First the good stuff: loads of nice photo examples, with explanations.
Bad, IMO: writer talks a lot about what I'd call "faking it": combining plants yourself, chilling reptiles and amphibians in the freezer before shooting, combining photos using photoshop.
I'm not against using photoshop to remove an errant spot or branch, and combining photos or prepping subjects might work in some cases too, I'd just not call them "close-up photos in nature" anymore. Which is what I thought this book was about.