. 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 . X - ■ PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND 63 will usually do so after a few atteinptsj, unless itcan fly, when of course it must be covered; hut ifit is unable to perch, place it in your hat (a liningof a few leaves will be a desirable precaution) orsome similar receptacle, but on no account carry itfor any length of time in your hand. Before finishing these lines on young-bird photog-raphy a few words may not be amiss in regar
. 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 . X - ■ PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND 63 will usually do so after a few atteinptsj, unless itcan fly, when of course it must be covered; hut ifit is unable to perch, place it in your hat (a liningof a few leaves will be a desirable precaution) orsome similar receptacle, but on no account carry itfor any length of time in your hand. Before finishing these lines on young-bird photog-raphy a few words may not be amiss in regard tothe advisability of always, if you use accessories,choosing such as are in keeping with the birds nat-ural environments. Try to make the surroundingstell of the birds nature and habits. For example, ascrub-loving bird, like the Maryland yellowthroat,should be among some scrubby growth of a damp-soil nature by preference. An oven-bird would bebetter on the leafy ground or on a log rather thanon a bush. The robin might be placed on a branch,a meadow-lark on a grassy sod, and so on. I once sawa photograph of a flimily of barn-swallows perched ona vine. The picture was good
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