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The
Riparian Area Management Plan - Taking
the photograph: close-up view
A close-up view
photograph, instead of looking across the landscape, looks directly
down at the ground from above. The specific "target area"
should be delineated with a 3 ft by 3 ft square. This can be made
by using two 6 ft folding rulers bent at 90 degree angles.
At least two
of the corners should be marked permanently with angle iron or rebar
driven into the ground and painted. This will ensure the plot frame
is located precisely each year. In vertical photographs the photo
placard should be placed on the outside of the frame where it will
be included in the photograph.
Stand on the
north side of the plot frame so subsequent photographs can be shot
at any time of the day without your casting a shadow over the plot.
When siting
a close-up plot location, you should place a metal fence post or
steel pole about 100 ft away from the actual photograph site and
record the direction and distance from the post to the photo location.
You would also
record the direction and distance from the witness marker to this
post. Without this location post, it will be extremely difficult
to relocate the vertical photo point. Placing the post immediately
beside your photo plot location would result in a disturbed photo
site since cattle are apt to use the post as a rubbing pole.
It may also
be helpful to take a general view shot from the pole to the photo
site for ease of relocating the latter in following years.
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