Nature Up Close

Nature Up Close
Author: Paul Fehringer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Nature photography
ISBN: 9781714388745

This book encourages one to explore the natural world from a close-up perspective. The colorful and unique images allow the reader to view nature from a different view.

Tadpoles

Tadpoles
Author: Elaine Pascoe
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781567111798

Explores the physical characteristics, reproduction, habitat, and metamorphosis of tadpoles. Includes hands-on activities.

Close-up and Macro Photography

Close-up and Macro Photography
Author: Robert Thompson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2017-09-18
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1317218043

Focusing on fieldcraft techniques for macro and close-up photography, Thompson covers the vital but often overlooked skills necessary to achieve consistent professional results in the field. Case studies covering a broad and often challenging group of subjects from the seashore to your back garden form the core of the lavishly illustrated book. Biology, life history, subject behaviour and ethics along with best practice approaches are discussed in detail and underpinned with photographic tips. The book is divided into four sections—Digital Fundamentals, Fieldcraft & Methodology, Portfolio Case Studies, Digital Workflow & Presentation—covering the full photographic process from capture through to editing, captioning, development and storage are discussed. Moving beyond the surface-level approach to macro instruction, this book provides readers with techniques that work in the field. Illustrated with over 250 of the author's own inspiring images, this publication is a must for photographers, naturalists and anyone interested in improving their macro skills in the field.

Beyond Extreme Close-Up Photography

Beyond Extreme Close-Up Photography
Author: Julian Cremona
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2018-09-23
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1785004662

Extreme macrophotography opens up a new world for photographers, particularly biologists. By photographing subjects way beyond just life size magnifications, this book takes you a step closer to the very cells that make up organisms. Written with clarity and detail, Julian Cremona's book is the perfect guide and sister title to Extreme Close-Up Photography and Focus Stacking. His enthusiasm for and knowledge of his subject makes this book an essential companion for everyone interested in photography and discovering the minutiae of the natural world. Advises on equipment and on low-cost and DIY photography solutions. Explains how to use a microscope and its potential for photographers. Instructs how to light, support and prepare a subject for best results. Covers focus stacking: how to produce composite images with incredible depth of field. Encourages experimentation and suggests ways to develop extreme close-up ideas. A superb guide to taking stunning, detailed photographs at x5 to x30 magnification and more. Captures nature as rarely seen before. Will be of great interest to photographers, biologists, naturalists, scientists and natural historians. A natural companion title to Extreme Close-Up Photography and Focus Stacking.

Close-up Photography

Close-up Photography
Author: Michael Freeman
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2004
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781579905446

An acclaimed professional photographer, with a display of more than 400 beautiful color images, shows how to get close-up and personal with a digital camera. Michael Freeman teaches amateurs how to meet the challenges of this very special type of photography, with plenty of information on the ins and outs of magnification, parallax control, and depth of field. See how to apply selective focus to enhance the subject and make it stand out from the background. Such issues as using found and commonplace objects and capturing the beauty of shadows, all receive detailed attention. With technical tips and software retouching projects too, this guide is simply an indispensable resource for the avid digital photographer who wants to take great close-up shots.

Bees

Bees
Author: Sam Droege
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0760347387

Get a little seen, up close look at these fuzzy, hard-working pollinators. There's plenty to learn about these little pollinators and their world.

Nature Photography Close Up

Nature Photography Close Up
Author: Paul Harcourt Davies
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780817450199

Nature reveals her unseen beauty in an up-close-and-personal fashion in the photographs of Paul Harcourt Davies and Peter Parks. Zooming in on the "faces" of dragonflies and hornets, unearthing the intricate patterns of fungi and mosses, and even capturing the active beauty of plankton, Nature Photography Close Up presents a "think small" approach to natural subjects. Containing dozens of full-color photographs, each accompanied by a succinct and insightful essay, this gorgeous book doubles as a showcase and an instructional guide. Any photographers with an interest in macro nature photography will enjoy this new way of looking at the unseen wonders around them.

Seeds and Seedlings

Seeds and Seedlings
Author: Elaine Pascoe
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781567111781

Describes how seeds are formed, how they grow, what they look like, how they reproduce, and how they make food and provides instruction for related hands-on science projects.

How to Photograph Close-ups in Nature

How to Photograph Close-ups in Nature
Author: Nancy Rotenberg
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1999
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780811724579

Guide to macro-photography gear and techniques. How to recognize and compose intimate natural scenes.