In Close Up Photography in Nature, best-selling authors and nature photography pros, John and Barbara Gerlach, share the tips and techniques necessary to successfully photograph the beauty all around you.

Topics covered in this book include: advanced flash techniques, focus stacking strategies and tilt-shift lenses for getting maximum depth-of-field, as well as the Gerlach's strategy of mixing flash with natural light when shooting close up, which opens up new photographic possibilities. This book will change the way you share the world through your work!

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 Digital Nature Photography and Digital Landscape Photography.

Introduction. Chapter 1: Cameras and Lenses. Chapter 2: Exposure Essentials. Chapter 3: Shooting Sharp Images. Chapter 4: Light and Color. Chapter 5: The Power of Flash. Chapter 6: Photographing Flowers. Chapter 7: Special Photo Techniques for Butterflies and Dragonflies. Chapter 8: What's in Our Camera Bags? Appendix.