. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 50 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA SO active were the little creatures that not one of many exposures proved to be perfectly focused. Finally I tried decoying the birds to a bone or bit of bread in the bushes, but somehow they did not. 25. (.'liickadee taking piece of bread. succeed in discovering these baits until they were placed on the ground.^' ^^ Then they responded so quickly that often the bread had disappeared while my head was concealed by the dark-clo
. Bird studies with a camera : with introductory chapters on the outfit and methods of the bird photographer . Birds; Photography of birds. 50 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA SO active were the little creatures that not one of many exposures proved to be perfectly focused. Finally I tried decoying the birds to a bone or bit of bread in the bushes, but somehow they did not. 25. (.'liickadee taking piece of bread. succeed in discovering these baits until they were placed on the ground.^' ^^ Then they responded so quickly that often the bread had disappeared while my head was concealed by the dark-cloth, and fre- quently, while focusing, the birds would alight on the tripod of the camera. I was forced, there- fore, to focus on a stone, and, when ready to make the exposiire, lay a bit of bread on or near the focal point, the two pictures given being thus ob- tained. Various experiences with these unusually tame birds finally led to what at first thought would have been considered the wholly unreasonable ambition of photographing one of them in my hand. The camera was therefore erected at a suitable point and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. New York : D. Appleton
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