. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . sential operation. The lower the camera is,the more difficult it becomes to focus sharply the foregroundgrass as well as the exact spot where the ])ird is expected, andthe swing-back nnist be used to the very fullest possible the shutter is set, and the wires connected with the drybattery, a proper circuit being arranged with the two terminalsof the shutter and the release on the nest, which oidy wantscompletion by the pressure of the bird itself. The wires,insulated with green silk or gutta-percha, nuist be hidden
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . sential operation. The lower the camera is,the more difficult it becomes to focus sharply the foregroundgrass as well as the exact spot where the ])ird is expected, andthe swing-back nnist be used to the very fullest possible the shutter is set, and the wires connected with the drybattery, a proper circuit being arranged with the two terminalsof the shutter and the release on the nest, which oidy wantscompletion by the pressure of the bird itself. The wires,insulated with green silk or gutta-percha, nuist be hidden inthe gi-ass or bui-ied, the battery hidden with the camera bybeing co^ered with a brown or green cloth, and then artisticallydisguised witli earth, stones, thistles, dry cow-dung, or anythingthere happens to be ai-ound, and at the last moment, not before,the slide withdrawn. It is a good plan to shield the lens witha cap until everything is completed ; for on se\eral occasionsI have gone through all these operations, generally an hours :u) Pictures of Bird Life. bETTiNG Fhuto-tkap. Expusure made by touching biLK Thread. work, and then, inadvertently relcasino- the sluitter, ha\ e wasteda plate, and had to eonmienee ao-ain dc novo. If tall grassesor plants eonie into undue proniinenee, eut them down at anearly stage of the proceedings, and make sm-e tliat none ofyour disouisements come in front of the lens, and that nowind which may spring up can blow grasses or lea\es in frontof it after you \\i\\q gone. ^^^hate^er you do, a\oid, if possible, any field tenanted bysheep, horses, or cattle. I have had a pony come smelling aroundmy carefully arranged wires, with a pair of Lapwings dancingabout in front of its nose, until I have had to jump up anddrive it off to save a wasted plate. Once, Mhen dependingupon a string from a hiding-place, a cow swallowed scAcralyards of it, in spite of my frantic efforts to frighten her away. Automatic Photography by Electricity 31 and sliccp have b
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