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possible, either to the object, or to the spot which the 

 object is expected to occupy. It may be necessary in 

 certain cases to disguise the camera, or operator, or 

 both. A variety of methods for so doing are given in 

 the interesting works which the Keartons have already 

 published. The success of stalking photography is 

 obviously largely dependent (i) on the observing power 

 of the photographer, (2) on his patience, and (3) on the 

 time at his disposal. The second division, with which 

 the following chapters are mainly concerned, is in some 

 respects the antithesis of the preceding. It may be 

 termed "photography of natural objects " by control." 

 Instead of the camera being approached to the object, 

 the object is approached to the camera ; the disguised 

 surroundings are transferred from the photographer to 

 the thing photographed. It is not the photography of 

 " Wild Life at Home," but of wild life made to look 

 at home, and, in some instances, to feel at home. 

 Photography by control is obviously more limited in 

 its action than " stalking" photography, but the field 

 is a sufficiently wide one to satisfy any ordinary 

 aspirations. The excitement of the hunt is not lost, 

 for the object to be photographed has to be secured 

 in the first instance ; nor is the study of life in the 

 fields imperilled, for there will be ample opportunity to 

 study, while one is engaged in trapping or pursuing. 

 To the question which arises Will the results as 

 natural history studies be as good as the pictures 

 obtained /;/ situ by stalking ? the writer ventures to 

 submit the illustrations of the present book as an 



