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Title: Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-
Subjects: Nature photography
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page
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ngdirectly down on the nest, for that simply shows aplan of the nest and eggs, without giving a properidea of either its form or its position. In these plan-like photographs of nests it is some-times difficult to determine whether the nest is in abush or on the ground. Some people have the ideathat in order to obtain a good photograph of a nestall the eggs should be visible, and everything issacrificed to that end. I have seen deep nests, suchas the vireos or even the Baltimore orioles, photo-graphed directly from above, so that only the rim otthe nest itself was visible. In this way no idea of theexquisite form of the structure was given. It is quitesufficient if about half of the Qg^ shows in the pic-ture. The nearer ground the camera is placed, towithin about eight inches, the better will be theeffect of ground; but it must be remembered that, inaddition to the full use of the swing-back, the lenswill have to be stopped down to its limit (i.e., the igUpgnr UBIURT% C. Sfaf€ Colf^^
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■A X A ■si U J=3 3 \ PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS 25 smallest diaphragm must be used), otherwise boththe immediate foreground and the part a short dis-tance back from the nest will be completely out offocus. The long exposure made necessary by thesmallness of the diaphragm is a great drawback ifthere is much wind or if there are small plants whoseleaves and flowers are affected by the slightest move-ment of the air. Ground nests situated in fields or any place wherevegetation is abundant are less easy to photograph.The best effects are secured on calm days. Directsunlight is not only unnecessary, but scarcely to bedesired, for the reason that the shadows are inclinedto be too dark and the eggs will not show theirmarkings. A bright cloudy day is the best for nestphotography, but if the sun is shining the nest maybe screened by means of a piece of thin white mus-lin. This will allow sufficient light to pass, so that itwill be easy to make a brilliant photograph. On noaccount z/Wtr-e

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