The Brain and Birds
I am almost constantly asked why I designed The Crossley ID Guide the way I did – it is different to any other book on many levels. More importantly does this design help you or not? Scientists and educators have scrutinized the way we learn – some of the best experts in the world have […]
Corrections
In a book of this magnitude there are a million decisions to be made and just as many places to make mistakes. There are a few in this book – its amazing what you spot the day after it goes to print! Funnily enough, I seriously considered putting an image on the wrong page and […]
Color
In books like this there will always be discussions on color. There are many things that effect color. We prepare the plates that I think correctly match reality as I see it. I factor in several things such as the monitors I am using. Changing contrast and the amount of sharpening also has an effect […]
Sharpening
Comments regarding how sharp the plates are in books are appearing everywhere. Some think they are too sharp, others not sharp enough. I took the middle ground. Most images I see published in birding magazines and on the internet are heavily sharpened. This often makes the image more striking because of the added contrast. This […]
