The Complete Guide to Close-Up & Macro Photography

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Learn to create unusual and striking photographic images with this practical and inspirational new guide to close-up and macro photography. Well-known authority Paul Harcourt Davies renowned for his natural history close-up work, provides all the information you need to enhance your photographic skills and produce superb pictures every time.
• Comprehensive guide to the equipment, techniques and art of close-up and macro photography
• Covers every conceivable type of close-up shot, from wide.7angle to super macro
• Explores a vast array of subjects from-both the natural and everyday worlds
• Provides up-to-the-minute information on all the latest developments in close-up technology
• Illustrated with stunning colour photographs throughout
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO
CLOSE-UP MACRO
PHOTOGRAPHY
Paul Harcourt Davies
—xplore the hidden world of pattern, texture and detail
_which lies just beyond the familiar and learn to create
stunning photographic images with this... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Learn to create unusual and striking photographic images with this practical and inspirational new guide to close-up and macro photography. Well-known authority Paul Harcourt Davies renowned for his natural history close-up work, provides all the information you need to enhance your photographic skills and produce superb pictures every time.
• Comprehensive guide to the equipment, techniques and art of close-up and macro photography
• Covers every conceivable type of close-up shot, from wide.7angle to super macro
• Explores a vast array of subjects from-both the natural and everyday worlds
• Provides up-to-the-minute information on all the latest developments in close-up technology
• Illustrated with stunning colour photographs throughout
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO
CLOSE-UP MACRO
PHOTOGRAPHY
Paul Harcourt Davies
—xplore the hidden world of pattern, texture and detail
_which lies just beyond the familiar and learn to create
stunning photographic images with this comprehensive new guide to close-up and macro photography. In this beautiful book, well-known author and photographer Paul Harcourt Davies shares his passion for the worlds we often overlook through his breathtaking pictures, plus a wealth of practical information and exciting ideas based on years of experience in the field. Amateur photographers in search of technical advice, naturalists and hobbyists who want to take close-ups to support their interests, and professionals looking for inspiration will find here everything they need to enhance their skills and help them produce superb results every time.
The book begins with a comprehensive sun/ey of the tools of the trade - cameras, lenses, films and accessories -followed by clear explanations of the essential exposure and lighting techniques required to produce vibrant and successful images. The range of potential subjects for close-up and macro photography Is limited only by the maginafion, and a vast array from both the natural and everyday worlds is explored in detail, from plants and rock surfaces in the landscape photographed close up with wide-angle lenses, through close-ups of familiar household objects from a new perspective, right down to the larger-than-life Image of the eye of a fly depicted with a sharpness that leaps off the page.
The emphasis throughout is on techniques that will work time and time again without breaking the bank over equipment expenditure - where enlarger lenses, teleconverters and an assortment of connecting rings can be used to take the photographer into the realms of true macro photography Current advances in camera electronics and digital Imaging are also explored, providing you with the know-how to create striking images that would once have been almost impossible to obtain. Finally, as a successful working photographer whose pictures have appeared in publications throughout the world, Paul Harcourt Davies offers some useful Insights into packaging and presenting your work for audiences and for publication.
Illustrated throughout with the author's inspirational photographic images, The Complete Guide to Close-up & Macro Photography is essential reading for anyone tempted to explore this fascinating area of photography Vissza