Nature Photography Close Up: Macro Techniques in the Field

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CLOSE UP I seen one review posted about this book and thought it was a bit unfair. Therefore, I decided to write a review of my own and point out some of the good things this books manages to cover. First, I would like to state that this book is not full of high contrast images. Sure, there are some but this is to be expected in macro work. There are many very good examples of close up photography presented in this book. The next thing I would like to point out is the lay out of the book. It may come across as a textbook but it is designed so you can open up to any chapter and start from that particular point. In other words, you do not have to start from page one and read straight through. You can skip sections you may feel you already have a handle on. Now lets talk about the information presented in this book. After all that's the meat and potatoes of any book, right? This book starts out with a section devoted to camera basics, which covers what else, camera basics. This section is designed for beginners who may not have a grip on macro photography and in my opinion is a very good way to start a book on this subject. A section on technique, digital photography, fieldwork, designing pictures and adapting imagery soon follow. Each of the sections is broken down into chapters and as stated before you can choose to read just the chapters you need. That is the true beauty of this book layout. There may be better Macro books on the market but for the beginner this book is absolutely worthwhile. I would like to state one more time that the images in this book are fine. There are some great pictures presented on these pages. I have been shooting for quite some time and I enjoyed many of the photos here. Maybe past reviewers take themselves a little too seriously. It does not pay to be full of ones self. Beauty is found in the eye of the beholder not in some technical jargon spewed forth by the so-called trained professional. I rate this book a solid 3 1/2 stars.