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100 Ways to Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs Kindle Edition

by Guy Edwardes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
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This guide is suitable for all levels of photographers. 100 Ways to Take Better Nature and Wildlife Photographs features 100 practical and inspiring tips on every aspect of the genre. Guy Edwardes' breath-taking pictures accompany his eas-to-follow advice on a wide range of subjects from capturing the actions of large mammals to snapping wild birds and flowers in the garden.

With tips on everything from technique to composition, coping with extreme field conditions to Photoshop software manipulation, this is an invaluable guide for anyone with a passion for photography of the natural world.

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Guy Edwardes is one of the UK's leading nature and landscape photographers. His work has been published widely at home and abroad, with clients that include Outdoor Photography, Practical Photography, Digital Camera, Country Walking, The Telegraph Magazine, Reader's Digest and more. He markets stock photography internationally through a number fo picture agencies, as well as running his own library of over 100,000 images. He is the author of D&C's 100 Ways to Take Better Landscape Photographs.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00E6EBAJQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ David & Charles; Illustrated edition (August 14, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 14, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 15660 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 146 pages
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Barbie
5.0 out of 5 stars 100 Reasons to Buy this Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2011
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As an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and one who loves to get out into the great outdoors and shoot wildlife, I think this book is an excellent aid to getting better nature photographs. From the very first page where the author suggests keeping a nature diary so you can go back to prime locations time and again, I was hooked. Each of the 100 ways are useful tips for photographers, especially with the camera settings listed for each shot so you can go off and try out the techniques yourself. We don't all have the luxury of owning expensive long lenses but the same principles apply. I recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their nature photography. Oh, and the author's photography is just magic!
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J. Baskin
5.0 out of 5 stars Nature Photography
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2010
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I was especially pleased on the approach that this author used to help define what is required for great nature and outdoor photography. It is clearly written and offers the newbie and the old timers the requirements needed to achieve great outdoor pictures. Granted some things will cost you $$, but the other suggestions, such as commom sense are good reminders of the basic things needed to achieve that special chance to capture that certain picture. Some of it requires luck, some requires patience, but the techniques described and the approaches offered are great reading.
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Rasika
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2010
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An excellent book with all the EXIF information.

With detailed descriptions, how it has been captured and good quality print too.

Will recommended to nature photographers.

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Senior Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2016
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Lots of great information on taking pictures in all kinds of situations. Very informative and written in a very comprehensible way!
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Maureen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for the price
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019
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Great book
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silva
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for wildlife photographers
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2010
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This Guy Edwards is just so good, his composition is quite beautiful, I liked the layout and the way this is designed, he has some sound advice in an excellent publication. Inspiring.
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Teena in Toronto
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm still an amateur and like reading photography books to see what professionals take pictures ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014
I have three cameras ... a Canon point-and-shoot that is usually in my purse, a Nikon D5100 DSLR along with some lenses, and a Nikon CoolPix (that's in between the two). Needless to say, I take a lot of pictures. I'm still an amateur and like reading photography books to see what professionals take pictures of and how they do it.

The content of book includes:

* Nature and wildlife: photography basics - keep a diary (to remember locations, conditions, angles, etc.), recording action and behaviour, legal issues, etc.
* Technical considerations - understanding the histogram, depth of field, lenses, etc.
* Fieldcraft - researching locations, setting up feeding stations, working from hides, etc.
* Composition - the best focal length, natural patterns, controlling the background, etc.
* Lighting - front, side, artificial, etc.
* Photographing birds and animals - in the nest, in flight, in your garden, etc.
* Photographing flora and fungi - with a telephoto lens, in wet weather, removing debris, etc.
* Close-ups in nature - using a macros lens, shooting abstracts, capturing a sharp image, etc.
* Photographing the seasons - autumn colour, cold climates, hot dry climates, etc.
* Digital cameras and post-production - RAW vs jpeg, finetuning, etc.

For every one of the 100 tips, there is an intro about it, a picture, a description of how the picture was set-up, where the picture was taken and the specs of the picture (the type of camera, aperture, shutter speed, tripod/beanbag, etc.), which I found helpful.

The pictures are inspiring ... the author obviously knows what he is doing and enjoys doing it.

I enjoyed this book ... though there is a lot of information, I found that I understand most of it.

Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2014/12/book-100-ways-to-take-better-nature.html
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Joe Rizza
2.0 out of 5 stars Ho Hum
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2015
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Tips between 12 and 20 are helpful. Rest of tips are rather elementary.
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Naveen
1.0 out of 5 stars worst quality,
Reviewed in India on April 8, 2014
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fit to be in dustbin...quality and content of the book is less than a worst news paper print..my strong protest writer,printer & publisher for publishing such a idiot book..
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Ade H.
5.0 out of 5 stars A visual treat with inspiring and practical advice
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2010
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Even though I have never had a very active interest in this particular subject matter, I bought this title anyway, simply because I have always liked the work of Guy Edwardes. This is a book which can be judged by its cover, because most of its images are at least as eye-catching as the cover-photo of a Godwit. And not only did the images impress me, but so too did almost all aspects of this book.

Given the subject matter, and my experience of some other titles, I expected to be told that I should purchase a collection of equipment the value of which would buy a luxury yacht, or be doomed to fail. Edwardes tactfully avoids this: he briefly describes his current choice of equipment and what he used when he began in wildlife photography and, while he is realistic about what the subject can demand, he remains equally realistic about what you really need and what can be achieved with a more modest budget. (Though that is a relative term, so take care if this book hooks you!)

There is an impression of some overlap between tips as a result of aiming for a round number: I would have been just as likely to buy it if it contained fewer than 100 tips. But that matters little, because the information is of top quality throughout: clear, realistic, specific, and practical. This is exactly what all guides to photography should aim to achieve, but some otherwise decent books fall a bit short in this respect and end up being indistinct and uninformative.

Similarly, this book gets another good mark for providing a good quantity of essential information, including an approximate location, alongside each image. Failure to provide enough data is all too common, but this book does better than most. The only obvious omission is the time of year at which each photo was taken: I would have found it interesting and very useful, but it is rarely mentioned.

It concludes with the almost obligatory advice about digital post production, but these last few tips are general and as relevant to the subject as all of the others. Edwardes has avoided the usual "this is how you do it in Photoshop" step-by-step instructions which are almost irrelevant to anyone who chooses not to spend so much on leased software. Instead, there is only advice which is worth considering when working with wildlife images.

All in all, this is a very good read and well above average. It would be constructive for any relative novice who has never experimented with wildlife photography and may be unsure whether to try it. On the other hand, it does not patronise the more experienced reader and there is bound to be something here to make you think afresh. There are several photography writers who could learn a thing or two from Edwardes's concise, focused, and engaging style which delivers practical and encouraging insights.
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Peter Warne
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2010
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There are many good, some very good, books providing advice upon taking photographs of wildlife. I have read many and been pleased that I have done so. Then I read this offering from Guy Edwardes and realised that here was something special. Every one of the 100 ideas is illustrated with one of Guy's images and they alone are worth the price of the book (see the 2020 vision website for free examples). Each photograph is suitably annotated with both text and the conditions under which the picture was captured and so one not only picks up the message he is trying to convey, but also, multitudinous ways to experiment with taking original pictures. Heed the warning, expenditure will not stop with this book but any enthusiast will find a bundle of things to try out and have a lot of fun in the process.
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4.0 out of 5 stars this I think makes for a better appreciation of what he is trying to achieve
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2017
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Gave this to a young lad, 13 yoa, who is just starting with his new camera; when asked about he book, he said he had already used a few of the tips. I think the story behind each piece of advice and tip works well to illustrate the point. Although not laid out as lessons, it teaches and in particular makes him have to research the piece he is looking for rather than just 'dialing' up the answer; this I think makes for a better appreciation of what he is trying to achieve.
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Linda Dickinson
3.0 out of 5 stars Bigger than you think
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2022
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It's a big book not suitable to take along to bird watching.

Great content! Too large to be useful.
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