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# John Shaw's Closeups in Nature

**Brand:** john shaw
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## Customer Reviews

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    Vintage Old School But Still Useful
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2014*

This hard bound book was  $27.50 when new in 1987.  For $10 to $12 it is probably a good deal today but not much more than that do to its partial obsolescence.  It was a great book in its day; not too technical yet it does include enough of information and math to make it a guide for field and studio close-up techniques.  Even though it is pre-digital the photographic examples and theoretical and esthetic concepts are still valid today.  Of course the film and specific lenses discussed are more of historical value than practical unless you use older lenses and close-up equipment or still shoot film.  But the photographic examples are still good to show you what might be accomplished today.  One bone I do have to pick with the author is I am not sure his sense of composition is right on at all times.  So may of the images are great at showing what a specific tool may be used for but are not always great photographs themselves.  Yet others are fantastic images.  Perhaps composition can be an opinion or I am just getting too picky.

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    Improvement in one day after reading
  

*by S***B on Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2012*

I was in the Texas hill country this past weekend hiking in Government Canyon state nature area. I tried to photograph a nice quarter-sized spider that had built its web across a trail. Try as I might, I could not get a crisp shot of the spider in its web. That night I opened Shaw's book and read about working distances and focal length. I realized my trouble was thinking I had to use my 100mm "macro" lens. The spider web was too far away for decent use of the 100mm lens's working distance. But my 70-300mm lens would have worked fine IF I had used a smaller aperture at the 300mm end of the range. The next day I got a great shot of a similar spider because of what I learned from Shaw. I feel as though my skill improved greatly in just one day from having read the book.  I also knew nothing about diopter magnification filters -- but after reading Shaw's comments I've gone ahead and ordered an inexpensive set here on Amazon to learn with. I just didn't know you could increase magnification with these kinds of filters. So again, I'm grateful to Shaw for his sharing his wisdom -- am very glad I have this book!

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    Worth the price even in the age of digital
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2012*

If other reviewers consider this book by Shaw to be out-of-date, one can only wonder what they think of Ansel Adams' works.It's true - at least for most photographers - that film is no longer the image capture medium of choice and that Shaw's pages on film and reciprocity failure are of concern only to those who continue to shoot "real raw".  The rest of the book, however, is as relevant today as it was on its publication date.What it lacks is specific information and recommendations on matters that are unique to digital or to modern lens technology:  crop vs. full-frame sensors; advantages / disadvantages of high ISO; image stabilization.But this is a fine book written by a master of the craft.  Not his best work.  But still very good.  It discusses the techniques needed for dealing with the unique challenges and artistry of close-up / macro photography.It's a particularly "good deal" given the price one pays for a "used" copy.

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