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There are plenty of great painting ideas hiding in your photos and snapshots. This book shows you how to spot them and turn them into beautiful still lifes, portraits and landscapes. You'll learn everything you need to know--how to crop, combine and simplify to create strong compositions . . . tricks for transforming a slide or snapshot into a drawing on your paper . . . even how to mix the right colors. It's all explained in simple language with hands-on exercises, easy-to-follow demonstrations and 12 step-by-step projects showing you how develop photographic references into original watercolors!
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There are an estimated 85 million American birders, and just about every one carries a camera. But there's an art to capturing birds on film—and who better to reveal the tricks of the trade than two of National Geographic's foremost birders/photographers?
This appealing and informative guide is packed with practical know-how, presenting a wealth of techniques, tips, and hard-won wisdom about everything from the best equipment to use to how to lure or stalk birds until you have the perfect shot. You'll learn how to get close—but not too close—to a nest, how to frame a bird in full flight, how to cope with challenging weather or difficult lighting, and much more. Interspersed throughout the book, wonderful visual essays offer vivid examples of birding photography at its dramatic best, along with commentary on how the shot was taken and how its elements combine to create an effective, arresting composition.
And, unique among books in its field, this one covers not just traditional film but also the latest developments in cutting-edge digital equipment and its particular strengths and weaknesses, complete with expert advice on editing and printing with a computer.
Based on many years of research, experiment, and practical experience, this handy guide will get novices off the ground with ease, and even the most advanced bird photographers will find their work soaring to new heights.
Customer Reviews:
Pass on This.......2006-03-24
"Photographing Birds" is a pocket-sized book aimed at covering the full gamut of bird photography from equipment to a short list of places to take photographs of birds. In between, chapters include luring and stalking birds, photographing nesting and flight and special challenges like night photography and winter photography.
This book is apparently an update of a previous National Geographic book entitled "National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Birds". While I did not read that prior volume, this book has the feel of a job of cutting and pasting. For example, in the Getting Started chapter, there is an extensive discussion of film in the main text and then some sections that feel like they had just been appended on digital photography. The same section contains a discussion of catadioptric (mirror) lenses. No bird photographer I know would consider using such a lens today.
Two of the basic problems that any bird photographer will face are exposure and focus. There is no discussion in this book of how one might compensate for different lighting conditions and bird tonalities. There is a reference to the histogram, one of the most useful devices that digital SLR cameras offer for the control of exposure, but no explanation of this function. With regard to focus most modern cameras offer a choice between single focus and continuous focus and the selection of one or the other can greatly affect the images taken, but there is virtually no mention in this book.
The basic shortcoming is that while the book recognizes the problems of bird photography, there is very little practical advice. Even such a basic subject as depth-of-field is not included in the book.
For several years the gold standard for bird photography has been "The Art of Bird Photography" by Arthur Morris. It doesn't cover digital photography but it's still a lot more useful than this book. Morris has an e-book on digital bird photography which is available from his web site, but which he is not yet offering in a printed version.
The bottom line is that I cannot recommend this book for any photographer.
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The Great Texas Joke Book
James Cloutier
Manufacturer: Image West Press
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ASIN: 0918966086 |
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An Up To Date Primer!.......2005-07-13
This book is a very good primer for getting one's feet wet in the world of non-profit organizations. While it is by no means exhaustive, it is certainly broad and deep enough for anyone to run their non-profit more efficiently and more ethically. It covers excellent project, team and board building strategies, as well as nearly every type of fundraising and solicitation. Additionally, there is good information on employing the internet for communication, engagement and fundraising -- STILL a fairly new field for many.
Appendices A-C cover some very good tools and examples. Though the listed government grant sources in appendix D focus mainly upon the Humanities and the Arts, valuable web sources are given for finding grants in other areas.
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Simplifying the Complicated in Real Estate & Appraising
Robert V. Anderson
Manufacturer: Conway Data
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0910436061 |
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What do past failures teach us about future projects? This book digs into the reasons behind the unprecedented real estate panic of the mid-1970s. It reveals why projects failed, what kinds of ventures suffered most and what management tactics were at the root of most project failures.
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The Stuff That Fun Is Made of .: A Comprehensive Collection of Recipes for Play & Learning
Salena La Porte
Manufacturer: YWAM Publishing
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ASIN: 188300277X |
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Fun Stuff!.......2006-03-25
I really like this book. I borrowed it from my sister-in-law first and wanted to copy so many pages, it just made more sense to buy the book. I have made some of the play dough and have just bought the ingredients to make some sparkle glue. The only thing is I'm not sure what to put the glue in when it's done.
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- martha from west virginia
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May I Quote You, General Lee: Observations and Utterances of the South's Great Generals (May I Quote You--?,)
Manufacturer: Cumberland House Publishing
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Lee, Robert E.
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ASIN: 1888952342 |
Customer Reviews:
Been Done.......2005-03-20
Good but this book has been done many times, just not in one volume.
outstanding.......2003-07-25
You'll love this book. It has some of Lee's most famous quotes, as well as some obscure ones.
Lee has many quotes of wisdom as well. This is entirely quotes, not a story.
I bought two copies, one for me, and one for a gift.
martha from west virginia.......2000-03-31
If you are looking for a reference book on quotes from past leaders or if you just need inspiration from these leaders, this is the book for you. My husband is in the military and he uses examples from this book frequently, along with a lesson in history that corresponds and I also have given a copy of this book to my father-in-law. He is a civil war buff and he loved my husband's book. I highly recommend this book to historians, students and people who are just interested in the civil war and the heroes of the south.
Book Description
This remarkable two-in-one edition is a fascinating collection of observances and utterances from Robert E. Lee and the South's great generals and leaders of the Confederacy--Stonewall Jackson, A.L. Long, James Longstreet, Jefferson Davis, and Jeb Stuart--showing their pride, dignity, humanity, and respect for life in the midst of the horror of war.
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A History of the Mizos
D.G. Verghese , and
R.L. Thanzawna
Manufacturer: Sangam Books Ltd
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ASIN: 8125903070 |
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Mizo freedom fighters
P. R Kyndiah
Manufacturer: Sanchar Pub. House
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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ASIN: 8172030258 |
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The Mizo Name in History
Ancestry.com
Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
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ASIN: B000WRR7TI
Release Date: 2007-07-01 |
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The Mizo Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Mizo name. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com. This particular book follows the Mizo family name through history and makes the perfect gift for your family members and anyone interested in the Mizo name. In the book you'll find out about where people with the Mizo last name originated. You may discover the countries and ports they left behind, the ships they sailed and more. You'll get a better idea of where people sharing the Mizo name settled and where they may reside today in the United States, Canada, England and other countries. You'll get all this information and much more in your Mizo family name book. If your last name is not Mizo, then check out our collection of nearly 300,000 family name books to find other available names in the series.
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Mizo Society in Transition
Chitta Ranjan Nag
Manufacturer: South Asia Books
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ASIN: 0706969634 |
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People have been watching birds and studying their ways since the dawn of humankind. Birdwatching as we know it, however, is a fairly recent invention; in her introduction to this fine anthology, Jen Hill traces it to the English naturalist and philosopher Sir Thomas Browne, who in 1662 put together an annotated list of the birds of Norfolk, having wandered through the marshes and fields to observe their habits. Countless writers have followed in Browne's footsteps, and Hill brings many of them--Browne included--to this nicely portable collection of excerpts from the literature of birdwatching. Among the contributors are the ever-quotable English traveler W.H. Hudson, who took an interest in birds wherever he went, from the jungles of the Amazon to the suburbs of London; Irene Grosvenor Wheelock, whose Birds of California remains a popular reference nearly a century after its first publication; and Oliver Goldsmith, the Georgian writer, who describes the many connections that join birds and other animals to humans. Organized by theme--for instance, migration and bird physiology--Hill's anthology mingles scientific observation, folklore, memoir, and literary essay to make a pleasing, commonplace book. It's a welcome addition to the birdwatcher's bookshelf. --Gregory McNamee
Book Description
More than seventy-five authors-including Muir, Audubon, and Wordsworth, as well as lesser-known writers and amateur ornithologists-share their infectious observations about birdsong, migration, nests, raptors, sea birds, hummingbirds, and much more. The entries span 1750 through 1925 and are by turns practical, lyrical, humorous, literary, and even mystical, as they illuminate the magical and occasionally unexpected ways in which birding connects us both to the history of the natural world and to that of human experience. A timeless evocation of the passion for birds, this unique and charming collection is certain to delight birdwatchers and natural history lovers alike.
Customer Reviews:
A "must read" for birdwatchers, fanciers, and ecologists........2000-02-04
This survey of the literature surrounding birdwatching gathers together some of the most intriguing writings under one cover, exploring the literary side of the observations of Muir, Audubon, and others. These take the form of paragraphs of information which explore sightings and bird ecology.
The Heart and Soul of Bird Watching.......2000-01-20
This book offers a wonderful look at the historical roots of bird watching. How refreshing to read truly emotional responses to the experience of learning about birds through observation. The wonderful blend of writings underscores the universality and agelessness of the sport.
This book is perfect for short reads -- great to pick up for a moment, either to refresh oneself or to share with a friend. It is a perfect gift for any bird lover -- I have purchased 6 copies to date!
Romantic?.......1999-12-23
The "romantic" birder will enjoy the many written excerpts that Hill includes in her book. The "analytical" birder may prefer something more prosaic. Not sure if you are a romantic birder or an analytical birder?...Read ths book and find out.
Awesome.......1999-11-06
This book is awesome. I read it while jammin' on the crete at the Ithaca board park. Love it man. No school, birds rule!
Literary and inspirational.......1999-11-04
At last we see the aesthetic side of birdwatching presented with a sensitivity so often lacking in nature writing. Whereas many birding volumes revert to more and more pedantic description, this is a work which, as its title suggests, invites us to experience a little of the ecstacy of flight itself. We study birds because we are inspired by them, but too many birding books concentrate on the study and not the inspiration. In this work the writings of a wide variety of knowledgeable writers--both well-known and obscure--present in often touching prose their first-hand observations of and experiences with a passtime they love. The careful organization makes this a useful reference work, akin to Bartlett's, for those in search of just the right inspirational quote. These are transcendent moments which otherwise might be lost in mouldering libraries, and I have been personally touched by many of the seemingly inconsequential but thoroughly delightful scenes recorded here. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to lift themselves or their friends above what can often be the drudgery of daily life, who would like to remember that birds fly, they are beautiful, and there is something magnificent in that.
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