. 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 . oy the sensation of being stung by an in-finite number of nettles. In photographing theseinteresting and beautiful creatures, some difficultywill be experienced. They are so light in colour,resembling as they do a very brightly coloured soap-bubble, that a white background is not desirable,while a dark one has the disadvantage of caus-ing the glass to reflect the camera and everythingelse about it. Another difficulty is with
. 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 . oy the sensation of being stung by an in-finite number of nettles. In photographing theseinteresting and beautiful creatures, some difficultywill be experienced. They are so light in colour,resembling as they do a very brightly coloured soap-bubble, that a white background is not desirable,while a dark one has the disadvantage of caus-ing the glass to reflect the camera and everythingelse about it. Another difficulty is with the creatureitself, which insists on coming in contact with theglass (this is probably due to capillary attraction)and when removed leaves a jelly-like scum onthe surface of the glass. This, needless to say, mustbe cleaned off^ before the photograph can be would suggest that a very thin piece of white silk,or other almost transparent material, be fastenedtightly across the length of the aquarium at a dis-tance of two or three inches from the front glass;this would, I think, keep the creature away from theglass without causing it to alter its form. In photo-.
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