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Your digital camera is more than new incarnation of your old film camera. Yes, it still produces photos, but it also offers new outlets for creativity, including instant gratification of seeing your photos now, the ability to experiment without worrying about expense, the technology to fine-tune your photos with advanced professional techniques, and the means to share your work instantaneously with anyone, anyplace in the world. It's no wonder that digital cameras are outselling traditional cameras for the first time ever. But the question most digital camera users ask is this, "How do I get from taking 'decent' photos to doing the things I'd really like to do? How do I tap into that potential?" Digital Photography Hacks is your passport to taking the kind of digital photos you've always aspired to. Written by Derrick Story, photographer and author of Digital Photography Pocket Guide and other books, it goes beyond the standard fare of most digital photography books--such as camera basics, understanding memory cards, and when to use a flash--to the things that professional photographers have learned through thousands of shots' worth of experience, years of experimentation, and fiddling and hacking. The book includes a foreword by photographer Rick Smolan, author of America 24/7. With exquisite, full-color photos throughout, the book presents a collection of tips, tricks, and techniques for photographers ready to move beyond the basics. And if you don't have the latest in digital camera photography, this book will show you how to extend the life and functionality of your existing camera. All the hacks in the book are platform-agnostic, designed for use on both Mac on Windows-based computers. You'll find 100 proven techniques in the areas of:

Daytime and nighttime photo secrets
Flash magic
Digital camera attachments
The computer connection
Photoshop magic
Fun photo projects
Camera phone tricks

This book is for the photographer you are now, and the one you want to be. Digital Photography Hacks is for the creative adventurer who resides in each of us.

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Be prepared to spend money to take advantage of hacks.......2007-08-19

Weaknesses: A surprisingly large percentage of the hacks require you to spend money on devices or software. To take best advantage of this book you should own an SLR camera, Photoshop, and a camera phone. Some of the advice, such as fill flash, is drawn from standard photographic techniques that you could get from any book.

Strengths: Here and there one can find useful techniques. For example, he has good ideas on eliminating red eye. Some of the recommended items are inexpensive and worth looking into. The book also does a good job of telling the advantages and disadvantages of the devices and software he recommends.

Excellent Book, Very Clever Ideas.......2007-03-26

I was very pleasantly surprised to finally get a book on digital photography that was page after page, completely full of all new ideas! The title says it all. In this book you will find various work arounds, short cuts and generally smarter way of doing things. Lots of insiders tips that the pros know, but the rest of us plebs don't.

This is one book you will come back to again and again. Extremely useful!

Enjoy

Useful Hacks for you digital camera.......2006-01-14

Digital Photography Hacks is a part of O'reilly's hacks series, which provide tricks and solutions for different fields. This book gives you tips and tricks when dealing with your digital camera.

I read this book after reading Digital Photography Guide for the same writer, Direck. So, I found myself comparing between the two books and found the Digital Photography Hacks is an extension for the Digital Photography Guide. These tips and tricks complete your knowledge with some useful methods to create professional photos using tools and things around you.

If you know your camera well, you will find this book very useful and open your mind for new tricks to produce professional photos. However, if you were a beginner in digital photography I would prefer to start with Direck's Digital Photography Guide.

Useful Tips, But Lots of Tips are Neither Hacks nor Industrial-Strength.......2006-01-14

I am an amateur photographer and I did learn a number of useful things from this book. However, I am rating it a 3, primarily because it contains few information on what I really bought this book for: to take better photos using my digital camera. I got the Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition by the same author at the same time as this book, and that one taught me more about how to take better digital photos.

There are really cool and useful stuff written in this book like eliminating bars from animal cages and using pantyhose to get some special effects; good suggestions on using tripods and flashes. These are what makes this book worthwhile.

But then, this book also contains lots of "tips" that I do not find very useful. Perhaps it is because it lacks focus and it doesn't consider what most readers already have. Whether this book is geared towards the novice photographer or someone who has a point-and-shoot or an SLR is unclear. Most "hacks" suggested by computer books will assume you only have the main software and may suggest you download few additional ones that are mostly free. This book has a number of tips that need additional equipment costing more than $100. I wanted to try out taking portraits using two external flashes as this book suggested, only to find out that the two external flashes can cost me $500!

Furthermore, there are a few suggestions that although useful, I find to be inappropriately labeled as an industrial-strength hack. Yes, an iPod can be used to store your photos. Even if there may be iPod owners who may have missed that, I don't own an iPod and I surely know it can store photos already even before this book told me so. It is cool that you can take photos and use your camera phone to communicate in a foreign country, but again, this info did nothing to make me a better photographer

Neat Little Photo Book.......2005-11-08

Be prepared, this book has no real theme. It is a hodgepodge of interesting stuff. The photoshop section is very good, which is surprising, as that is not the focus of the book. However, I learned a good deal from that section. Some of this stuff most people will never use, but it definately gets you thinking. My favorite was using the camera as a scanner, when you don't have one handy.

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the Amazing Ape man does it again!

Tarzan's Jewels shine brightly in Opar

Tarzan returns to visit La in Opar in this ERB pot-boiler

Tarzan returns to Opar with its gold and high priestess La

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ASIN: 0809599805

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Here Tarzan returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost Atlantis. Ages ago Atlantis sunk beneath the waves -- but the denizens of Opar still mine the gold of this lost colony. Tarzan, following greedy pair -- one Belgian, one Arab -- into the jungle, where they stumble into the lost city. Bad enough -- and then Tarzan injures his head in a fight and loses his memory. That's great news for La, the high priestess for the Flaming God, who's had a serious crush on the apeman since their first encounter. But the priests who work for her have other ideas: they don't intend to allow Tarzan to escape their sacrificial knives a second time. . . .

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Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered. At first he had been humbly thankful, too, that they had sent him to this Godforsaken Congo post instead of court-martialing him, as he had so justly deserved; but now six months of the monotony, the frightful isolation and the loneliness had wrought a change. The young man brooded continually over his fate. His days were filled with morbid self-pity, which eventually engendered in his weak and vacillating mind a hatred for those who had sent him here - for the very men he had at first inwardly thanked for saving him from the ignominy of degradation. He regretted the gay life of Brussels as he never had regretted the sins which had snatched him from that gayest of capitals, and as the days passed he came to center his resentment upon the representative in Congo land of the authority which had exiled him - his captain and immediate superior.

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the Amazing Ape man does it again!.......2005-11-14

I was completely sucked into this book from page one. It has been several years since I read the first four books in this series (tracking down this book proved problematic, to say the least).

After finishing this book I came to the conclusion that this is ERB's version of the classic cursed gold stories of the Norse sagas, (Neibelugileid..if I spelled that right, or the Volsung saga. More modern times, Wagner's Ring Cycle, and Lord of the Rings.)

This book takes place of the course of one or two weeks, the time line is very very energy charged. Except for the few days where Tarzan has his amnesia and decides to loll about the jungle, no idea that he needs to save Jane.

Jane is pretty impressive in this book, she doesn't let herself be a complete damsel in distress, she makes several escape attempts and is remarkably tough when it comes to finding out that her husband is dead. (So she and many others think).

Of course she isn't the imperial seductress that La is designed to be. Who is a very interesting character to see in action, she is a spoiled child for the most part, who's only sympathy can be aroused when Tarzan is around.

None of the bad guys in this are cartoonish, they all have sympathetic moments and times when ERB gives us insight into their character.

I really enjoyed this book, I can't reccomend it highly enough and I really wish it was more widely available.

Tarzan's Jewels shine brightly in Opar.......2005-11-10

Excellent, another exciting installment in the Tarzan series, in which Tarzan's jewels stand out clearly as the main characters. Tarzan again shows his knack for hanging low, almost below his skimpy loincloth, as he dwells among his fellow jungle-folk. Not to say that his phallus is at all diminished by the sheer enormity of the jewels, but somehow Tarzan manages to utilize his incredible pool balls in ways humans simply don't. In all, if paired with some great mood music (I suggest "Possibilities" to get you started) it is a highly arousing adventure. I was rock solid in seconds. I'm sure you'll enjoy this amazingly erotic adventure as much as I did, provided that you are, in fact, a fat homosexual.

Tarzan returns to visit La in Opar in this ERB pot-boiler.......2004-11-04

"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and is generally considered one of the better of Edgar Rice Burrough's tales of the Lord of the Jungle. Tarzan once again returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost colony of fabled Atlantis. Ever since Atlantis sank beneath the waves, the workers of Opar have continued to mine the gold. Tarzan follows a greedy Belgian and Arab into the jungle, where the evil pair manage to stumble upon the lost city, at which point our hero loses his memory after a fight. This is good news for La, the beautiful high priestess who serves the Flaming God, because she has had that big crush on the apeman since their first encounter.

However, while his amnesia opens the door for her amorous advances, her high priests are vowing that Tarzan will not escape their sacrificial knives a second time. Meanwhile, Jane is in trouble back at their African homestead. As you read "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar," you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane Clayton Greystoke (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is pretty old hat, even for Burroughs. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, or you are going to be a bit lost.

Tarzan returns to Opar with its gold and high priestess La.......2004-07-23

"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" is the fifth book in the Tarzan series and is generally considered one of the better of Edgar Rice Burroughs' tales of the Lord of the Jungle. Tarzan once again returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost colony of fabled Atlantis. Ever since Atlantis sank beneath the waves, the workers of Opar have continued to mine all that gold, which means there is a rather impressive stockpile. Tarzan follows a greedy Belgian and Arab into the jungle, where the evil pair manage to stumble upon the lost city, at which point our hero loses his memory after a fight. This is good news for La, the beautiful high priestess who serves the Flaming God, because she has had that big crush on the ape man since their first encounter. However, while his amnesia opens the door for her amorous advances, her high priests are vowing that Tarzan will not escape their sacrificial knives a second time. Meanwhile, Jane is in trouble back at their African homestead and wondering what is keeping her noble husband from once again rescuing her.

"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" first appeared in two issues of "All-Story Cavalier Weekly" in 1916. As you read the novel you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is going to be one that ERB subjects Tarzan to a couple of more times down the road. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, because you need to know about what happened the first time Tarzan visited Opar.

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Russ Manning's brilliant artwork
Another Jewel of an Adaptation from Russ Manning
GREAT BOOK - POOR REPRINT
A definate Jewel

Tarzan: Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ASIN: 1569714177

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An amnesic Tarzan has been caught plundering the treasure vaults of the lost city of Opar. But a mysterious treasure hunter and a band of thieves have also learned of the hidden wealth. When a bag of jewels Tarzan had taken falls into the hunter`s hands, a game of deadly double- and triple-cross begins--and the winner claims the treasure! This extra-length, classic story is packaged in a handy, compact size (similar to Star Wars MANGA) and completely re-colored using state-of-the-art digital techniques.

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Russ Manning's brilliant artwork.......2005-08-02

Only 4 stars because of the "print" problem which the other reviewers mentioned. I still have the original Gold Key comics, so I can verify that this reissue does indeed have a color problem. Nevertheless, if you are a Russ Manning fan these are all worth getting. The color's off, but the detail is still amazing. I have also just ordered the Magnus Robot Fighter volumes which he also drew, and pre-ordered Volume 3. I thank Dark Horse Comics for reissuing these masterpieces, and am hoping Russ Manning's "Korak" series is next. When these came out in 1966 or so, I was 11. I'd get my 25 cent a week allowance and buy a comic book at the little drug store (which had an ice cream counter) and a bag of french fries at the McDonalds across the street ("over a million sold!"). Wonderful memories for me, and to get these reissues is magical. Of all the hundreds of comic books that eventually disappeared from my collection when I was a kid, I still have the Tarzan and Magnus comics - I considered them (even then when I was a squirt) to be works of art.

Another Jewel of an Adaptation from Russ Manning.......2004-01-21

I always loved Russ Manning's artwork when I was a comic collector. It's a shame that he died so young and before he really received the credit for his great artwork that he so deserved. And the problem was, in the sixties and seventies it was often hard to find. "Magnus," his futuristic series was published quarterly and so I could only look forward it four times a year. His Tarzan work was more plentiful, but even so, Gold Key Comics apparently did not have the greatest distribution in the world so I often would miss an issue. Thankfully, Dark Horse is collecting some of Manning's work on Tarzan in this volume and others like it.

This volume contains two adaptations of one of the best stories: "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar." This is an extremely faithful adaptation. My only complaint is that the printing was very dark, which kind of hid the lush, beautiful artwork of Russ Manning. Another reviewer complained of this same problem so it must be common for the entire print run.

GREAT BOOK - POOR REPRINT.......2000-06-28

Having been a big, big Russ Manning fan as a kid I was delighted to find that there were high quality paperbacks of his work available. I ordered Tarzan In The Land That Time Forgot and Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar at the same time. I got a real shock when they arrived because the printing in Jewels Of Opar was very dark. Every page looked like the scene was supposed to be set at night. The Land That Time Forgot was normal, realistic colour. I wrote to Dark Horse and asked them to replace it with a proper copy, but they wrote back and said they didn't have a proper one to supply because the whole print run got screwed up. I am a big dark Horse fan and I think they do exceptional work (Jim Silke's art is priceless) and I have since bought Tarzan of the Apes - Russ Manning's treatment of the first ERB novel - and Tarzan The Untamed - Manning's treatment of the seventh ERB novel. They are all absolutely fantastic (except the flaw in the print job on Jewels Of Opar). Russ Manning's sleek lines, eye for detail, and vibrant dynamism combined with ERB's colourful and exotic imagination are a delight. Queen La of Opar is pretty sexy dressed in a two piece leopard skin outfit and she is very hot for our poor amnesiac hero. She probably would have looked even cuter if her skin had been pink instead of ashen grey.

A definate Jewel.......2000-04-18

The Jewels of Opar is a very well written book, and is a definate must for any Tarzan fan. Tarzan is at peak performance in this book, in which he must revisit Opar. Any Fantasy reader will not be disappointed. Although having read the previous Tarzan novel is helpful, you need not have to enjoy this wonderful book.

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Tarzan returns to visit Opar and the High Priestess La

Tarzan And The Jewels of Opar

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ASIN: 1594568227
Release Date: 2004-02-02

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Super Reader.......2007-08-04

Tarzan needs some cash, so he is off to look for a source. The Jewels of Opar sound like a good idea. He has a bit of a problem when there, when he loses his memory.

This gives the gorgeous seductress and loopy priestess La a chance to try and get her hands on the muscular King of the Jungle, until he remembers the whole Jane thing.

A pretty good Tarzan adventure.

Tarzan returns to visit Opar and the High Priestess La.......2004-06-14

"Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" first appeared in two issues of "All-Story Cavalier Weekly" in 1916. As you read the novel you will pick up on the fact that Burroughs liked the character of La a lot more than he did that of Jane (who he would attempt to kill off in a few books). Of course, this second visit to the land of Opar is not as exciting as the first and the amnesia bit is going to be one that ERB subjects Tarzan to a couple of more times down the road. This is definitely one of the author's pot-boilers and for the pulp fiction era it is pretty solid stuff. Things get a bit predictable, but the tension between Tarzan and La gives the book a bit of bite. You just need to make sure you go through the first four Tarzan books before you read this one, because you need to know about what happened the first time Tarzan visited Opar.

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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
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ASIN: 1426450672
Release Date: 2007-03-08

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Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered.

Tarzan 2-in-1 (Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar and Jungle Tales of Tarzan) (Tarzan)

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Tarzan 2-in-1 (Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar and Jungle Tales of Tarzan) (Tarzan)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ASIN: 0345408314
Release Date: 1996-11-27

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TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR

In the forgotten city of Opar the bloodied sacrificial altar of the Flaming God stood above the vaults piled high with the gold destined for fabled, lost Atlantis. There the beautiful high priestess La still dreamed of Tarzan, who had escaped her knife before. But now Tarzan was returning, and the hideous priests were waiting for him. Tarzan was prepared for them, but he could not avoid the earthquake that struck him down in the vaults and left him with only his childhood memories among the savage apes who reared him.

JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN

The young Tarzan was unlike the great apes who were his only companions. Theirs was a simple, savage life. But Tarzan had all of a normal boy's desire to learn, and he had painfully taught himself to read from books left by his dead father. Now he tried to apply this book knowledge to the world of the jungle. He searched for the love and affection that every human being needs. But he was alone in his struggles to grow and understand--and the life of the jungle had no room for abstractions.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Large-Print Edition

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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, Large-Print Edition
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Manufacturer: Waking Lion Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1600963293
Release Date: 2006-07-17

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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth installment in the tales of Tarzan and is considered by many to be the best of the series. Tarzan journeys to the gold-mining city of Opar, steeped in myth and legend, to contend with greedy villains and the amorous attentions of La, high priestess of the Flaming God. But the priests who work for her have other ideas; they don\'t intend to let Tarzan escape their sacrificial knives a second time.

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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000CDMGFW

The Burroughs Bibliophile Presents Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar

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The Burroughs Bibliophile Presents Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar
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Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar 1ST Edition
Edgar R Burroughs
Manufacturer: A C MCCLURG & CO
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PW31LI

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Tarzan & the Jewels of Opar :Tarzan 5
Edgar R Burroughs
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In just eight days you could be ruling your very own flawless Universe¿. This one-of-a-kind hilarious book shows you how to create a Universe¿ with household items such as a feather duster, 11 doorstops, 13 lampshades, six people named Dave, and 33 Vikings.

Amusing and silly, yet also profound with its humor, this fully illustrated book is a step-by-step guide to creating the perfect Universe¿.

This blend of graphics, hand-drawn pictures, and creative instructional guidance includes:

" Cut-and-paste templates for easy creation of animals, birds, fish, and persons.

" Directions on creating planets and stars (be careful to use the planet paint as watercolors fade quickly).

" The Big Bang Experiment (mix banging powder with water then heat and add plasticine).

Plus, there are handy hints and warnings on things to watch out for as you part the seas, name animals, and form galaxies. Without a doubt, How to Create a Flawless Universe¿ is one of the most original humor books you've ever read.

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Makes for an interesting gift.......2005-08-16

I got this as a present for my friend who loves anything scifi. It is nicely laid out and is very interesting. Reminded me a little of the HHGTTG. A great coffee table book and quite a conversation starter.

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