THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER'S OUTFIT 13 



These enlargements may be made with an en- 

 larging camera or with the aid of a Nehring enlarg- 

 ing lens, which is placed between the front and back 

 lenses of the view lens, when, with the ordinary 

 long-focus camera, a magnification of about four 

 diameters may be obtained, the image being thrown 

 on to a piece of bromide paper in the plate holder. 



Through enlargement many apparently worth- 

 less negatives become of value, and in some in- 

 stances pictures can be made from different parts of 

 the same negative. From the sportsman-photog- 

 rapher's standpoint there is, however, one objection 

 to the use of a magnifying lens. It gives deceptive 

 results, and those who are not familiar with its 

 powers are apt to accord the photographer undue 

 praise for his apparent skill in successfully ap- 

 proaching some bird or beast which may have been 

 far out of range. A not wholly unrelated kind of 

 enlargement is sometimes applied to the contents of 

 creels and game bags ! 



But the animal photographer is so heavily handi- 

 capped that in this case the end assuredly justifies 

 the means. As a matter of information, however, it 

 seems eminently desirable to accompany all enlarged 

 pictures by a statement of the extent of their mag- 

 nification, and throughout this book this plan is fol- 

 lowed. Consequently, when there is no mention of 

 enlargement, it may be accepted as a fact that the 

 print from which the reproduction was made was 

 obtained from the negative by contact. 



In illustration of these suggestions in regard to 

 the proper lenses for bird photography a a series of 

 pictures is presented which shows the results to be 



