Bird Studies With a Camera (Classic Reprint): With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer: With Introductory ... of the Bird Photographer (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Frank M. Chapman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332331467 ISBN 13: 9781332331468

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover a naturalist's vivid tour of Bird Rock, captured through the lens and field notes.

The narrative follows careful photography and field work among seabirds like Gannets, Murres, Puffins, Razorbills, and Kittiwakes. It blends practical camera technique with observations of nesting, calls, and the strange calm found high on a remote cliff.

• See how a twin‑lens camera enables close, candid bird pictures from a safe distance.


• Watch the birds’ alarm calls and behaviors reveal their social life on the ledges.


• Learn about gear, safety, and the real conditions of working at a seabird colony.


• Feel the mood of an isolated rock and the dedication of researchers and keepers on site.

Ideal for readers of natural history and field photography who want a window into hands‑on bird study.

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Product Description

Excerpt from Bird Studies With a Camera: With Introductory Chapters on the Outfit and Methods of the Bird Photographer

What is Bird Photography? - Bird photography, as I would encourage its practice, does not mean simply photographing birds; it means the use of the camera as an aid in depicting the life histories of birds. A picture of the bird itself is, of course, of the first importance, but any fact in its biography which the camera can be employed to portray is within the province of bird-photography.

The Scientific Value of Bird Photography - There are certain matters, such as a bird's song, its time of migration, etc., which must be set forth with the pen; there are others, such as its haunts, nesting site, nest, eggs, the appearance and development of its young, where the camera is so far ahead of the pen in its power of graphic representation that it is a waste of time to use the former when circum stances permit the utilization of the latter.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332331467
• ISBN 13: 9781332331468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243