Good Books/Guides/Magazines on Bird/Nature Photography

[Arthur]

I will start to ball rolling, hope those who read this thread will share and participate.

Title :The Art of Bird Photography (The complete guide to professional field techniques)
Author : Arthur Morris
Where to buy : Riceball (#04-17, The Adelphi, No. 1 Coleman Street Singapore 179803 -opposite Pennisular Plaza)
Price :S$42.80
Recommended to :Newbies (just like me :D )

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Remark:
Topics covered include making correct exposures, capturing bird behaviour and action, instruction on how to best approach wild birds without causing them undue stress, and so on.

For those who hate reading, the book contain 203 solid full colour photographs of birds taken by Arthur Morris for your viewing pleasure...enough to make you :drool:

Cheers

[joeyao]

I will start to ball rolling, hope those who read this thread will share and participate.

Title: The Art of Bird Photography
(The complete guide to professional field techniques)
Author: Arthur Morris
Where to buy: Riceball (#04-17, The Adelphi, No. 1 Coleman Street
Singapore 179803 -opposite Pennisular Plaza)
Price: S$42.80
Recommended to: Newbies (just like me :D )

Remark:
Topics covered include making correct exposures, capturing bird behaviour and action, instruction on how to best approach wild birds without causing them undue stress, and so on.

For those who hate reading, the book contain 203 solid full colour photographs of birds taken by Arthur Morris for your viewing pleasure...enough to make you :drool:

Cheers
Thanks for the lobang Arthur. I have been looking for this book for quite a while.

[Arthur]

You are welcome bro ;)

Cheers

[Garion]

Thread moved to Bird Photography Q & A, equipment & techniques forum.

Thanks Arthur for starting this useful thread. :thumb: Pls feel free to contribute to this thread. Thanks!

[Arthur]

Here's another guide book to share:

Title :Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Author :G.W.H DAVISON and CHEW YEN FOOK
Where to buy :Gift shop at the visitor centre of SBG (got other good guide books also)
Price :S$15.95

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Remarks :ID of 252 species of birds (full colour photos). Compact, easy-to-use format, pocket-size (good for bring along with you to the field).

Cheers

[s_wrx]

Craig Robson has a book on SEA birds. Absolutely fantastic for bird IDs. ;)

[harlequin2902]

I'm currently using Craig Robson's Birds of Thailand as recommended by a birdwatcher friend of mine.

Title :Birds of Thailand
Author :Craig Robson
Where to buy :Nature's Niche (the shop at Botanic Gardens)
Price :S$?

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There are no photos inside but instead you get lots of nice, full coloured drawings of each species on one page and information on the general apperance (adult male & female , juvenile , breeding), size, voice (call) , habitat and notes of any special behaviour (if any) on the facing page.


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Available at Nature's Niche (the shop at Botanic Gardens) also, if I'm not wrong. ... I got mine from Amazon.com :wahpiang:

[Arthur]

Thanks for sharing s_wrx and Sam, these are definitely some comprehensive guide books...tempted to buy :drool:

All you birders out there, please keep the ball rolling! ;)

Cheers

[erwinx]

Robson's Birds of South East Asia contains all the birds found in Robson's Birds of Thailand plus several more. I think it is a 'must-have' for Singapore (and SEA) birders.

Frankly, there's no reason to get Robson's Birds of Thailand since Robson's Birds of SEA is available and i think the price is the same. I have both (from the $4 Carrefour sale a few years back) so I've actually compared to 2. Even if I were to go to Thailand, I think I would bring the SEA book rather than the Thailand book ;)

Title :A Guide to the BIRDS of SOUTHEAST ASIA
Author :Craig Robson
Where to buy :Nature's Niche (the shop at Botanic Gardens)
Price :S$?

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[ccplim]

I have made some changes to the postings to make them more reader friendly :)

[harlequin2902]

I have made some changes to the postings to make them more reader friendly :) Nice work :thumb:

[Garion]

Nice work Lim. :thumb:

Here is my contribution:

Title :Birds; An Illustrated Field Guide to the
Birds of Singapore (Product ID : 0899813066008, Category : Birds, Format : Paperback, 226 pages. Edition : 1997)

Author :Lim K. S. and Dana Gardner
Where to buy :Nature's Niche (the shop at Botanic Gardens), Borders (Wheelock Place, Orchard Rd)
Price :S$47.50 (approx.) at Borders

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This field guide, written by one of the most experienced local birdwatchers out there, is considered the definitive guide to Singapore birds. Though not as thorough and with as many species as Craig Robson's Guide to Birds of SE-Asia, I feel that this is a worthwhile book to get for those wishing to learn how to ID and find out about Singapore's bird species, including extinct and probable species. With brightly coloured illustrations by Dana Gardner, I found it relatively easy to browse through to search for the species I wanted. There are interesting footnotes at the beginning of the book regarding Singapore's current (as of 1997) topology, well-known birding hotspots, and descriptions and photos of each site.

[Andrew]

Hi friends,

You might be interested in some of these books that I have ordered from Amazon. I have not read them but they were recommended by various websites.

1 of: The Art of Bird Photography: The Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques [Paperback]
By: Arthur Morris
$15.72

1 of: Wild Bird Photography: National Audubon Society Guide [Paperback]
By: Tim Fitzharris (Photographer)
$13.57

1 of: John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide [Paperback]
By: John Shaw
$15.72

1 of: A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia [Paperback]
By: Craig Robson
$24.94 (This seems overpriced compared to $4 :( )

1 of: Bird Photography: Pure and Simple [Paperback]
By: Arthur Morris
$9.95

Good luck and happy reading! :)

[kei]

There's a new version of craig robson's bird of s.e.a. Slightly smaller and comes with a plastic book cover.

Cost $39.90 at borders :)

[mervlam]

Strange, Morten, A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Malaysia & Singapore, Periplus, 2000

Available from Kinokuniya (Ngee Ann) at S$37.62

Including Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Borneo. Covers 668 species and contains more than 700 colour photographs.

[fuse]

hey thanks, think i will try to borrow some related books from the library first on general photography before going in depth of bird photography!!!

so far, what my untrained eyes could find is still within my pocket book, A guide to the common birds of singapore by our science centre......

wonder did they have a reprint, got it like 10 years back!!!

[Andrew]

Hi all,

I am inspired by the gurus who share a few lobangs (locations) to keep us newbies going. I do not expect them to share any "sensitive" lobangs where the welfare of the birds might be compromised.

As I do not have any great lobangs to share, I can only offer to share the books that I have just bought from Amazon. Those books are listed in my previous post. I will bring them along at the next AWA outing if anyone is interested. Please PM me.

[Nelson Khor]

I will start to ball rolling, hope those who read this thread will share and participate.

Title :The Art of Bird Photography (The complete guide to professional field techniques)
Author : Arthur Morris
Where to buy : Riceball (#04-17, The Adelphi, No. 1 Coleman Street Singapore 179803 -opposite Pennisular Plaza)
Price :S$42.80
Recommended to :Newbies (just like me :D )

Sorry, this content is visible to registered members only.

Remark:
Topics covered include making correct exposures, capturing bird behaviour and action, instruction on how to best approach wild birds without causing them undue stress, and so on.

For those who hate reading, the book contain 203 solid full colour photographs of birds taken by Arthur Morris for your viewing pleasure...enough to make you :drool:

Cheers

Do you have the tel. no (I'm from Malaysia), want to buy this book...

[Arthur]

Pasieh...dunno telephone nos. Steven, can help....you are needed in here.

cheers

[Nelson Khor]

Pasieh...dunno telephone nos. Steven, can help....you are needed in here.

cheers


Thanks... Hi Steven... calling for help..:sweat:

[ccplim]

Here you go. Hope the information are correct. They might have shifted from level 4 to B1. (Paisei, I only been there once :o )

Riceball Photography Bookstore
#B1-38, The Adelphi
1 Coleman Street,
Singapre 179803
Tel/Fax +65 g63367076

Mon-Sat 11am-7pm

[Nelson Khor]

Here you go. Hope the information are correct. They might have shifted from level 4 to B1. (Paisei, I only been there once :o )

Riceball Photography Bookstore
#B1-38, The Adelphi
1 Coleman Street,
Singapre 179803
Tel/Fax +65 g63367076

Mon-Sat 11am-7pm

Thank you.

[MountainMan]

For those hardcore wader lovers...

This amazing photographic guide to shorebirds of the world contains 700 brilliant colour photographs and descriptions of 212 species of sandpipers, plovers, stilts, thick-knees, oystercatchers and associated families.

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For those who didn’t manage to get this book when it was published by Hamlyn in 1995, the good news is that the new reprint of this large format, hard cover volume is available from the Botanic Garden Shop at only S$ 21.50

(No, this is not a printing error, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents!).

If you do own it already, buy a few copies anyway to give to friends and spread the interest in waders …!


Morten Strange
Nature's Niche Pte. Ltd.
1 Cluny Road
Singapore 259569
Tel: 65-6475 2319
Fax: 65-6475 1597
http://www.naturesniche.com

[Nelson Khor]

For those hardcore wader lovers...

This amazing photographic guide to shorebirds of the world contains 700 brilliant colour photographs and descriptions of 212 species of sandpipers, plovers, stilts, thick-knees, oystercatchers and associated families.

Sorry, this content is visible to registered members only.

For those who didn’t manage to get this book when it was published by Hamlyn in 1995, the good news is that the new reprint of this large format, hard cover volume is available from the Botanic Garden Shop at only S$ 21.50

(No, this is not a printing error, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents!).

If you do own it already, buy a few copies anyway to give to friends and spread the interest in waders …!


Morten Strange
Nature's Niche Pte. Ltd.
1 Cluny Road
Singapore 259569
Tel: 65-6475 2319
Fax: 65-6475 1597
http://www.naturesniche.com

Hi MM,

Want to get this book, are they can send to Malaysia..

[Mervin]

this "Riceball" shop has a rather huge collections of photography books and its not your normal "field guide" kind of books.

theirs are big, thick and heavy kind, those u might need if u are going to uni!
:lol:

[Nelson Khor]

Hi MM,

Want to get this book, are they can send to Malaysia..


Went there today.. but out of stock... need to register and wait for the call, the price only S16+-

[cuckooroller]

Eric,
And for those wanting a more basic field guide format, this is the best overall wader guide: http://www.hbw.com/?go=ab7c7d504b7f581e48db42abe6c915735af13255dd300f 3c46d6d20d95e8c07aa314bae64affb6c72a1a2aad5bdc9302


For those hardcore wader lovers...

This amazing photographic guide to shorebirds of the world contains 700 brilliant colour photographs and descriptions of 212 species of sandpipers, plovers, stilts, thick-knees, oystercatchers and associated families.

Sorry, this content is visible to registered members only.

For those who didn’t manage to get this book when it was published by Hamlyn in 1995, the good news is that the new reprint of this large format, hard cover volume is available from the Botanic Garden Shop at only S$ 21.50

(No, this is not a printing error, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents!).

If you do own it already, buy a few copies anyway to give to friends and spread the interest in waders …!


Morten Strange
Nature's Niche Pte. Ltd.
1 Cluny Road
Singapore 259569
Tel: 65-6475 2319
Fax: 65-6475 1597
http://www.naturesniche.com

[ltk]

I will start to ball rolling, hope those who read this thread will share and participate.

Title :The Art of Bird Photography (The complete guide to professional field techniques)
Author : Arthur Morris
Where to buy : Riceball (#04-17, The Adelphi, No. 1 Coleman Street Singapore 179803 -opposite Pennisular Plaza)
Price :S$42.80
Recommended to :Newbies (just like me :D )

Sorry, this content is visible to registered members only.

Remark:
Topics covered include making correct exposures, capturing bird behaviour and action, instruction on how to best approach wild birds without causing them undue stress, and so on.

For those who hate reading, the book contain 203 solid full colour photographs of birds taken by Arthur Morris for your viewing pleasure...enough to make you :drool:

Cheers


For those who have buget constrain, you can borrow it from our library,I got it from Toa Payoh Branch.

[ckw10066]

Just bought this "New Holland Field Guide To The Birds of South East Aisa" by Craig Robson from SBG, 2005 edition.

Title :Birds of South East Asis
Author :Craig Robson
Where to buy :Nature's Niche (the shop at Botanic Gardens)
Price :S$40.65 incl GST

Happy reading & shooting....or shooting & reading....


frankie

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[knpan]

hi there, which is the best book to buy, value for money?

[tsechien]

Just to collate all the feedback here for once :

If you bird in Malaysia & Singapore, you should at least have this :
New Holland Field Guide To Birds Of South East Asia - Craig Robson ISBN 1-84330-746-4 (2005 Edition is the latest, I think)

If you bird in Thailand and/or need a 2nd cross reference to compliment Craig Robson, you need this :
A Guide To Birds Of Thailand - Boonsong Lekagul & Philip Round ISBN974-85673-6-2 (2005 being the most recent addition)

If you are really into migratory shorebirds / waders, you really want this :
Photographic Guide To Waders Of The World - David Rosair & David Cottridge ISBN 0-7573-0960-0 (2004 being the most recent edition)

If you are a 1st timer up at Fraser's Hill and need a quick fast reference without spending too much, you need this :
Birds of Fraser's Hill - An Illustrated Guide and Checklist by Morten Strange
ISBN 9810499302 (2004 being the last edition)

If you want some of the local birding places up at Perak, the MNS Perak Branch has published a "Birds Of Perak" ISBN 983-43116-0-5 (2006 Edition) which is the best local guide book on locations and species to see.

If you are planning a trip to Sabah or Sarawak you need a quick and cheap guide book which describes the endemics (species which are unique or confined to Borneo), you definitely want A Photographic Guide to Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan by G.W.H. Davison and Chew Yen Fook ISBN 1859746977

THE definitive book on Borneo would be The Birds of Borneo by B.E.Smythies ISBN 978-0050015308 but getting a copy nowadays is next to impossible. Worth it's weight in gold...TSWong - you got one right?? right???

If you want to learn some of the finer points of bird photography (not all being relevant to our bird species or shooting conditions) but nevertheless inspiring in its' gorgeous photography, go buy Arthur Morris's Art Of Bird Photography II online (available only on CD / Download in pdf from http://www.birdsasart.com/books.html#THE%20ART%20OF%20BIRD%20PHOTOGRAPHY%20I I)

This one supercedes the original soft cover The Art of Bird Photography: The Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques ISBN 0-8174. Anyway the original one deals a lot with photography using film cameras but basic techniques apply. If you have not seen it, just go for the soft copy VerII. I have both and find them to be invaluable for technique improvement.

As you can see, there is no single "best" book to own (wouldn't it be so easy?). It all depends on where and how you want to bird.

chien