.

awesome pics beleive it there int he sea we know less about the sea then mars we need to wake up and get our food from the sea 3/4 earth is water soem can be turned to drinking water we nneed to conserve this book will hopefully make you think twice before throing anything into our precious waters peace and conserve a littel bit goes a long way