A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words...
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This is an extremely well done product. That includes the packaging to the final product, the rich look and the soft feeling as you drift off to sleep. The stitches appears well done. If the stitches come off or if there are any issues after washing will update you. If you happen to visit the Macys bedding section, this product is comparable to the Hotel Collection, an upscale brand, and the prices here are quiet competitive

LITTLE BIT ABOUT EGYPTIAN COTTON: Marketing folks have successfully make every cotton product appear superior than they are. Just for those who did not know Egyption cotton is also called King of Cottons. The fibers tend to have longer strands , that from a customer perspective translates to superior comfort and softness and can be yarned to have superior life. Having said that understand Pima Cotton, also called Supima cotton is a close second.

SUMMARY: So far I am very comfortable rating it five stars. Will update it if I find something else different
3665988
Clear and high quality photograph of a historic moment.
3298086
Wow with a capital W. study the pictures to see how the layers of colors are applied. Beautiful
741004
Actual print is about 1/4 the size of the picture.
2696788
The pictures are worth the price of the book!  There is a big group of people who love kitchen linens, including aprons, bureau scarves and so on.  I can't say I really enjoyed the text all that much but I totally loved the pictures.
3904928
The two pillars, if not the only two, that an exceptional image stands on are light and composition. I own several books about these two key elements of imagery and this book is another addition to my repertoire.

I don't buy photography books for an explanation of exposure, f-stop or ISO. There was a time when I did but it's long gone. Thus books that contain everything but the kitchen sink seem like a waste of paper, and my time, to me. What I look for is is an explanation of what attracted the photographer to the scene. How he connected to the scene and worked it. Given a million ways to make an exposure, what're the choices he made to convey his personal vision though the final image.

Mr. Dykinga is a veteran photographer who has received several awards for his imagery. In this book, it is clear that his decades of experience in the field has developed in him a true caring for nature, that he relates to the scene in front of him and clicks the shutter only when he's ready to tell a story with his own spin on it. Quoting from the book, "I cannot not photograph, and I can't stop the internal movie. I see images all the time; even in my dreams.". This is what I look to learn, this is what that the multitude of people with expensive cameras in auto mode don't understand.

The book discusses various elements of design, namely lines, near/far perspective, framing etc. The images are very high quality; by that, I mean high in photographic value not high resolution, at least not so on Kindle. Each image is accompanied by a note explaining why the author was attracted to the scene and sometimes, how he worked it.

I took away one star from the review because of the disconnect between basic EXIF data (focal length, aperture, shutter speed) and the images. Looking at an image and seeing the technical information helps the reader understand why the photographer made the creative choices that he did. The technical information are at the end of book, requiring the reader to flip through the pages to connect an image with the EXIF data. This hampers the flow and defeats the purpose of having that information in the first place.

Barring that one problem, this is a good book to add to your shelf if you even have a passing interest in landscape photography.
541007
It is simple, really. If you have a heart, and a brain, you will love this picture. It is quick, sharp, and even "deep" without being obvious about it. You have to see it morte than once, and you have to LISTEN to the players. Not much to ask, for the reward you will get. Loved it madly!
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There's an old saying - a picture is worth 10000 words. Ressman's book captures the human spirit of an American Icon, the Harley Motorcycle. The faces shown with the quotes on opposite pages provoke thoughtful reflection on the meaning of this Icon as depicted in the faces and quotes shown. The roughly hewn features of the riders and the parsimonious concepts in the words of the quotes caused me to think about the many times I have seen men and women riding their machines,resplendent in faded leather, worn patches of pride and membership, and wondered who they were in everyday clothing and everyday occupations. We live our lives sometimes in secret and sometimes in the open, and this book offers a peek into the lives of the people who live the Harley Dream.
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You might as well copy and paste the image, then blow it up And print on canvas. I can count the pixels:
1100764
Words or the computer screen image can not explain the sheer definition of this map. Its huge and  once mounted in a picture frame makes a great decorative piece for a office or study.
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Look, it's a great photo, the paper is thick and is at least high enough resolution to see what is taking place. But it is bottom of the barrel fr sure.

One day I might shell out the $300 version and have it framed, but for now this will do. I rate this product 5 stars because it was bought and delivered for under $20, it's worth it for sure.
4869682
Very interesting and informative reading, along with great photos.  A picture is indeed worth a thousand words.
I highly recommend.
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I think the pictures speak for themselves...
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As a member of the Livermore Valley Camera Club for 42 years and the child of photographers, I have been exposed to composition discussions repeatedly.  Mr. Mante is a highly regarded German Photographer and this book is a translation of his concept of composition.  The book I have is an English translation.  I hope Mante's  ideas are clearer in German than in translation.  The sentences are long and the words complex.  I had to read some sentences many times to decide what the ideas were.  The tone is declarative rather than persuasive.
The subject of the book is composition and color.  Composition is what holds a viewer's interest in an image.  The design within the image makes it a work of art rather than a snap shot.  An artist has a lot of tools to enhance this effect.  Mante is illustrating the Photographer's tools.  I have been with painter  artists who disparage camera club's ideas of composition; and yet when I talked to their  judges at art shows, I find they look for the same things we photographers do, except for technique.  There is a time and cultural element as well in composition. Some concepts are retained and others discarded in later centuries.  Mante has ideas he has developed over his long career that have worked for him.  I will investigate these ideas and see how they work for me.  For example he always uses rectangular not square or panoramic format for his illustrations.  His concept of design is one of points of interest, lines, shapes colors and contrasts.  I felt that the subject of the point was secondary to him (but that may be because he was trying to illustrate an idea and not show a work of art).  He has a section on color and color composition that made me aware of why some photos have attracted me. He uses very strong colors often without detail in the black.  He showed why lower right to upper left diagonals lead the viewer out of the picture, whereas lower left to upper right keeps the viewer inside.  I had not fully appreciated the roll of shapes in a composition.  He does not use the "rule of thirds but divides the image into 8 divisions.  There are three on each side and 2 in the middle.  From this, his "golden section" appears to be similar to the "rule of thirds".  He does prefer to center as his point of interest, however.
In conclusion, although this was not an easy book to read,  It did make me think and talk about it.  But he did not convince me to agree to all his ideas
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This video has an important message, and delivers it well. The visual is so incredible. It's a work of art. A photography masterpiece.
2599745
A picture can be worth a thousand words but this book is a thousand words that puts a picture in your mind of this beautiful grown up fairy tale. (just for reference, didn't actually count the words).  As well as this short book is written, the moral of the story is powerful.  This book will put you in the scenery and make you feel the breath of the lioness.
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Folks,
For the amount of time and effort that is put into this book, it is well worth the price.
In fact I might say you are getting a whole lot of bang for the buck. (I.e. the price of one picture on the Net and bidding for it - will run you at minimum $2.00 and as much as $50.00 in some cases) The amount of pictures in this book is a real deal, and think about how much research that goes into finding out who the persons in the picture are, what time period, where they were located and what unit they belonged too, is really time consuming.
In addition, other books on this subject are almost out of reach for the average man's pocket book and I thank the author for making it "affordable" to the common Joe.
I doubt that you can open up the internet and immediately find a particular picture contained within this book, with all the history that goes along with it, in a short amount of time, and that is - if you can find any info about the picture at all.
Research - to say the least - is time consuming and to put something in chronologic order is even more consuming.
A lot of midnight oil was burned to putting this jewel together and I recommend it to anyone who has a mild interest in WW1 aircraft and to top it off - the price can not be beat.