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About Digital Nature Photography
The Art and the Science, 2nd Edition:

John and Barbara Gerlach have been teaching photographers how to master the craft of photographing nature and the outdoors through their workshops and best-selling books for more than twenty years. Now, equipped with brand new images to share and skills to teach, this celebrated photo team is sharing their latest lessons in the second edition of Digital Nature Photography.

Notable revisions in this new edition include introducing the concepts of focus stacking and HDR, as well as expanded discussions of multiple exposure, wireless flash, RGB histograms, live view, shutter priority with auto ISO, hand-held shooting techniques, and the author's equipment selections. The inspiring imagery in this book covers a broader range of subjects than before including ghost towns, the night sky, animals, and sports, in addition to the classic nature photographs we expect from this very talented author team. This book is a comprehensive guide to one of the broadest subjects in photography, explained and dymystified by two respected masters.

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A copy of the book Digital Nature Photography: The Art and the Science, 2nd Edition + $200 worth of Focal Press books of your choice
A Force Of Nature Photo Contest by Focal Press
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A copy of the book Digital Nature Photography: The Art and the Science, 2nd Edition + $200 worth of Focal Press books of your choice
A Force Of Nature Photo Contest by Focal Press

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Two Runners Up selected by the guest judge will also receive a copy of the book Digital Nature Photography: The Art and the Science, 2nd Edition plus a Focal Press book of your choice!

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A Force Of Nature Photo Contest by Focal Press

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John and Barbara Gerlach

John and Barbara Gerlach are founders of Gerlach Nature Photography. They are professional nature photographers. Their pictures have been published in National Wildlife, Sierra, Natural History, Petersen’s Photographic, Ranger Rick, Birder’s World, Michigan Natural Resources, Audubon, Outdoor Photographer, and Popular Photography, as well as in books published by National Geographic Society, Sierra Club, Kodak, and wrote Focal’s own Wildlife Photography,Digital Landscape Photography, and Close Up Photography in Nature.
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A Force Of Nature Photo Contest by Focal Press
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