The Joy of Bird Photography: From Your Backyard to Exotic Locations, Learn the Secrets and Techniques for Taking Great Bird Photos [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Vernon Eugene, Jr. Grove (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 199 pages
• Publisher: Gulf Publishing (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884152383
• ISBN-13: 978-0884152385
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #547,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality photos, limited useful advice, February 14, 1999

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[e-mail] (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Joy of Bird Photography: From Your Backyard to Exotic Locations, Learn the Secrets and Techniques for Taking Great Bird Photos (Hardcover)

Above all a book on bird photography should have good pictures of birds. This book fails miserably. Many of the photos are grainy, out of focus,or under exposed. This is an amateur book written by an amateur photographer. - Do we really have to be told that a telephoto lens "Causes a subject to seem closer than it really is"? The images on the included CD bird screen saver are of the same poor quality. Save your money, or better yet buy Arthur Morris' "The Art of Bird Photography".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars immediately helpful, August 21, 2005

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Bolivar (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Joy of Bird Photography: From Your Backyard to Exotic Locations, Learn the Secrets and Techniques for Taking Great Bird Photos (Hardcover)

This book had a good tip that got me close enough to wild turkeys to get some great photos. I enjoyed reading other techniques and seeing the photos the author took. Shooting any animal through long telephoto lenses takes a lot of practice and at least this got me started and made me more appreciate of anyone who does well in this sort of photography.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars the joy does shine through, July 17, 2005

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This review is from: The Joy of Bird Photography: From Your Backyard to Exotic Locations, Learn the Secrets and Techniques for Taking Great Bird Photos (Hardcover)

Having seen many copies of this author's photographs, I know his work to be first class and his effort to produce quality photographs unquestioned. The joy of this pursuit does shine through the mediocre production quality of Gulf Coast Publishing. The book is for beginning bird photographers and as such contains many helpful hints and practical examples. Enjoy it for what it does offer and hope that a better publisher and printer gets hold of it next.