Brownell L. Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist

The Macmillan Company, 1904. — 346 p. – (The American Sportsman's Library).For many years the advancement in the photographic art was extremely slow, but for the past twenty years it has advanced with enormous strides, until now we have but one thing more to look forward to,—the taking of photographs in natural colors.I have endeavored to make it as complete a text-book of nature photography as possible, and as such I have devoted two chapters to the camera, lens, shutter, etc., and to the manipulation of the plates in developing and printing. This may, to many, seem an unnecessary waste of space, but to any one who is taking up the camera for the first time a thorough knowledge of all this is absolutely essential.The illustrations throughout the volume are, of course, from life, and were made, with a few exceptions, amid the natural surroundings. Those which were made from captive animals were taken in the Bronx Zoological Park, New York City. The nests were taken, in every instance, in situ and often at great trouble.