American Big-Game Hunting 
to be very much undertimed. Ordinarily, a 
rapid shot is not needed for photographing 
game, as when there is any opportunity at 
all, they are either moving slowly or standing 
still. I should say just enough speed is re- 
quired to neutralize any unavoidable motion 
of the camera which might take place during 
the exposure. 
While trying to photograph the does and 
fawns which were continually jumping up and 
running away as we rode along from day to 
day, I observed a very curious habit which 
had never attracted my attention before: al- 
though they would often stop in the open, yet 
I shortly found that, photographically, they 
were not where they would make a negative. 
After several days, it dawned upon me that 
they always stopped in the shadow. Giving 
special attention to this point, I very soon 
found, on watching the deer which started 
up, that when they stopped for that moment 
of curiosity, as so often happens, it was 
almost invariably in the long shadows 
thrown by some trees across the park, or else 
in some shady part of the wood, and seldom 
by any chance where the sunlight shone 
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