Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 18 [Hardcover]

Rosamund Kidman Cox (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Publication Date: November 11, 2008

Collected in this stunning volume are more than 120 beautiful images of nature taken from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the most prestigious event of its kind. An international panel of expert judges selects the top photographs each year from more than 35,000 entries, and all of the winning and commended images are beautifully reproduced in this portfolio. The subjects and styles are diverse, ranging from abstract nature images to portraits of animal behavior and environmental reportage.

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About the Author

Rosamund Kidman Cox edited BBC Wildlife Magazine for more than two decades and is the coeditor of Planet Earth: The Future.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: BBC Books (November 11, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846075815
• ISBN-13: 978-1846075810
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,394,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars not the best in the series, January 7, 2010

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Aaron Lightner "aaronlightner" (new york) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 18 (Hardcover)

I've purchased several of these BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolios over the past several years, I would say the overall quality of the images in this particular volume is relatively weak. Some fine images to be sure, but there are few in this edition that really jump off the page. I'm a wildlife and nature photographer myself, and been somewhat successful on a small scale, and I do spend a great deal of my non-shooting time looking at this type of photography, and feel I have a somewhat disciplined evaluation ability, and am suprized at the number of images in this book that are little more then average. The series is a fantastic series of books on nature photography but this edition is at best weak. Choose another volume before purchasing this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring: raises the bar, February 22, 2009

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Barry A. Grivett "Bug Guy" (San José, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 18 (Hardcover)

Mostly, I'm delighted to discover Amazon.co.uk was able to get me this book quickly (for only a couple extra dollars: US$32.12 including shipping & currency conversion) when Amazon.com (USA) inexplicably could not (ordered prepublication 10/08; after three delays I sought another source in 2/09)! My wife and I are photographers and she has collected the set from portfolio #1. What a wonderful and inspiring collection it is. Otherwise, I can only second the other 5-star reviews (see <Amazon.co.uk>). So, if you have trouble getting this item at a good price, you might try Amazon.co.uk.