56 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NATURALISTS. 



to remove one's sitters from such receptacles as the two 

 foregoing for the purposes of photography ; the natural 

 surroundings are in the prison, and the camera can 

 easily be erected to point into any desired portion of it. 

 Should the sides form an obtrusive background, the 

 difficulty can be easily overcome by the insertion oi 

 some additional vegetation, but as a general rule these 

 reptiles seek a high point of vantage, and, if care has 



Male Sand Lizard. 



been taken to make the highest point oi surface attain- 

 able well away from the sides, it will be found that our 

 small friends will take up their position there, and, if 

 fairly tame, watch the process of erecting the camera 

 with considerable interest. 



In photographing lizards, the caution given as 

 regards photographing in sunlight should be borne in 

 mind ; indeed, it may be said of all animal photography 



