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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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. The other way is to place a stone on the bottomso that a point of it will be up several inches. Thengradually and slowly move the fish with a stick untilit rests on the edge of this stone. When exactly inthe right position (the head should be slightly belowthe level of the tail) make the exposure, which neednot be so very short, as the movement of the fishwould not, in all probability, be nearly so rapid as whenactually swimming or sinking. Only a small part ofthe stone should come in contact with the fish. Animportant thing to remember is that the dorsal finbe elevated ; not only is this desirable for the identi-fication of the fish, but it adds greatly to its beauty.With the dorsal fin down the fish lacks the appear-ance of being alive. While it is quite possible to keep track of unde-veloped plates so that you know what each one iswhen developed, I would advise as the safest andeasiest method that a white label, bearing the nameof the fish in heavy black letters, be placed on the
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7. CO PHOTOGRAPHING FISH 107 glass so that it comes on the extreme edge of theplate. Then, when the photograph of the tish ismade you have the name on the negative. Thisprevents any possibility of error. The paper label, ifwet, will adhere to the glass, and may be removedwithout any difficulty. In photographing fish that are habitually found inswiftlv running water,some device might with advan-tage be used in order to keep the vegetation bendingover, all in one direction of course, thus giving theeffect of a current. This may be accomplished byattaching a very fine thread to each plant, that theymav be drawn over to the proper angle. This israther a * fake way of doing it, and not altogethersatisfactory. A more elaborate method would be tohave several large openings at one end of the aqua-rium through which the water would run freely,while on the other side an equal quantity of waterwould have to be admitted. Though I have nevertried this, I believe it would give a good effect otswift

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