PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRESERVING 



other insects, when one is standing behind a Hght cover 

 for the sake of immortaHzing some wild beast. 



With the two first-named quahties at his disposal the 

 most important question is that of the outfit. It is true in 

 the way of a camera as it is with the gun, that it is not pos- 

 sible to have one camera which is equally well fitted for 

 all kinds of work. The big-game hunter should, therefore, 

 have at least two or three photographic apparatus of dif- 

 ferent construction. 



On one of my trips I brought with me the large Zeiss 

 telephoto camera, which is very expensive and quite heavy 

 to carry around. This apparatus would take pictures at 

 several hundred yards with perfect accuracy, if I was only 

 fortunate enough always to use the right focus and ex- 

 posure. But if the animal or other object that was being 

 photographed was within a hundred yards or less, this 

 was an exceedingly difficult task, as I simply had to judge 

 the distance and then set the focus accordingly. Of course 

 this telephoto camera is also fitted with a removable 

 ground glass for the purpose of accurate focusing, but in 

 nine cases out of ten the photographer of live game has 

 no time to put in the ground glass, throw the focusing 

 cloth over his head, focus, remove these things, and insert 

 his plate or film for the exposure, and I, therefore, had 

 to judge the distance the best way I could when I saw the 

 animal coming. This feat in Africa is particularly diffi- 

 cult, and one is generally apt to underestimate it, especially 

 in the beginning. 



I was fortunate enough to be able to take twelve pho- 

 tographs of two rhinos, which first lay down and then 

 stood up together, after which one of them charged me. 



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