Description
More than 100 spectacular photographs of your favorite birds!
Follow writer, photographer, and filmmaker Mark Bussler on an expedition around the world to photograph birds starting in his backyard and then venturing out into the “wilds” of Western Pennsylvania. Bussler captured more than 100 stunning, highly detailed photographs of a diverse collection of birds including the Scarlet Tanager, American Goldfinch, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, House Sparrow, and more.
Filled with stunning images and fun facts about birds, Birds: A Photographic Expedition should entertain amateur and experienced bird photographers and birders by sharing the joy of getting outside to take pretty pictures of our avian friends. Curated from a collection of more than 30,000 photos, every shot in the book was chosen with meticulous care and polished to reveal every detail of every bird caught through a massive cinema-quality lens.
Features:
- More than 100 original photographs of wild birds photographed with wildlife camera gear
- Fun facts and expedition notes
- Full-color printing on 8 1/2″ x 11″ pages
- Glossy cover design
- Outtake photographs and behind-the-scenes details
- Spectacular, scenic bird photography
Why birds? Bussler says “I returned to my outdoor documentary filmmaking days with Birds: A Photographic Expedition, except this time with a book in mind instead of a two-hour film. The big difference between filming birds and filming charging horses is that there’s very little chance that I will get trampled by birds.
Horses, however, are very large and you tend to know where they are. Birds, on the hand, like to hide in the trees. This adds a new and exciting element to filmmaking (even though I’m not making a film.) I approached this project in the same way with the same terminology.”
Bussler is the writer of more than 70 books and the cover designer of 300 more. He is an experienced filmmaker, photographer, and writer who produced and directed the films Horses of Gettysburg, Westinghouse, and Expo Magic of the White City. Bussler is the writer of 1915 San Francisco World’s Fair in Color: Grandeur of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Photographs,and The World’s Fair of 1893 Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Trilogy.
Chapter List:
- Introduction
- Northern Cardinal
- European Starling
- American Goldfinch
- Blue Jay
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- American Robin
- Red-tailed Hawk
- House Sparrow
- House Finch
- Common Grackle
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Downy Woodpecker
- Baltimore Oriole
- Peregrine Falcon
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Song Sparrow
- Indigo Bunting
- American Crow
- Northern Flicker
- Mallard Duck
- Turkey Vulture
- Purple Martin
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Gray Catbird
- Cedar Waxwing
- Scarlet Tanager
- Eastern Phoebe
- House Wren
- Canada Goose
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Herring Gull
- Double-crested Cormorant
- The Making of an Expedition
