Landscape and Wildlife

Hi Guys

Still working on the computer question and have appreciated everyones imput. Going out shopping a little on Wednesday and seeing what I can find.

My question today however is:

What are the best books out there on shooting Landscapes and Wildlife?

You all seem to have this stuff nailed down so I value your imput a bunch.

thanks ahead of time

Lynn

Anything by John Shaw or Tim Fitzharris is very good! There is also a pretty good book on basics by John Fielder called "Photographing The Landscape"although some may disagree. That was my first book and I learned a lot from it. Then I moved on to John Shaws books and later to Tim Fitzharris Audubon books.

Recently, when I thought I didn't need another book, I found one by John & Barbara Gerlach called "Digital Landscape Photography". I have gleaned a lot of information from this book, especially their sections on exposure and histograms. They also have some good info on how to set up your D-SLR custom functions.

The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography from NPN of course!

I second John & Barbara Gerlach's books and articles. I have known them for years and they are very specific in their instruction.

When it comes to birds, I'd recommend Art Morris's classic, "The Art of Bird Photography":
https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=16

The updated version II on CD only:
https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=19
I haven't seen this version, but I assume he has added a lot of digital info, image stabilization, long lens technique, etc.

It's worthwhile catching one of his weekend seminars. He frequently offers one in Albuquerque during the fall when he leads his Bosque del Apache field seminars.

I just purchased Andy Rouse's book Concepts of Nature. A lot of good advice in that one.

I'll chime in a little bit more from the landscape perspective. We summed up a few selections in this thread from a few months back. http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=44895&CGISESSID=0f9ff61d2381beaa1dd36291e0a76d76&u=23074 Most of these are very oriented to finding great locations:

Also, Bret Edge's blog entry here: http://bretedge.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/photo-how-to-books-that-dont-suck-and-one-that-does/ really is a nice list of more technique-oriented books. I would add "Mountain Light" and "A Retrospective" to the one already listed by Galen Rowell. If you can get over the pizza analogy in John Fielder's book it's not too bad, especially for beginners.

Some books by other photographers you might want to check out include: Eliot Porter, Bill "Moose" Peterson, Bob Krist (a bit more travel photography oriented, but his "Sense of Place" is a fantastic book) and of course the masters Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.

Gerlachs books are 1st class. They have some 1st class articles on their
website.

You guys are awesome! thanks for the help on identifying some good books. Bill the NPN book was on my list :)

Ordering a few this week :) thanks again!

Art Wolfe's "The Art of Photographing Nature" is an outstanding older book that you should be able to get cheap on Amazon. John Shaw is certainly one of the top teachers in the field.