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The Magic of Digital Nature Photography (A Lark Photography Book) Paperback – September 28, 2006

by Rob Sheppard (Author)

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For anyone who has tried to capture a blazing sunset or catch the stark and simple beauty of bare tree limbs in winter, this manual will prove irresistible. Rather than providing ideas of what to photograph, Sheppard presents invaluable insider techniques and insights: use a histogram to get the ideal exposure, or white balance to create atmospheric images. Find out how to shoot crisp close-ups or awe-inspiring panoramic shots, and how to enhance pictures by using filters such as grads and polarizers. See how computer and image-editing software can turn ordinary images into extraordinary photos. Each section lists 10 Quick Tips for handling common outdoor photography challenges.

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About the Author

Rob Sheppard is editor of PCPhoto and Outdoor Photographer magazines and the author of numerous Lark Photography books: Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing (2003), and PCPhoto Digital Zoom Camera Handbook (2005).

Series: A Lark Photography Book
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Pixiq (September 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1579907733
ISBN-13: 978-1579907730
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 30 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,350,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ellen M. Peacock

Great book. Lots of good tips on taking good ...

February 12, 2016

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Great book. Lots of good tips on taking good photos . Great pictures showing "how to" make yours look better. Highly recommend this book to other photo enthusiasts. Book arrived on time and was well packaged. Good pricing too. Ellen P.

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Better than YouTube!

December 16, 2014

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I have read/studied this terrific guide. I am a beginner and going beyond point and shoot. My primary interest is nature photography. This book has provided instruction and tips that have improved my hobby. I like a book better than YouTube because I can make notes in it, dog-ear pages to mark them, toss it in the car referral of to re-read during down time.

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Brian

Good,, but not great

November 5, 2007

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At first glance, the book is amazing. It is very well written with all sorts of useful advice. It is useful for a beginner, but he never sounds as if he is talking down to anyone. It has plenty of more technical advice for the more advanced, but it never becomes overwhelming. And the photos are simply amazing.

But... I do have one problem with the book, and it is fairly glaring to me. As amazing as the photos are, the author makes little to no attempt to tie them into the text. There is no attempt to use the photos as a way to explain difficult or confusing topics. It is almost like the author wrote the entire book and then simply added a bunch of photos randomly throughout the text. Photographers by nature are visual learners. It would have been much more helpful if the author had use the photos to teach us and let the text add the details instead of relying so heavily on the text itself.

The end result is that many times the beautiful photos seem more of a distraction than helpful examples. This book is very good, but it easily could have been so much better.

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Lilac days

Great insperation

November 17, 2012

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This book was great in helping me go out and experiment with other settings and angles in taking landscape pictures

I gave 4 stars because a beginner will not understand some of the terms used in the book.

I would recommend this book to any photographer who needs to be inspired to try different things when taking landscape pictures.

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Greg Locke

Only somewhat helpful

October 12, 2010

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Like many photography books, this book really is only somewhat informative, and somewhat helpful.

After a brief overview of gear, the author goes on to describe, (very briefly) exposure, lighting, color, composition, etc...Never really spending any significant amount of time on any one subject, and only providing a few photographic details for each topic covered.

For example, the author spends a page or two describing lighting (backlighting, sidelighting, etc), but fails to show any pictorial examples that would give the reader a visual example.

While this book has many, many great pictures none of the pictures are accompanied by a description of the camera settings. This is the information that would prove most useful to any aspiring photographer.

In the end, this book really did very little to further my photography skills.

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Scout772

Ron is a top photog instructional writer.

July 28, 2015

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Ron is a top photog instructional writer. He writes for the novice and semi-pro where all can improve their techniques

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R. Stalnaker

Extremely Disappointing Book--Buyer Beware

January 27, 2008

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If you are looking for a helpful book on nature photography, keep looking. This book's focus is not on technique (or even nature photography) but mostly on gear and simplistic ABCs.

55% of the book is photos. None of the photos give detail of how it was shot or any twist on a technique used. This drops the page count from 207 pages to 93 functional pages. The first 61 pages offer nothing different than that of a camera's manual on shutter speed, white balance, etc. More wasted space is used on "gear" about tripods and cameras. Doing the math, we are now down to 66 pages. This process continues to where we have just a few pages that may offer some value.

Much of the remaining reduction comes in wasted space on "gear" which Sheppard rehashes multiple times. This book's only purpose would be to get someone not the slightest interested in photography to perhaps spark an interest. For any photographer at any level, the book offers nothing than what you find on camera manufacturer websites and manuals inside camera boxes. It is so basic that even beginners would be hard pressed to learn much. In the end, you are left wondering where the pages are about nature photography. Look elsewhere in Amazon for more suitable photography books.

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jlucas

Great resource for teachers!

November 16, 2010

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Our Conservation District office was hosting a Digital Nature Photography workshop for teachers to coincide with an outdoor classroom project. A local photographer was the speaker and I asked him about using this book as a resource for those who would be attending. He liked it and we bought one for each of the teachers who have given positive feedback about the book---great pictures and useful information. Would look to this author for future resources!

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