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Summary: Excellent book for applying techniques
Review: A very useful and enjoyable book for photographers with some knowledge of photographic techniques. Once you have learned the basic technical aspects of photography, this book is good guide on how to actually apply those skills. The book displays many color photographs and explains how different elements affected the final product. In addition, the author is an amusing story teller.
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Summary: WOW!! What a book!
Review: Absolutely amazing!! This is one of the BEST photography books out there. I have bought many books on photography, but this one has absolutely captivated me. Have you ever been ever been awestruck by some lovely outdoor scenery, taken pictures of that landscape , got the film developed and printed shook your head in bewilderment and said "what the heck happened?". All the things that captured your heart and soul are still there in the picture, but it does not have the same impact? If this has happened to you, this book will tell you why.Don't walk, run. Go buy the book!
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Summary: Excellent for learning and reference
Review: Boyd Norton does a great job of covering a broad range of topics in a relatively small amount of space. His clear and casual writing style makes the book fun to read and the concepts easy to understand. Norton first discusses a range of general issues such as lighting, lens choice, composition, films, etc. A section on impressionistic rendering is quite interesting and gives a different perspective from what is normally taught. He then discusses specific cases in more detail: wildlife, travel, landscape, closeup and underwater photography. An additional section on photographing ones immediate surroundings once again provides a different twist. Norton provides enough charts and technical material to make a useful reference text. The section on lens choice - with advice on the effective use of wide-angles and telephotos - helped me quite a bit. I found his view of compositional rules to be the most interesting aspect of the book. Instead of rigid rules that would result in everyone taking the same pictures of the same things, he tries to provide some intuition into what makes for good composition. Even in one of his own examples there is some latitude. In the pair of shots of a racing sailboat, one picture has the boat heeled a bit more, giving the greater sense of motion he mentions. In the other shot the boat is surrounded by the sails of its competitors. This may only clutter the scene, or, worse yet, further the impression that the boat is parked. However, to someone familiar with the sport, it can evoke the flurry of activity that marks the start of a race.
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Summary: This is a must for any serious photographer.
Review: Boyd Norton has achieved a wonderful balance between photographic technique and art. The book is full of great images and the author uses humor to make the text highly readable. This is a how-to book that you don't want to put down. Norton emphasizes that a quality photograph is more than just the correct f-stop and shutter speed. The art of photography clearly comes through.
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Summary: May be the best "How to" book for serious photogs
Review: Boyd Norton is Excellent! He provides many beautiful photos of areas around the world (including his own back yard) with details - and reasons - for the techniques used. If you are REALLY serious about outdoor photography, this is a MUST HAVE item.
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Summary: Excelente em todos os seus capítulos, é referencia.
Review: De forma clara e direta o livro é didaticamente excelente em abordar os aspectos da fotografia de natureza.
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Summary: Not worth the money.
Review: Didn't care for his style of photography, and as a how-to book can't say that I really learned anything from it. I should have saved the money. There was a good reference for low lighting that I did find useful.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Great book that teaches a lot about "outdoor photography". Equipment, interesting technigues, locations, and many other topics are explained with many examples. I am mostly interested in landscape photography and found many advices very usefull. Highly recomended.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Great book that teaches a lot about "outdoor photography". Equipment, interesting technigues, locations, and many other topics are explained with many examples. I am mostly interested in landscape photography and found many advices very usefull. Highly recomended.
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Summary: Art of Outdoor Photography
Review: I bought "Wilderness Photography" by Norton in 1976 and it became my Photo "Bible". The "Art of Outdoor Photography" exceeds what was my standard photo guide book. Exceptionally written, well illustrated, "The Art of Outdoor Photography" is a must for the avid nature, scenic, wildlife and travel photographer. Mr. Norton has succeded again in providing inspiration to those of us who don't leave home without a camera.
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