If you dont want to be a wildlife photographer the this book is remarkable simply as pictures of wildlife, sharp, powerful, informative images that just blow the mind.

The book like all of the 'portfolio's I have seen, contains 160 pages of awe inspiring images taken both by amateurs and professionals. At least half the entries this year are from digital cameras but they're all wonderful images and should be treasured. The BBC Wildlife magazine had excerpts from the Judges comments about why they selected certain pictures so it seems unusual the the published book does not. There are brief technical notes for the interested to accompany each portrait: 'camera, lens, f stop, shutter speed' but mostly this is just a book to rejoice in the images themselves.

A great coffee table book and book for aspiring wildlife photographers.