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Title: Penguin by Frans Lanting, Christine Eckstrom ISBN: 3-8228-2415-1 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: PENGUINS - WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY
Comment: I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THE PLACES THAT FRANS LANTING MENTIONS IN HIS BOOK . AND TAKEN A LOT OF THE SAME PHOTO'S , ALTHOUGH HIS ARE BY FAR BETTER THAN MINE . THE BOOK WAS GIVEN TO ME AS A GIFT AND IF I'M EVER IN NEED OF A REMINDER OF THE FALKLANDS OR SOUTH GEORGIA AND CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO DIG OUT MY PHOTO'S I READ THIS BOOK . THE QUALITY OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS IS OUTSTANDING , YOU CAN VIRTUALLY EVOKE THE SIGHTS AND SMELLS OF THE COLONIES OF PENGUINS , ALL IN ALL AN EXCELLENT BOOK .
Rating: 4
Summary: Penguins Up Close and Personal
Comment: Known for his exquisite images and extraordinary fortitude, Frans Lanting will travel to the ends of the Earth, weather the most extreme conditions and still persist in making the most beautiful and creative photographs of his subject imaginable. Over the course of a decade, he traveled to the Falklands, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, and the Southern Ocean, where his subject was penguins. In "Penguin", Lanting exhibits his photographs from these expeditions, in which he aspires to evoke the personalities of the individual birds and convey some sense of the experiences that their lives entail. "Penguin" features photographs of a wide variety of penguin species, from the diminutive to the imposing: Emperor, King, Gentoo, Galápagos, Rockhopper, Macaroni, Magellanic, Adélie, and Chinstrap, representing all four main clans of penguin species. The book is organized into three large sections: Coming to Land, Going to Sea, and Living on Ice, which each consist of an preface by Lanting introducing us to the featured penguins and explaining a little about their lives, followed by many color photographs of penguins doing what the sections' title implies. There are also several smaller sections containing an introduction, an essay about photographing the penguins, and an image index. Most of the images in this book are at least full page. Many span two pages. Some images are accompanied by captions, but more detailed captions are found, alongside thumbnails of the images, in the image index. This is a little awkward, but it does allow images to be printed full page without having to leave room for captions. The reproduction quality of the photographs in "Penguin" is not on the level of fine art books, but it is very good for a book in this price range. Recommended for penguin lovers and Frans Lanting fans.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Quick Phototrip To See The Penguins
Comment: Penguin is a book that contains photographs by Frans Lanting and text and commentary by Christine Eckstrom. Lanting is one of the world's best known nature photographers and a number of his photographs are instantly recognizable. The book contains exquisite photographs of the many varieties of penguins in both Antarctica and lower South America. There are large penguins, small penguins, beautiful penguins, ugly penguins (or at least penguins that only a mother could love), and chicks of quite a few species. Some of the photographs are portraits, others show action. Many of the photographs contained in this book are already rather familiar and popular, especially the cover photo of a mother and father penguin with a small penguin chick. We see in these photographs why Lanting is a master nature photographer and why so many of his photographs are featured in magazines such as National Geographic.
Everyone will enjoy this coffee table book. Nature lovers will enjoy the majesty of these great birds. Photographers will find inspiration. Certainly after viewing the photographs in this book one may want to travel to the remoter areas of the world to see these creatures, but for those of us who would find the trip to be too cold and cost prohibitive, this book will serve us just fine.
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Title: Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, 3rd by Tony Soper, Dafila Scott ISBN: 184162019X Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica by David G. Campbell ISBN: 0618219218 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Discoveries North Pole, South Pole by Bertrand Imbert ISBN: 0810928817 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 30 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Penguin Planet: Their World, Our World by Kevin Schafer ISBN: 1559717459 Publisher: Creative Publishing International Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Penguins by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN: 0395898978 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 02 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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