The extraordinary beauty of birds
Subtitle: designs, patterns and details
By: photographs by Deborah Samuel ; texts by Mark Peck
Contributors: Peck, Mark K. (Mark Kelday), 1959- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9783791382036
Subjects: Photography of birds; Birds; Pictorial works
Work titles: Works
Description: Deborah Samuel's photographs are meant to inspire and teach. In this book she turns her lens toward the bird and her images are as surprising as they are exquisite. From nest to egg to feather, these images are an exercise in seeing and a showcase of what photography can reveal: the impossibly soft feathers of ospreys; the iridescence of a bird-of-paradise; the curved, needle-like beak of a common scimitarbill; and the psychedelic hues of the aptly named resplendent quetzal. Samuel also photographs the nests and eggs of birds, showing us examples of incredible artistry and simple, natural perfection. Accompanying these images are detailed scientific descriptions of Samuel's subjects, written by Mark Peck, an ornithological expert at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.