Jan., 1906 | 
THE GOLDEN EAGLE 
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Climbing one of the other trees, the photographer put up a tiny platform in 
the top-most branches, where t he camera was fastened and aimed downward at 
the aerie twenty feet away. Nor was it an easy matter to photograph in the top 
limbs of that sycamore, where an ill-judged movement might land camera and all 
in the bed of the canyon. But for six different trips, extending over a period of 
two months and a half, we took pictures from this position and other nearby limbs. 
Our work at the eagles’ nest illustrates well the necessity of a good series of 
lenses when one is photographing in the tree tops. The camera was fastened in a 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE 
crotch in the adjoining tree, where it could not be moved forward or back. By 
adjusting the wide-angle lens, we could get a view of the nest and surrounding 
limbs, and at the same time have a depth of focus that showed the outline of the 
valley lying miles below. By the use of the regular lens, the nest was brought 
nearer the camera, and still the sweep of the rocky sides of the canyon was re- 
tained. The single rear lens gave a different picture, narrowed down to the outer 
end of the large limb containing the nest. Our telephoto lens had the power of 
