PHOTOGRAPHING IN CLIFFS, ETC. 



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the next thing is to slip two of the legs of the 



tripod through 



a belt fastened 



round the waist, 



one on the right 



and the other on 



the left, and the 



third into any 



convenient cre- 

 vice or fissure in 



the rock. The 



focussing must be 



done with the 



camera practic- 

 ally resting on 



the chest, and the 



body of the pho- 

 tographer in a 



position almost 



at right angles to 

 the line of the 

 precipice. It is 

 somewhat difficult 

 Avork. However, 

 the example on 

 this page, repre- 

 senting a shag's 

 nest and eggs 

 some fifty or 



sixty feet down a sea-cliff, shows what may be 

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SHAG'S XEST. 



