"Shooting" Birds
JN the year 1892, when the late Cherry Kearton was a young man of 19, he and his brother (who was nine years older) photographed a thrush’s nest in a wood near Enfield. That seems a simple thing nowadays. But it was very important because up to that time books and articles on natural history had always been illustrated by
drawings. The photograph has been very much improved since 1892, and is always used for such books to-day. It is interesting to learn how the Kearton brothers came to be interested in photography. They had learned to love the secrets of the open air from their father, a keen field naturalist and yeo-
man tarmer. inen they nada Decome familiar as boys at Cassells with natural history books. Last of all, in 1889, Cherry bought a second-hand camera and altered it to be able to photograph birds. The result was the appearance of their book on British birds’ nests. As Cherry later said: "A science, which began with a picture of a thrush’s nest in a wood near Enfield, has grown until everv livine creature has sat for its portrait to
the photographer or cinematographer." —
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Children’s Hour, 2YA October 7).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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204"Shooting" Birds New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 7
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