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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