{"id":20986,"date":"2016-10-25T08:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/?p=20986"},"modified":"2016-10-25T08:12:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:12:01","slug":"getting-the-drop-on-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2016\/10\/25\/getting-the-drop-on-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Drop on Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William Finley filming while dressed as a goat. Glacier Park, Montana, 1929.
OHS Research Library, Org. Lot 369, Finley D1024.<\/p><\/div>\n

Halloween is just a week away. In celebration, this month\u2019s installation of our Reuniting Finley and Bohlman<\/a> series takes a look at costumes\u2014the innovative wildlife photographer\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n

William Finley and his collaborators are renowned for their ingenuity and stubborn determination in ensuring that they got the best shot. Several photographs show Finley and Herman Bohlman burrowed deep into haystacks or perched precariously in the treetops waiting for birds to land in just the right place (often persuaded by a snack kindly left by the photographers). Finley\u2019s earliest photography blind was a large wagon with a heavy green tarp hung down the sides, inside which he and Bohlman concealed themselves and their camera. In later years, particularly after Finley\u2019s future son-in-law, Arthur Pack, joined the expeditions, the disguises got noticeably more creative.<\/p>\n\n\t\t