. Animal snapshots and how made . Second Photogeaph. Third Photograph 243 The Woodcock 245 took him so long to find this one. He finally decidedthat it was owing to the position of the bird on thenest: when he had seen her before she was facingthe north, now she was facing the south. We werestanding within twenty-five feet of the bird, butI had not yet seen her, and even with the help of myfriend it took me fully a minute to locate her. Aftershe was once separated from her immediate sur-roundings, however, it was easy to see her, for, thenest being so shallow, the full body of the bird wasin v
. Animal snapshots and how made . Second Photogeaph. Third Photograph 243 The Woodcock 245 took him so long to find this one. He finally decidedthat it was owing to the position of the bird on thenest: when he had seen her before she was facingthe north, now she was facing the south. We werestanding within twenty-five feet of the bird, butI had not yet seen her, and even with the help of myfriend it took me fully a minute to locate her. Aftershe was once separated from her immediate sur-roundings, however, it was easy to see her, for, thenest being so shallow, the full body of the bird wasin view. The next thing to be considered was the photograph-ing of the bird, and that, too, with a tripod near the camera could be placed withoutfrightening her away was problematic. My friendsuggested that I probably could not approach nearerthan eighteen or twenty feet. Accordingly the camerawas set up at about this distance and two exposuresmade. I then walked nearer the bird and remainedfor half an hour, chatting meanwhile with my friend
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