100 flying birds : photographing the mechanics of flight /
100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight offers a vivid and varied glimpse into the world of birds. A white-tailed eagle plummeting through a Japanese sky, a brown pelican striking a silhouette against an Ecuadorian sunset, an Atlantic puffin carrying its fish dinner above the Scottis...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Richmond Hill, Ontario :
Firefly Books,
[2021].
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| Summary: | 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight offers a vivid and varied glimpse into the world of birds. A white-tailed eagle plummeting through a Japanese sky, a brown pelican striking a silhouette against an Ecuadorian sunset, an Atlantic puffin carrying its fish dinner above the Scottish coast or a keel-billed toucan gliding through a Costa Rican jungle canopy. Readers will marvel at the splendor of birds in flight while learning the techniques to capture these gravity-defying moments from a world-class nature photographer. For each picture, author and photographer Peter Cavanagh shares his most evocative thoughts, the challenges of the shoot, the beauty of the location and the curiosities of the species. Bird people will enjoy the bird photographs and facts, travelers will gobble up the tales of distant parts and photographers will absorb the technical details. For instance, readers might be surprised to see that a very slow shutter speed can freeze the motion of hummingbird wings. Peter Cavanagh has collected 100 beautiful photos spanning a wide range of species. |
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| Item Description: | "A Firefly book." |
| Physical Description: | 320 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780228103332 0228103339 |