CHAPTER X. 



BIRD-PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLOUR AND IN 

 CINEMATOGRAPHY. 



THERE is little doubt that in the future colour- 

 photography will be the standard medium for the 

 portrayal of things in general, and especially of 

 such subjects as birds and other natural history 

 objects where the colouring is of such vital import- 

 ance. At present, however, the process is in its 

 infancy, and, owing to its imperfections and to 

 the many difficulties of operation, little has been 

 done. Nevertheless, enough has already been 

 accomplished to prove its practicability, and in 

 careful hands some most charming results have- 

 been produced. Of course, there are several 

 forms of colour-photography, differing much in 

 their principles and working, but the following 

 remarks refer especially to the " Autochrome " 

 process, as this is probably more generally known 

 and followed than any other. The "three- 

 colour " methods are quite unsuited to our 

 purpose. 



The greatest drawback to colour-work is the 

 impossibility of transferring and duplicating the 

 image on paper. At present one must be content 



