Water is often the most dramatic element in a landscape-reflections on a still pond, waves along a rocky coastline, mist shrouding a forest clearing, ice coating the branches of a tree. But capturing water on film can be a challenge. Look over the shoulder of an expert as she shows how to recognize great water shots and realize them on film. In clear, detailed text and a wealth of color photos, Heather Angel covers equipment and technique and presents a gallery of her most stunning scenes.
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Heather Angel is an internationally renowned nature photographer, lecturer, and author of numerous books, including How to Photograph Flowers. She is past president of the Royal Photographic Society, and teaches photography at Nottingham University. She lives in Surrey, England.
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Heather Angel is a leading peripatetic wildife photographer who is now concentrating on documenting the wildlife and remote parts of China - with three books on pandas to date icluding the best-selling Panda and the expansive Green China, with Exploring Natural China published in Fall 2010. Other popular wildlife titles include Wild Kew, Puffins, Snow Monkeys and Living Dinosaurs. She also writes practical wildlife photography books - Macro through a Nikon lens. Always an enthusiastic communicator, Heather tutors workshops worldwide and her work has been recognised by many awards in Britain and overseas. She was President of the Royal Photographic Society from 1984-86.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Good for bookshelf, not for learners,
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This review is from: How to Photograph Water (How To Photograph Series) (Paperback)
First of all, I never understood why the name of the book is "How To ....". All you get here some nice and spectacular pictures which contain some sort of water. This book never explained how to photograph various styles like stucco effect, rococo or cloudy effects. What are suitable film speed, shutter speed and weather condition required for a particular style. All you get here are what camera, what lens and what film used for the pictures. For taking water pictures, especially moving water, the most important thing is shutter speed. Choosing the shutter speed makes the style. Surprisingly the writer ignored it. If you want to get a book with beautiful pictures from all over the world, go ahead and buy it. If you want to learn HOW TO photograph water, DO NOT buy this book.
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How to look at photographs of Water,
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This review is from: How to Photograph Water (How To Photograph Series) (Paperback)
This book contains some nice photographs of water-based landscapes, but teaches little about technique, composition, shutter speed etc. for photographing water.Living close to the beach and waterfalls, I was somewhat disapointed in the content. Too much of the early chapters were taken up with general photographic principles and not enough specifics were provided on the actual subject - how to photograph water. Good pictures, but if you are looking for a comprehensive instructional source, this is not it.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Informative and beautifully photographed,
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This review is from: How to Photograph Water (How To Photograph Series) (Paperback)
This book is a must for any budding landscape photographer with an interest in capturing that most elusive of elements- water. Angel includes expert tips on photographing water in all its forms- liquid, frozen, mist, with wildlife, abstract & macro and is superbly presented and photographed to boot. This volume is destined to become a well thumbed fixture on my bookshelf
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Water, more than any other substance, not only offers infinite variety to the photographer but also has universal appeal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
skylight reflection, water abstracts, long telephoto lens, average tone, slow shutter speed, polarizing filter, window mount, static subjects, fast shutter speed, maximum aperture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yellowstone National Park, New Zealand, Victoria Falls, Southern Ocean, Alcedo Crater, Baja California, Breidamerkurjokull Glacier, Brook Falls, Cape Churchill, Duba Plains, Katmai National Park, Mount Moran New!
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Water, more than any other substance, not only offers infinite variety to the photographer but also has universal appeal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
skylight reflection, water abstracts, long telephoto lens, average tone, slow shutter speed, polarizing filter, window mount, static subjects, fast shutter speed, maximum aperture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yellowstone National Park, New Zealand, Victoria Falls, Southern Ocean, Alcedo Crater, Baja California, Breidamerkurjokull Glacier, Brook Falls, Cape Churchill, Duba Plains, Katmai National Park, Mount Moran New!
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- World Weather Guide by E A Pearce in Back Matter
- Photographing The Natural World by Heather Angel in Back Matter
- Natural World (Can You Believe It?) by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- North Carolina Waterfalls: Where to Find Them, How to Photograph Them by Kevin Adams in Back Matter
- Waterfalls of Colorado by Marc Conly in Back Matter
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- Wildlife (World's Top Photographers) by Terry Hope in Back Matter
- The Worlds Top Photographers and the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images: Wildlife by Terry Hope in Back Matter
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