"Im kleinsten Garten, auf jeder Wiese wimmelt es von Leben: ein grenzenloses Betätigungsfeld für den neugierigen und aufmerksamen Makrofotografen. Dieses Buch ist ein Meisterwerk des Natur- und Makrofotografen Gilles Martin, in dem er uns mit seinen beeindruckenden Bildern einen unbeschreiblich schönen Mikrokosmos vor Augen führt, der dem flüchtigen Blick verborgen bleibt. Wie fotografiert man hautnah einen Forsch im Sprung, die um ein V ..."
"Building on more than twenty years' experience travelling and photographing in some of the world's remotest places, Gilles Martin offers in his new book a magnificent photographic collection of some of the most charismatic birds on the globe. Through this book, the reader is invited to plunge into the incredibly rich universe of our feathered friends. Here one can admire the capacity of emperor penguins for survival, applaud the artisti ..."
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" Butterflies are among the planet's most majestic creatures, their delicate forms sprinkled with brilliant color and rich with texture. More than 200,000 kinds of butterfly and caterpillar have been spotted around the world-that's one in every ten insects. Photographer Gilles Martin brings this extraordinary slice of nature to the page in this gorgeous volume. Martin captures butterflies in spectacular images, while photographs of cater ..."
"Never more since recent years have the news and scientists given us proofs of the changes happening on our earth; tsunamis, heat waves, ice melting, storms and flooding, quickly disappearing species. Facing the reoccurences of these phenomena, governments tried to act. There was the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and, in 2005, the Kyoto protocol started to be implemented by the countries who signed it. Unfortunately the attempts remain lar ..."
"An exciting new addition to Abrams' award-winning collection of nature books for childrenBirds is the right choice for the young bird-watcher, or any kids interested in learning more about the world around them. From fascinating facts (how ostriches descended from dinosaurs) to differing nesting practices and comparisons of beaks and songs, this informative book features a wide range of feathered friends, from owls to toucans. Stunning ..."
"The one book that any photographer needs to become an expert in the art of portraying nature close-up, Macrophotography invites readers to explore a magical world in which miniature landscapes are magnified in all their radiant splendor, capturing flora and fauna in exquisite detail. In these pages, in remarkably clear, larger-than-life stop-action images, we see the delicate stamen of an orchid, the intricate pattern of a butterfly's w ..."