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Title: Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-
Subjects: Nature photography
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page
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e, for there, while having the benefit ofuninterrupted sunshine, you have water convenient,and — what is not to be despised — the advantage ofany cool breezes that may happen to blow. It alsoallows you to keep the fish that you are not actuallyusing in a live-car (a perforated box placed in thewater), which should be kept in the shade. It is agood plan to have a small canopy of some sort thatwill shade the camera and plate-holders. This willsave many plates from fogging. Now that everything is in readiness, the aquariumfilled with clear water, and a suitable backgroundarranged, we will commence fish photography. Sup-posing the fish is in the live-car, a small landing-netwill remove it to the aquarium. Be careful in doingso not to injure the scales against the edge of the glass.In some cases it is better to take the fish in bothhands, holding it firmly but not too tight, and placeit carefully in the water between the two glasses*At first probably the fish will swim rapidly from end
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c - 5 u — c 0 PHOTOGRAPHING FISH 105 to end In its efforts to escape, hut after a few min-utes ot useless excitement it will usually calm downand lie on the hottom. Now is your time to focusand arrange your camera. We will say the fish istwelve inches long and the aquarium thirty incheslong. It is obvious that if a fairly large image ofthe fish is wanted, only a part of the aquarium, per-haps eighteen inches, will be covered bv the plate.To avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble and an extrachance of failure, place two marks (small pieces of icv/paper will answer, dont use paste or mucilage) on theglass at the extreme edges of the part covered by theplate. This much done, set your shutter according tothe exposure to be given, and then coax the fish awayfrom the bottom. This may be done either bymeans of a stick or with the hand. It usuallyrequires a great deal of patience and not a little timebefore the fish can be induced to go just where onewishes, but as so much depends on its being

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