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- Thread starter murphyz
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29% of Americans don't believe in evolution. Maybe he's on to something.
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The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman
Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition by Bryan Peterson
The Photographer's Eye by Michael Freeman
Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition by Bryan Peterson
Peder
Well-Known Member
That might ruin an otherwise good book, but we shall have to see. It's not an unusual opinion coming from over the sea.
Stewart
Active Member
Actually, if we go back to the thread where we got this statistic, it's a more troubling reality. 39 percent that do believe in the theory of evolution, which leaves a staggering 61 percent are given over to scientific ignorance and/or dismissal.
Stewart
Active Member
Nice. I was dipping into this recently.
Stewart
Active Member
What AquaBlue is saying here is that he hasn't bothered reading the book. He's probably referring to his skimming of The God Delusion as The Greatest Show On Earth is a cataloguing of the evidence that supports the theory of evolution. It's not anti-American at all. As Dawkins says in the opening chapter: "This is a book about the positive evidence that evolution is a fact. It is not intended as an anti-religious book. I've done that, it's another T-shirt, this is not the place to wear it again." As such, the book details creatures' habitats, developments, etc. that sees them taking evolutionary steps.
Peder
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the assessment, Stewart. It is a nice looking book -- surprising to me to see nice color photography in a trade paperback -- and apparently comprehensive across the broad range of relevant material. He evidently has command of his subject, but we knew that already. It should pull things together very nicely.
I haven't cracked into it yet. Is this why your photos look so good?
Stewart
Active Member
No, my photos look good because I only show the good ones. For every one, I delete loads more.
That's the real secret isn't it? I think 2-5%of my photos are "good" and I normally only post my good ones so you can imagine how horrid the rest are.
Do you like the book? I picked up on multiple recommendations from another site.
Stewart
Active Member
Yes, it's nicely informative. While most photography guides and the like peddle the same old stuff about getting to the scene at the right time, the best focal length, etc. this book does something different and looks at what makes good photographic composition and tries to explain how shapes work and appeal to our aesthetic pleasure.
Libra6Poe
New Member
Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing books 1, 2, & 3.
Yay! For the first time ever on Amazon, I got to click the button that says, "add all three to cart."
Yay! For the first time ever on Amazon, I got to click the button that says, "add all three to cart."
pontalba
Well-Known Member
Oh the feeling of Power! It's wonderful.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Written By More Than One Hundred International Critics. The revised and updated edition.
My TBR stack isn't high enough already. :whistling:
~Anne~
New Member
Tai_Mai_Shu
New Member
I checked out Michael Connelly's The Narrows and The Closers from the local library. I'm hoping to get Ender's Game before the end of the week.