File: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 (1902) (14726989096).jpg

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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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up in captivity are usually wilderand more difficult to manage than those taken in theirwild state. This sounds strange and may not be theexperience of others, but I have photographed agreat many birds both wild and in captivity, and Ican safely say that the greatest amount of troublewas caused by the tame birds. A bluebird that Ihad for several years (he now has a mate and a nestnear our house) was what might be termed absolutelytame ; he would sleep inside my partly closed hand,come when called, and in all ways but one wouldshow complete confidence. The one exception waswhen the camera was in evidence. Then and onlythen would he become bad and act wilder than thewildest bird of the woods, and though I made re-peated attempts I never succeeded in making a goodphotograph of him after he attained his full growthand plumage. Young birds taken directly from the woods whenthey are just able to fly are, as a rule, fairly easy to man-age. It is true that they sometimes ** cut up a little to
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11 if C t c 1:: fc 2 c >a c PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS (n begin with, hut with patience and careful handhnggood photographs can usually be secured without verymuch waste of time. A good photograph of a youngbird is not necessarily a pretty or pleasing picture,for it is in the power of the bird, be he old or young,to appear pretty or the reverse according tt) hismood. When the feathers are laid tightly downand the bird is stretched out thin, he shows tear andis looking his very worst. With young birds this isparticularly noticeable. The same bird can in amoment change from a lean, scrawny, scared-lookingatom to a fluffy little ball of soft feathers, a pleasureto look on and a pleasure to photograph. I onlyrefer to this peculiarity of birds in order that thereader may not be in too great a hurry to press thebutton. Let him wait until the bird assumes apleasing attitude, until he looks pleasant. Theresults will surely justify the delay. An interesting feature of bird photography is

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