The edition published in 1992 won the Kraszna-Krausz Award for Photographic Imaging. With 172 new color images of creatures great and small and updates on advances in technology, this revised edition captures the basics and fine points of mastering equipment and composition for all levels of expertise as well as ethical issues surrounding close wildlife encounters with a camera. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Joe McDonald is a professional photographer who specializes in wildlife photography. He also leads wildlife-photographing tours with his wife, Mary Ann McDonald, who is also a photographer.
McDonald got his first camera at age 14, and started his photography career while in high school.