Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Using Digital Cameras for Nature Photography -- Advantages of Digital Cameras over Film in Nature Photography -- The Right Digital Camera for the Job -- Choosing the Right Accessories -- 2 Computer Gear for Your Digital Darkroom -- Computers and Software for Digital Photographers -- Desktop Computers for the Nature Photographer -- Laptops for the Nature Photographer on the Go -- Choosing the Best Computer Displays for Working with Photos -- Monitor Calibration Tools -- Auxiliary Storage -- Choosing and Using Optical Drives -- Using Graphics Tablets -- Faster Downloads with Card Readers -- Summary -- 3 Outfitting for the Outdoors -- Tripods for Nature and Landscape Photographers -- Different Tripods for Different Folks -- It's All in the Head -- Caring for Digital Images in the Field -- Camera Backpacks and Bags -- Clothes on Your Back and Shoes That You Wear -- Ideas to Keep You Safer -- Summary -- 4 Shooting Landscapes -- Finding Locations and Beating the Crowds -- Light Is Everything -- Don't Let Bad Weather Ruin Your Day -- Composition for Landscape Photos -- Making Camera Settings for Nature and Landscape Photos -- Shooting Workflow: Making Camera Settings -- Shooting Panoramic Images -- Summary -- 5 Photographing Wildlife -- Getting to Where the Wildlife Is -- Finding the Spots -- Composition and Camera Settings for Wildlife Photos -- Go on a Wildlife and Nature Photo Tour -- Summary -- 6 Abstracts of Nature -- Capturing Abstract Images -- Rescuing Lost Treasures -- Choosing Abstract Subjects to Photograph -- Summary -- 7 Close-Ups and Macros in Nature -- Close-Up Photography -- Digital Macro Photography -- Close-Ups and Macros in the Studio or the Home -- Summary -- 8 Using Bridge to Manage Your Nature Images -- Creating a File Management System -- Simple Steps to Managing Files -- Managing Images with Bridge.

Customizing and Using Bridge Functions -- Changing Bridge Preferences -- Working with Images -- Summary -- 9 Using Camera Raw -- Advantages to Raw -- Using Camera Raw -- Getting the Lay of the Land and Opening Images in Camera Raw -- Getting Started Using Raw -- The Raw Processing Workflow -- Summary -- 10 Setting Up and Getting Around in Photoshop -- Getting Acquainted with Photoshop -- A Tour of Photoshop -- A Menu for Everything -- The Photoshop Toolbox -- Palettes -- Working in Layers -- Implementing Color Management -- Calibrating and Profiling Your Display -- Setting Photoshop Color Preferences -- Assigning Color Profiles -- Proofing -- Summary -- 11 Making Tonal and Color Corrections to Nature Photos -- Correcting Exposure -- Adjusting Shadow/Highlights -- Levels Adjustment Layer -- Curves Adjustment Layer -- Color Balance Adjustment Layer -- Finishing the Hue/Saturation Layer -- Summary -- 12 Editing Nature Photos -- Common Editing Tools -- Selection Tools -- Dodging and Burning -- Using the Paintbrush -- Using the Healing Brushes -- The Clone Stamp Tool -- The Eraser Tool -- Layer Masks to Selectively Correct Images -- Summary -- 13 Manipulating Nature and Landscapes in Photoshop -- Photoshop Filters -- Artistic Filters -- The Brush Strokes, Distort, and Sketch Filters -- Photoshop Black-and-White Landscape Techniques -- Using the Desaturate Command to Convert to Black and White -- Using the Hue/Saturation Adjustment to Convert to Black and White -- Using the Channel Mixer to Convert to Black and White -- Selective Color Techniques -- Creating Scenic Panoramas -- Summary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J-L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q-R -- S -- T -- U-V -- W -- X-Z.