In this exhaustive guide to macro photography respected author & photographer Adrian Davies takes a comprehensive approach to the subject covering every aspect of the multi-faceted & often complicated world of close-up photography. Everything about Adrians approach is both practical & diverse with optimal output always in mind. His coverage of equipment for example goes beyond cameras to cover the application of flatbed & film scanners for close-up shots (2D 3D reflective & translucent subjects). Seperate sections cover cameras & equipment lenses lighting workflow & image processing. in addition a seperate section on special subjects covers techniques for shooting both common macro subjects (including insects fossils & coins) as well as a range of technical elements such as shiny surfaces texture & polarised light. The appendix

Includes:: a technical discussion on depth of field including detailed tables & a range of optical formulae. Clear concise & comprehensive & packed with stunning images this is a must-have purchase for all photographers looking for professional quality macro results.

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Its 1931. The new luxurious transatlantic liner Empress of Britain is on her eastward passage. Among the first-class passengers ...

This is a powerful tale of love the loss of innocence & the importance of family in difficult times by the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize 2013. ' There are no strangers in Rothesay Michael. Everyone knows who you are & always will. It's a blessing but it's also a curse.' Eleven-year-old Michael Murray is the best at two things: keepy-uppies & keeping secrets. His family think he's too young to hear grown-up stuff but he listens at doors; it's the only way to find out anything. & Michael's heard a secret one that might explain the bruises on his mother's face. When the whispers at home & on the street become too loud to ignore Michael begins to wonder if there is an even bigger secret he doesn't know about. Scared of what might happen if anyone finds out & desperate for life to return to normal Michael sets out to piece together the truth. But he also has to prepare for the upcoming talent show keep an eye out for Dirty Alice his arch-nemesis from down the street & avoid eating Granny's watery stew. Closed Doors is the startling new novel from the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees. It is a vivid evocation of the fears & freedoms of childhood in the 1980s & a powerful tale of love the loss of innocence & the importance of family in difficult times. ...

At the centre of the Earth in a world that no one knows exists Will is in trouble. His enemy the Styx are close behind. Theyll pursue him to the ends of the world
- any world. Meanwhile Drake
- with help from the unlikeliest of allies is preparing to fight the Styx from above. But will his daring plan bring him closer to victory.. .or to certain death?

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Harry is back assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally & partner Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive & dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed but one thing hasn't
- Harry's nemesis Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power & given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear hoping Harry will make a mistake.. .
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Winston Churchills six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid dramatic remarkable both for its breadth & sweep & for its sense of personal involvement it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction & is an enduring compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Closing the Ring chronicles the period between June 1943 & July 1944 as the Allies consolidated their gains towards a drive to victory the fall of Mussolini Hitlers secret weapon the mounting air offensive on Germany strategies to defeat Japan & the plans for D Day. ...

A reissue of the breath-taking sequel to CATCH-22
- now a classic in its own right. Forty-two years ago Joseph Heller wrote the
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Set in the same terrifying universe as his million-selling World War Z Closure Ltd is among the short stories found within this collection. In it Max interviews the head of a company dedicated to finding emotional closure for survivors of the zombie war by assassinating their former zombie attackers. Written in his trademark style these tales are a combination of horror drama & socio-political commentary. ...

Illustrated with photographs of clothes & accessories this title

Includes:: paintings as well as illustrations

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By the author of THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET David Mitchell's bestselling & Booker Prize-shortlisted novel was one of Richard & Judy's 100 Books of the Decade & has now been made into a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks Halle Berry Susan Sarandon Jim Sturgess Ben Whishaw Jim Broadbent & Hugh Grant A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagans California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death-row; & Zachry a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science & civilisation the narrators of CLOUD ATLAS hear each others echoes down the corridor of history & their destinies are changed in ways great & small. In his extraordinary third novel David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language genre & time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous will to power & where it may lead us. ...