The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography
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Written by Jim Miotke.
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From the tiniest ladybug to a towering glacier, nature subjects offer some of the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards to photographers. In the BetterPhoto tradition, here's a complete photo course in a book. Hands-on lessons cover every aspect of digital nature photography, from buying the right camera for close-ups, landscapes, and movement - to understanding how the camera works, and taking great pictures. Jim Miotke uses straightforward text and inspiring informative photos to show the best ways to approach nature photography. Everything a beginner or intermediate photographer needs to know is here - including a buyer's guide, full information on camera features, file formats & settings, exposure, low-light photography, filters & white balance, composition & lens choice and much more.User Reviews (1) Login or create an account to write a review.
Dale Brayden thinks this book is Excellent.
Miotke is a professional photographer who seems to actually enjoy taking photographs. His enthusiasm is evident throughout The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography. He also understands that most of his readers do not have unlimited time or equipment budget.
The three themes running through this book are lighting, composition, and digital exposure; LCD for short. The first part of the book covers those three areas at an appropriate level of technical depth for a beginning photographer, or a beginning photographer who wants to improve his skills. The latter two-thirds of the book consists of basically case studies, showing mostly top-notch photographs and talking about the LCD principles applied.
If I had to own just one book about nature photography, this would be it.