Hyper Nature

Philippe Martin revolutionised digital nature photography by stacking images. To take one photograph, he will shoot a subject hundreds of times, stack the images into a composite, and then clean up the composite image pixel by pixel. The result is a quasi-3D photograph of nature with such sharpness and brilliance that surely it will leap from the page. What’s more, Martin takes the photographs in his subjects’ natural setting, including inhospitable jungles. Hyper Nature is a portfolio of Martin’s stunning photographs of snails, orchids, dragonflies, snakes, frogs and many other creatures. The hyperrealism and large images bring the viewer into the heart of the scene, face to face with the subject, where he can discover the smallest detail. This is nature photography as never seen before. Martin also explains how he achieves his photographs, increasing readers’ appreciation and leaving a legacy for new photographers. The most recent exhibition of Martin’s photographs attracted one million visitors to the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Hyper Nature is ideal for all photography and nature enthusiasts as well as photographers, naturalists, educators, museum specialists and scientists. AUTHOR: Philippe Martin is an ecologist, photographer, including underwater subjects, and author of numerous books with a career spanning more than 40 years. His book ‘Hyper Nature Tropical’ received the First Place French Book Prize 2014. 200 colour photos