Photographing the Microworld

'Photographing the Microworld' offers an extraordinary insight into themicroworld through the lens of a camera, which has magnified the familiarand the unfamiliar living things that surround us. Images of insects goingabout their daily life; close-ups of spiders, both beautiful and fearsome;delicate butterflies with wing patterns that rival the most elegantfabrics; fish whose scales create intricate designs...these are just a fewof the living creatures featured in this book. Many of these images includerare exotic species and creatures that have scarcely been captured by thecamera's lens before. The book's images are accompanied by professionalphotographers' recommendation on equipment and techniques necessary toobtain the types of photographic effects shown. This book will be ofinterest to photographers, naturalists, environmentalists, biologists andthose who are simply fascinated by the world around us.