Product Description

This gorgeous gift book offers a glimpse of the ocean world with photos, capturing in pairs a diverse array of marine life. Includes informative captions and essays and an introduction by esteemed oceanographer Sylvia Earl.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1447138 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781555916138
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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Review
"...AMAZING job of showcasing and personalizing the wonders of the sea...what a great gift for the holidays..." -- Customer comment from Diana, 12/11/2006

An arresting collection of vivid images, they reveal how relationships underwater can be every bit as complex as those on land. -- Scuba Diving, February, 1, 2007

An informative treat for all ages...This beautiful book is the result of six years of intensive research. -- Shutterbug Magazine, August 1, 2007

Each page holds something new and fascinating, not to mention so highly colorful that it almost seems alien. -- Mill Creek Living, May 1, 2007

Take note, Lilly Pulitzer. Let this marine menagerie inspire. -- ASPP, May 8, 2007

This stunning portfolio of color photographs celebrates the diversity of marine life. -- Longitude, May 1, 2007

About the Author
Michele Westmorland is an award-winning wildlife photographer. Capturing images of the amazing underwater world has been her passion for 20 years, six of which have been devoted to extensive travel specifically to photograph "two of a kind" pairs. Her work has appeared internationally in multiple magazines, including Nature's Best, Outside, National Geographic, and Life, as well as in a variety of calendars and advertising campaigns. Westmorland lives with her photographer husband, Stuart, in Mill Creek, Washington where they manage Westmorland Photography.

Barbara Sleeper's career as a science writer has spanned more than thirty years, during which time she traveled to more than 80 countries to observe animals in the wild and learn firsthand about global conservation issues. Her nearly 300 wildlife and travel articles have appeared in numerous national and international publications, including Audubon, Australian Natural History, Pacific Discovery, Anima, Das Tier, Life, Wildlife Art News, Travel & Leisure, Travel Holiday, and Ranger Rick. Sleeper co-founded Adventure Travel magazine and the American Adventures Association with Bob Citron in Seattle, Washington. She also served as president and vice-president of the Seattle Zoological Society. Sleeper holds degrees in zoology and psychology from the University of Washington.

Customer Reviews

Intriguing concept and execution
Two creatures, two images, two voices. A composition pairing the visual and scientific descriptions of colorful sea life. A little book packed full of a big idea. Appealing to all audiences - age and interest. Recommended for it's exciting images, color, and layout.

Colorful Ocean Creature Couples
Award winning photographer Michele Westmorland has a real winner with Ocean Duets. This wonderful book features photographs of pairings of colorful sea creatures from exotic corners of the world. The photos are gorgeous, all in color, and feature a wide variety of marine life - some familiar and others not, some beautiful and others bizarre.

This little gem is an all-glossy 8"x8" paperback, 96 pages, with color photographs on every page. While the subject of the photos are pairs of animals, the book layout usually involves pairs of pages - of two opposite facing pages, the left page has a small photo surrounded by explanatory text by Barbara Sleeper, while the right page features a full size duets photo. Frequent personal anecdotes from Michele are interspersed throughout the book, adding an additional dimension.

Ocean Duets is priced right and a perfect gift book for lovers of photography, nature, and the mysteries of the ocean.

Nice idea, technically OK
It is an attractive idea for a photographic project to collect images of pairs of marine creatures. Of course the problem is that it's difficult to get the shots, so artistry has to take second place, and ultimately the images are not technically perfect. Michele Westmorland does a creditable job in spite of this.