. 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 . anch. For instance, a branch that is foundgrowing horizontally would look somewhat peculiarif it were portrayed in a vertical position. It is saferto avoid, so far as possible, disturbing the surround-ings of a nest; for unless the changes are made withdue care and knowledge of how things should be^the picture looks artificial and loses its value as a por-trait of a nest /;/ situ. It is permissible to introduceflowers into t
. 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 . anch. For instance, a branch that is foundgrowing horizontally would look somewhat peculiarif it were portrayed in a vertical position. It is saferto avoid, so far as possible, disturbing the surround-ings of a nest; for unless the changes are made withdue care and knowledge of how things should be^the picture looks artificial and loses its value as a por-trait of a nest /;/ situ. It is permissible to introduceflowers into the picture if they serve to give a betteridea of the nature of the surroundings. If properlyarranged, these flowers add greatly to the beauty ofthe composition, but all depends on their properarrangement. A nest may be situated within a fewfeet of a bush of blossoming huckleberries, and ifthere is no reason why it should not have been placednearer, the bush may be transplanted so that part ofit will show in the picture. The same may be said of blackberry-vines, amongwhich birds so often build. A sprig on whichthere are several flowers, if placed above or beneath y^. MAKSU \VKi;.\S NKST. PHOTOGRAPHING NESTS AND EGGS 29 the nest, adds not only beauty to the photograpli,but at the same time shows that the bird nests dur-ing the season when that particular dower is in adding tiowers to the surroundings, the great dif-ficulty is that they wilt so quickly after being cut;so it is advisable not to place them in position untileverything is ready for the exposure, and even thenit is a good plan to wrap a wet cloth round the endsof the stems. So much may be done in the way ofgiving accentuation to the local colour: a plant offalse hellebore introduced will show that the nest isnear a stream or in swampy ground, while wildgeranium will show that the nest is in a fairlydry situation. The presence of a dragon-fly near ared-winged blackbirds nest will add to the beaut
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