Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1906 Fifty-first Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- Song Thrush under Dandelion
- Exhibitor:
- Oliver G. Pike
- Section:
- Lantern Slides in the Scientific and Technical Section
- Group Title:
- Twenty-five tri-colour slides (Sanger Shepherd Process) of Nests of British Birds in their natural situations
- Exhibit No.:
- 567
- Description:
- It is not generally known that Thrushes and Blackbirds build on the ground. Slides No. 566 to 569 prove that in certain localities where there is plenty of shelter, and where hedges and bushes are rare, such a situation is commonly used. It will be noticed that the blue of the Thrushes' eggs varies very much. Those laid by different birds are seldom found of exactly the same tint, and even a single hatch will sometimes vary, in No. 566 for instance, two of the eggs are white, in the delicately tinted hatch in No. 567, it will be seen that one egg is of a slightly lighter colour. In slides Nos. 564 to 565 the endeavour has been made to get the blue slides of exactly the same degree of density, so that the great difference in the blue of the eggs might be accurately recorded. Thrushes' eggs quickly fade after removing them from the nest, and the very act of emptying them of their contents, will change tint of some, and colour photography is extremely valuable in keeping a record of these various tints of blue in different specimens, and also in showing the protective colouration of eggs, or their resemblance to their surroundings as in Nos. 559 to 563.
In nearly all these slides it will be noticed that the materials used by the birds for constructing their nests harmonize in a marked degree with their surroundings. This is specially noticeable in Nos. 549, 550, and 552. - Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- Sanger Shepherd (Colour)
- Award:
- none
