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Digital Macro Photography

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Author: Ross Hoddinott
Publisher: Photographers' Institute Press
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 7 reviews
Sales Rank: 17750

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.3 x 0.5

ISBN: 1861085303
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9781861085306
ASIN: 1861085303

Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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Product Description
With a close-up camera lens, shutterbugs can capture a landscape in a water droplet, a dragon’s face in a dragonfly, an alien planet in a backyard fungus, or a futuristic civilization in a computer circuit board. The magic field of macro photography comes alive through digital cameras and Photoshop programs, as simple instructions combine with jargon-busting tips to demonstrate each essential technique. More than 200 full-color photos and 750 illustrations showcase the possibilities for making spectacular images with ordinary equipment. Besides ideas for making framed photos, special sections show how to create greeting cards, stationery, and other practical items and gifts.




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4 out of 5 stars Beautiful Dragonflies, how I love thee!   April 25, 2008
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

The cover of this book alone drew me to buying it and I get all happy inside every time I look at it. Macro is a joyful hobby, particularly bugs, and for me, dragonflies are the most exquisite of creatures. I am lucky I live in a state that has a ton of dragonfly varieties... This is a great book, really good info on digital cameras and equipment, techniques, and ideas. If I had to recommend one macro book, this would be it.


5 out of 5 stars Good guide to macro photography.   April 15, 2008
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is truly an in-depth book on close-up photography. It focuses on techniques for getting great pictures of subjects from very close distances. It's approach is simple enough that a beginner can understand, yet goes into enough depth that anyone could learn from it.

A good companion to this book is Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography. If you have both, you'll own everything you need to begin taking wonderful macro pictures.



3 out of 5 stars buen trabajo....   April 9, 2008
 3 out of 13 found this review helpful

Se trata de una obra bien estructurada con fotos de calidad y algun que otro consejo interesante. Bien por el capitulo dedicado a texturas y el de "post-camera processing" como pequeno resumen para consultas rapidas.
Por lo demas se trata de una obra para aficionados que deseen dar sus primeros pasos en macrofotografia. No es un trabajo para amateurs mas avezados.En cualquir caso: recomendable.



5 out of 5 stars Best Digital Macro Photography Book Around   April 5, 2008
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Hands down this is without a doubt the most in-depth book on digital photography that has been written to date. It has improved my skill level by 90% . I was a novice dital photographer before reading this book and today I am able to accomplish the results of the professionals. Buy this Book !!! ... you deserve the best.
Happy shooting !



4 out of 5 stars Mostly Macro   September 10, 2007
 27 out of 27 found this review helpful

I've looked at many of the recent books on digital macro photography, and this is the only one that devotes most of its space to macro. Too many that claim to be about macro or close up photography (e.g. "The Magic of ..." by Meehan) largely rehash guides to digital photography in general. Hoddinott does some of that too. I could have done without the "post processing" chapter at the end. But fortunately Hoddinott keeps the book mostly focussed on the subject promised in its title. He gives sensible advice that ranges from the moderately technical to the openly mundane. The latter includes surprisingly helpful suggestions about what time of day and where to find subjects suitable for macro. This is an introductory book that even pros could learn a few things from. One of the most unusual and admirable features: he shows his own mistakes and how he corrected them (though I suspect the mistakes were deliberate). Finally, his own photos (often of quite ordinary subjects)are imaginative, some even stunning.



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