Off-Camera Flash: Creative Techniques for Digital Photographers
Professionals and advanced-level amateurs seeking to push the envelope and enhance the creativity of their shots are shown how to add mood and manipulate color in their images with this guide. Using a technique known as off-camera flash, digital photographers discover how to alter a viewer’s perception through the use of shadows to mask certain details or to draw attention to a specific feature with a simple beam of light.
YA-Set just prior to Dragonflight, Masterharper details the life, loves, and heartbreaks of Robinton, Pern's most beloved harper. Readers follow him through a childhood filled with rejection and neglect by his Mastercomposer father, the loss of his wife, the death of his best friend, to his becoming Masterharper of Pern. This is McCaffrey at her best, combining excellent writing with vivid settings and detailed, fully fleshed-out characters. The book would be best read after Dragonflight (1986) and Dragonquest (1979, both Ballantine), but can stand alone.
A 24-year-old woman is referred from the emergency department with sudden onset of left iliac fossa pain and you are the medic on duty... 100 Cases in Obstetrics and Gynecology presents 100 commonly seen obstetric and gynaecological scenarios. The patients history, examination and initial investigations are presented along with questions on the diagnosis and management of each case. The answer includes a detailed discussion on each topic, providing an essential revision aid as well as a practical guide for junior clinicians.
This is the biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious compilation of articles on control systems imaginable. Every aspect of control is expertly covered, from the mathematical foundations to applications in robot and manipulator control. Never before has such a massive amount of authoritative, detailed, accurate, and well-organized information been available in a single volume.
THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND SELF-TEACHING TEXT OFFERS: * Questions at the end of each chapter and section to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses * A 100-question final exam for self-assessment * Detailed examples and solutions
