Böcker av Stanley Breeden

Spotlighting the finest wildflowers in the southwestern Australia, this reference blends travel narrative with exquisite photography, shedding light on an area so rich and varied that it has been designated one of the world's 39 "hotspots" of biodiversity. This stunning exploration encapsulates the rich variety of colors, shapes, textures, nuances, and combinations of the region's foliage with unique macro images from a pair of award-winning photographers.

High on the hills of the Atherton Tablelands in far north Queensland stands a glasshouse built by orchid expert Bruce Gray. Whether from the cloud forests of South America, the Himalayan Mountains of India, the mangroves of the Philippines, the rocky outcrops of Madagascar or the dense rainforests of New Guinea, tropical species thrive here. Award-winning photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden capture the plants in rich, detailed images. Step into the orchid house to discover this extraordinary and diverse world.

Award-winning nature photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden explore Australia's small animal life to reveal the wonder and beauty of looking closely into nature. Their specially developed digital photography techniques make it possible to see intriguing details you may never have suspected were there.

Filled with photographic innovation and vision, this book journeys to Queensland's tropical rainforest, capturing not only the moods and cycles of this unique area, but also its very essence. Telling the story of flowering plant evolution through camera lenses, the collection demonstrates why few places in Australia are of such pivotal ecological importance as the tropical rainforests of northeast Queensland.