12 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NATURALISTS. 



answer. In nearly every case the object photographed 

 has been handled and has lived for a considerable 

 time in captivity. In every case, where it was neces- 

 sary and possible, the object has been actually tamed. 

 In no case has the habitat of the animal been focussed 

 and the animal waited on. It is "zoo" photography, 

 without supervision, and far from the madding crowd. 



Two preliminary qualifications are essential, and 

 both, if non-inherent, can fortunately be acquired by 

 continual practice. The first of these is patience, and 

 the second the power of observation. Without the 

 former the success of the photographer-naturalist will 

 be remittent and fortuitous ; without the latter he will 

 have nothing to photograph. The quality of patience 

 is a fairly well understood one, and it would not be 

 going too far to say that an " impatient" naturalist is a 

 contradiction in terms. 



" Power of observation," however, is a term which 

 admits of such different interpretations that it may 

 not be amiss to discuss its meaning as applied to 

 a photographer-naturalist at greater length, In every- 

 day life, power of observation would seem to be a 

 quality of mind which enables its possessor to make 

 deductions from such data as the generality of man- 

 kind would pass over as insignificant. Accompanied 

 by sound reasoning powers, such a quality is probably 

 the most potent of all factors in determining the success 

 of one man rather than another. 



In the case of a naturalist, power of observation is 

 confined to material fact, without th e disturbing 



