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Crowood Press, Octavo, paperback, colour photographs.
$55.00
Artist/Author : Humphrey, John.
Stock ID : 13999
Immensely exciting and rewarding, high magnification photography can produce striking images, and show small creatures in amazing detail that usually goes unnoticed. This book is both a practical guide to each step of the close-up process, as well as a source of inspirational ideas and subjects for producing high-impact images. Topics covered include: cameras, lenses and equipment; step-by-step techniques for high quality results; composing close-up pictures for maximum impact; using software for creative effect and suggestions for presenting macro photographs.
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