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For beginners, but then ..., 10. Januar 2001
Von Ein Kunde
Rezension bezieht sich auf: John Shaw's Landscape Photography (Taschenbuch)
The book reasonably covers most of the ground relevant to landscape photography, is acceptably written and nicely illustrated. On the other hand, it can be tediously long and insubstantial before getting down to what you primarily came to it for, i.e. a thorough, clear, step-by-step discussion of the relevant techniques. Unlike this, their actual treatment is usually loose and shallow, often incomplete even for a basic-level text (e.g. fancy discussing exposure of high-contrast scenes on slide film based on midtone estimates without a single word about bracketing?), while the total absence of summaries, check-lists and other like tools greatly detracts from its possible pedagogic and future reference value. Plenty of nice pictures, yes, some great (that is, if you like Fuji Velvia's garish colours, which plague the book), and no doubt one can pick some ideas from them. But in a would-be photography manual what you expect from the pictures is, rather than beauty, an effective illustration of the approach and technique alternatives, which is limited in the book, and be provided with full details of at least the more significant shots, whereas here all you are given is lens and film, not even the exposure settings. Conclusion: more an inspiring picture book (three stars for this) than an effective learning tool.
All the same, useful if you do not know about basic exposure, what hyperfocal focusing is, what a polarizing filter does, when to use a tripod, the basic characteristics of various focal lengths, the basic effects of different lighting, basic ..., etc. But then what you actually need is a general photography handbook (see Michael Langford's, for instance), which will do better to one's vision and technique overall, including for landscape, through a more structured, systematic and complete coverage of these and other topics. If you are beyond that level, do save your money and look somewhere else.
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Useful information, beautiful photographs, 30. Juni 2000
Rezension bezieht sich auf: John Shaw's Landscape Photography (Taschenbuch)
This is one of the best books on landscape photography techniques. An excellent combination of practical technical information and inspirational creative ideas. The technical information is oriented towards 35 mm SLR's, so those with point-and-shoot cameras will find some of the content irrelevant, but the remainder of the book is so good that it's still well worth the price.
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Excellence!!!, 16. September 1999
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: John Shaw's Landscape Photography (Taschenbuch)
It is not very often that you find a good book with excellent photos and captions along with how-to instructions that are second to none. Once you're done with this book, read it again and then go find his other superb books that he has authored. I don't know John Shaw personally, but I can tell you after reading all of his books several times, I have not found another photography book author who comes close to what he conveys in his books. If your interest is in nature photography, the small price of his books are well worth it.
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