| Bird Studies with a Camera - With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer Contributor(s): Chapman, Frank M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406722863 ISBN-13: 9781406722864 Publisher: Bushnell Press OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Ornithology - Nature | Birdwatching Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.68 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA WITH INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS ON THE OUTFIT AND METHODS OF THE BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN ASSISTANT CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HIS- TORY, AND AUTHOR OF HANDBOOK OF BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, BIRD-LIFE, ETC. WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM NATURE, - You have learnt from the Birds and continue to learn, Your best benefactors and early instructors. FRERES Aristophanes. PREFACE THE practice of photographing birds in Nature is of too recent origin in this country to permit of its being treated authoritatively. The methods which may be employed are so numerous, the field to be covered so limitless, that many years must elapse before the bird photographers outfit will meet his wants, while the constantly varying details which surround his subjects almost prohibit dupli- cation of experience. But it is these very difficulties which render all the more imperative the necessity of conference among workers in this fascinating and important branch of natural history. The causes of both success and failure should, through the medium of books and journals, be made accessible to all, there- by shortening this experimental stage of the study of birds with a camera, and hastening the day when the nature of the outfit and methods shall have been settled with more or less definiteness. It is as a contribution toward this end, and as a means of answering the queries of numerous corre- spondents, that the following pages, embodying the results of my own experiences, are offered. It is sincerely hoped that they may increase the interest vii Vlil BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA in the study of birds in Nature, and at the same timefurnish a more profitable and delightful out- let for the hunting instinct than is afforded by the or rifle. shotgun Alarge proportion of the Bird Rock pictures and several of those from Pelican Island have appeared in the Century and St. Nicholas respectively, and are here reproduced by the courtesy of the editors of those magazines others have been previously published in Bird-Lore. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK CITY, March, 1900. FRANK M. CHAPMAN. INTRODUCTION CONTENTS What is bird photography 1 The scientific value of bird photography The charm of bird photography... |