Part I: Nature Photography and You 7

Chapter 1: Nature and Digital Photography 9

Chapter 2: Choosing Your Equipment 33

Chapter 3: Mastering Your Equipment 53

Part II: Honing Your Skills 73

Chapter 4: Composing the Image 75

Chapter 5: Mastering Shadow and Light 95

Chapter 6: Creativity and the Nature Photographer 121

Part III: Photographing Nature 139

Chapter 7: Birds 141

Chapter 8: Animals 165

Chapter 9: Flowers and Insects 185

Part IV: Photographing Landscapes 210

Chapter 10: The Land, Rivers, and Oceans 213

Chapter 11: Sunrise and Sunset 243

Chapter 12: HDR Landscapes 261

Part V: The Part of Tens 272

Chapter 13: Ten (Plus One) Ways to Process and Share Your Images 275

Chapter 14: Ten Troubleshooting Techniques: What Would Ansel Do? 297

Chapter 15: Ten Landscape and Nature Images 307

Index 328