. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . ULLS AT 198 HOME 261 BLACK-HEADED GULL200 HOVERING .... 263 BLACK-HEADED GULLS203 LEAVING THE WATER . 263 206 BLACK-HEADED GULLS WAITING FOR BREAKFAST. 264 BLACK-HEADED GULLS . 265 209 FLYING AGAINST THE WIND 213 --BLACK-HEADED GULLS . 266 HEDGE-SPARROW FEEDING 215 YOUNG .... 269chaffinchs NEST . 275 216 LITTLE TERN SITTING . 279 Woodland, Field, and Shore Birdsnesting with a Camera IRDSXESTIXG with acamera has now becomeso popular with amateurphotographers and birdlovers that some remarkson how best to shootour game may
. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . ULLS AT 198 HOME 261 BLACK-HEADED GULL200 HOVERING .... 263 BLACK-HEADED GULLS203 LEAVING THE WATER . 263 206 BLACK-HEADED GULLS WAITING FOR BREAKFAST. 264 BLACK-HEADED GULLS . 265 209 FLYING AGAINST THE WIND 213 --BLACK-HEADED GULLS . 266 HEDGE-SPARROW FEEDING 215 YOUNG .... 269chaffinchs NEST . 275 216 LITTLE TERN SITTING . 279 Woodland, Field, and Shore Birdsnesting with a Camera IRDSXESTIXG with acamera has now becomeso popular with amateurphotographers and birdlovers that some remarkson how best to shootour game may be usefulto novices. It matters not what sizethe camera used may good, sharply focussed small negative makes asgood a picture when enlarged as larger ones takendirect. Some of the most effective bird-pictures Ihave seen were taken with a quarter-plate the best all-round size is a half-plate. Thecamera should be one that can be focussed at theback, while the front is fixed ; for nothing is moreannoying than to find that after say an hour being. BLACK-HEADED GULL. 14 WOODLAND, FIELD, AND SHORE occupied in fixing the apparatus before a nest, thewhole has to be moved farther away. This willoften happen if a camera is used that has to befocussed by racking out the front. The lens should be one of large aperture, andpossessing great depth of focus. The one I likebest out of many I have tried is the doubleanastigmat, new series, made by C. P. combines the most extreme rapidity withsplendid covering powers at the largest aperture—F. 5*5, and is a really satisfactory all-round lensfor naturalist photographers. With a Goerz doubleanastigmat working at F. 6*8, I have obtained someperfect photographs of flying birds with an exposureof gJo of a second on a dull February day. It is very necessary that a silent shutter shouldbe used. One working behind the lens should bechosen ; but the best plan is to have it inside thecamera, if possible, as then there is no
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