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turn out to be good negatives, only to find, when 

 we get into the dark room with them, that they 

 are all irredeemably bad. 



This will happen to all, as it often has to me, 

 and it is almost enough to make one forswear the 

 use of the camera altogether. Perseverance will 

 always win in the end, however, and when we do 

 get something that is really good the pleasure is 

 so much the greater for the many disappointments 

 which we have undergone. 



One great thing to remember, as all woodsmen 

 know, is that a wild animal is much more easily 

 frightened by noise than he is by movement ; in 

 fact, many animals are curious enough to ap- 

 proach a moving object to discover what it is, 

 when a sudden, quick movement or a noise would 

 immediately frighten them away. This can be, 

 and often is, taken advantage of by those who 

 photograph the larger animals especially. 



But the key-note of success with all wild things 

 is gentleness and quietness of movement. Do 

 nothing hurriedly or with quick, sudden move- 

 ments, and above all, make just as little noise as 

 possible. 



Do not be discouraged if at first you do not 

 get more than one or two good negatives out of 

 every ten or a dozen plates exposed. This will 

 be a fair average for a beginner. As you become 

 more and more proficient the average will in- 



