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Nests and Eggs will apply in a general way to pho- 
tographing young in the nest; but even when at 
rest in other respects, the rapid respiration of nest- 
lings requires a quick exposure to insure sharpness 
of outline, and, when in the shadow, sufficient illu- 
16. Young Baltimore Orioles and nest. 
mination can be secured only with the aid of a 
reflector. 
Adult Birds.—It is in photographing birds in the 
full possession of the powers of maturity that the 
bird photographer’s skill and patience are put to 
the most severe tests. It might be said that, from 
a strictly ornithological point of view, the results 
obtained do not in many instances justify the time 
expended. Success, however, in this field, as in many 
others, is not to be measured by the attainment of a 
certain end, but often by the experience gained in 
what, to one having only the ultimate object in 
view, may seem to have been fruitless effort. 
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