The more you know about nature, the better you will be as a nature photographer. These books are a good place to start.
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Brittle Stars & Mudbugs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Shorelines & Wetlands
by Patricia K. Lichen, Linda M. Feltner (Illustrator)
The "Uncommon Field Guide" series is like any other guidebook series. Each describes amazing and amusing true-life details on over 60 Nortwest plants and animals. Highly recommended.
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Mammals of Washington and Oregon
by Tamara Eder
A comprehensive illustrated field guide to mammals throughout Washington and Oregon. Part of a great series from Lone Pine Publishing.
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest
by National Audubon Society, Peter Alden
If you already have a number of Northwest field guides, you might be able to safely skip this one, but if you can only aford one guide, this is probably the one to get. They pack a lot of information about a lot of things in this little book.
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Passionate Slugs & Hollywood Frogs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Backyards
by Patricia K. Lichen, Linda M. Feltner (Illustrator)
The "Uncommon Field" guide series should be required reading for photographers living in the Northwest. By knowing more about the flora and flauna of the area, you are better prepared to photograph it.
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska
by Jim Pojar, Andy MacKinnon (Editor)
The "almost too complete" field guide to trees, flowers and other plants throughout the Pacific Northwest. Not the first guide I reach for, but if you can't find it elsewhere, it's probably here.
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River-Walking Songbirds & Singing Coyotes: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Mountains
by Patricia K. Lichen, Linda M. Feltner (Illustrator)
Another book in the excellent "Uncommon Field Guide" series covering a wealth of information for the Northwest naturalist.
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The Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest
by J. Duane Sept
The single best field guide for tide pool critters and other intertidal plants and animals. An appendix covers information on some of the best locations from the Queen Charlotte Islands in Canada down through Coos Bay in Oregon.
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The Intertidal Wilderness: A Photographic Journey through Pacific Coast Tidepools, Revised Edition
by Robert T. Paine
Containing both some of the best tide pool photographs as well as truly informative text, this is a great book for anyone interested in the ecology of the "intertidal wilderness."
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Wildflowers of Mount Rainier
by Laird Blackwell
A great guidebook to wildflowers of the Mt. Rainier region. Helps to figure out what it is you are taking pictures of.
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