Secret Worlds

by Dalton, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781552093849
• ISBN10: 1552093840
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd

Summary

A pioneer of high-speed photography, Stephen Dalton is one of the world's greatest nature photographers. These 250 astonishing images celebrate the birds, insects, mammals and countryside that Dalton appreciates as an artist, a scientist and a lover of wildlife.The concentrated energy of the visual work is offset by the light touch Dalton brings to the accompanying text. Informative and engaging, he tells of the challenges of adjusting to his subject's schedule rather than following his own. But Dalton's greatest gift is revealing the adaptive genius of some of nature's most familiar creatures.Secret Worlds features: Nocturnal predators capturing prey Frogs, mice, and fleas in mid-leap The Jesus Lizard walking on waterNaturalists everywhere will be enthralled by this vivid exploration of the hidden worlds that surround us.

Author Biography

Stephen Dalton's high-speed wildlife photography has earned him a devoted following among both nature lovers and photographers. Dalton has published several books including Secret Lives, Caught in Motion, The Secret Life of a Garden, Vanishing Paradise and At the Water's Edge.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: EARLY DAYS	6	(4)
THE SEVENTIES: BREAKING THE HIGH-SPEED BARRIER	10	(50)
THE EIGHTIES: WOODLAND AND WATERSIDE	60	(46)
THE NINETIES: ON OUR DOORSTEP	106	(52)
INDEX	158