Inside Microsoft Windows Internals Covering Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 or The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography

Inside Microsoft Windows Internals, Covering Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Author: Mark E Russinovich

Delve inside the Windows kernel with noted internals experts Mark Russinovich and David Solomon, in collaboration with the Microsoft Windows product development team. This classic guide-fully updated for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, including 64-bit extensions-describes the architecture and internals of the Windows operating system. You'll find hands-on experiments you can use to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand, along with advanced troubleshooting information to help you keep your systems running smoothly and efficiently. Whether you're a developer or a system administrator, you'll find critical architectural insights that you can quickly apply for better design, debugging, performance, and support.

Table of Contents:

1	Concepts and tools	1
2	System architecture	35
3	System mechanisms	85
4	Management mechanisms	183
5	Startup and shutdown	251
6	Processes, threads, and jobs	289
7	Memory management	375
8	Security	485
9	I/O system	537
10	Storage management	615
11	Cache manager	655
12	File systems	689
13	Networking	787
14	Crash dump analysis	845

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The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography

Author: Jim Miotk

*Step-by-step lessons cover every aspect of digital nature photography

*Clear text and helpful photos demystify digital photography

*Miotke has taught hundreds of photo workshops!

From the tiniest ladybug to a towering glacier, from a horse running in a field to a leaf falling slowly from a tree, nature subjects offer some of the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards to photographers. In the Better Photo tradition, here's a complete photo course in a book. Hands-on lessons cover every aspect of digital nature photography, from buying the right camera for close-ups, landscapes, and movement, to understanding how the camera works, to taking great pictures. Author Jim Miotke uses straightforward text and inspiring yet informative photos to show the best ways to approach nature photography. Everything a beginner or intermediate photographer needs to know is here, including a buyer's guide, full information on camera features, file formats and settings, exposure, low-light photography, filters and white balance, composition and lens choice, creative ideas, manipulating, and printing, along with a glossary and list of useful websites. The Better Photo Guide to Digital Nature Photography helps photographers everywhere get great photos in the great outdoors.

Jim Miotke, the founder of the website BetterPhoto.com and an instructor at the site. He is the author of the Better Photo Guide to Digital Photography and The Absolute Beginners Guide to Taking Great Photos. He lives in Washington state.

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In this comprehensive guide to digital nature photography, Miotke begins with the digital demands of light, composition, and exposure, then goes on to shooting landscapes, macro photography, and wildlife. In a clear and accessible style, he helps students gain command of the technical concepts of exposure, aperture, shutter speed, and shooting in camera RAW. Scattered throughout are tips on practical matters, e.g., planning, packing, safety, and weather. Miotke is particularly good at defining composition, style, and dramatic effects and transmitting his enthusiasm for the overwhelming beauty available to the photographer in nature. Recommended.