It’s been a while since I posted on here, or updated the site. As I review the manuscript for my forthcoming book, I have decided to start a series of brief posts, mostly of interesting snippets I find along the way, many of which perhaps won’t make it into the book.
Today’s is this picture of an ‘improvised tripod’ used by Oliver Pike to photograph a goldfinch, from his 1901 book Woodland, Field and Shore. I’ve been doing a bit more research into Pike’s rather extraordinary career as a nature photographer, filmmaker and writer – as well as his collaborations with his ‘chief assistant’ (and wife) Anne Chapman.
Secrets of Nature 