A naturalist and explorer as well as a brilliant image maker, Tim Laman has spent 30 years wedged precariously in the tops of trees, often in remote jungles, in the attempt to produce portraits of birds. Prepare to be amazed as Laman shares dozens of his best images of birds on all continents, from the scarlet ibis of the Orinoco River in Venezuela to rhinoceros hornbills in the rainforests of Borneo; his familiar backyard American birds are as memorable as his red-crowned cranes in snowy Japan. His 18-month quest to photograph all the known species of birds of paradise in New Guinea is covered here, as well his visits to the penguins of Antarctica.