THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER'S OUTFIT 13 



These enlargemouts may lie made with an en- 

 hirging camera or with the aid of a Neliriiig enlarg- 

 ing lens, which is placed between the fr(jnt and back 

 lenses of the view lens, when, Avith 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-phcjtog- 

 rapher's standpoint there is, however, one (jbjection 

 to the use of a magnifying lens. It gives deceptive 

 results, and those who are not familiar with its 

 powers are apt to accord tlie photographrr undue 

 praise for his apparent skill in successfully ap- 

 proaching some bird or beast which maj^ ha^-e been 

 far out of range. A not wholly unrelafed kind of 

 enlargement is sometimes applied to the contents of 

 creels and game bags ! 



Biit 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 enlargi-d 

 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 series of 

 pictures is presented whicli shows the results to be 



