I already had the two volumes of 2002. With spending in 2006 is an extension of three volumes before. The selected photos are not black and white but in color, which enhances the impression. Anyone traveling to Arizona, naturally wants to see the Grand Canyon. Therefore, he is also in great detail at the beginning of this volume. But Arizona has much more to offer, it is one of the scenic and biologically diverse US states. In addition to the Grand Canyon, Arizona boasts desert tired - for photographically interested of course, primarily the Sonoran Desert with its saguaros. Martres is not confined to national parks and national monuments but also gives the interested travelers the opportunity to discover something new, fit die-hards (four-wheel drive high clearance required!) Z. B. the Southern Coyote Buttes. His books are for those with eyes - including the third, the camera lens - travel the western US, an indispensable help: precise information about directions and from the main roads distant targets and the road conditions, the time required and the best time of day for photographing , In the standard guidebooks of the relevant major German publishers one misses such precise information. One must with MARTRES recommendations to the latter, however, be creative if you're not a professional photographer and for a limited time from another continent is entering: its recommendations for optimal lighting usually focus on a maximum of two hours to get the sunrise and two to watch the sunset, too little time even for ambitious travelers. For your own planning, you should always think with the early morning or the afternoon 2nd half to photograph more than two goals per day.