Identifier: birdhomesnestseg00dugm_0 (find matches)
Title: Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: York University - University of Toronto Libraries

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the markings on the eggs willscarcely show in the picture, and the detail of the nest will oftenbe lost in the strong light and shade. The screen may be madeof cheesecloth or fine muslin, and a light, portable frame for itmay be constructed of thin bamboo, arranged so as to fold and becarried with the tripod. If the nest is photographed in bright sunlight, a piece of whitepaper or cloth may be used with advantage as a reflector in orderto soften the shadows. When photographing ground —nests the ordinary tripod is troublesome and difficult>j j/a to tilt to the necessary angle. After trying various I 1 schemes, 1 am now using a device which works satis- II fiictorily, its disadvantage being its weight. Three- III B ply wood should be used in making this, and theo metal parts may be taken from an ordinary tripod top. ^\ f The bar AB is cylindrical, /s inch in diameter ; toJ L this is clamped a ball-and-socket device, allowing the—^ camera to tilt forward without moving the legs of
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YOUNG YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BEFORE LEAVING NESTShowing how late the feathers remain sheathed Photographing Nests and Young Birds the tripod. A hole may be made (C) so that the regular tripodscrew can be used when taking photographs of other objects. Occasionally it is desirable to take a photograph of the oldbird on the nest, but this is by no means easy. The camerashould be arranged and focussed on the nest while the parent birdis away, taking care to remove the leaves or twigs that would beout of focus in the immediate foreground. The instrument mustbe concealed to some extent by leaves and twigs, and the operatorwill have to take pains to see that nothing interferes with theworking of the shutter. A long tube must be substituted for theshort one, and either a large bulb or, if convenient, a bicyclehand-pump will answer the purpose admirably. In this way 1have made time exposures with the camera fastened to the higherbranches of a tree, where the shade made it nec

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