Photographing Birds' Nests 



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of view from which it can be photographed to the 

 best advantage, we first press back or cut away- 

 all the intervening foliage that obstructs the view 

 of it. Then the camera is set up on the short 

 tripod at a distance of about three feet from and 



Nest and Eggs of Spotted Sandpiper. 



pointing slightly downward at the nest. This will 

 allow a view of a part of its inner as well as most 

 of its outer construction, and the picture will cany 

 to the mind of the person who sees it a correct idea 

 of the manner in which it is built, which would 

 not be the case if the camera was pointed directly 

 downward at it. It is not necessary to show all 



