74 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



in the fact that distant objects can be photographed 

 with comparatively little trouble, and fairly large 

 images of them be obtained, when it would be 

 impracticable to get a picture that would show 

 anything with the ordinary lens. 



In nature work it is often impossible to ap- 

 proach near enough to one's subject to use the 

 ordinary lens satisfactorily, but with the telephoto 

 one can, practically, cause his subject to approach 

 him close enough to give a good-sized image. 

 Its only drawbacks are those which I have men- 

 tioned : lack of speed and the care which must be 

 used both in focussing and making the exposure. 

 In short, the photographer using a telephoto lens 

 needs more time both before and during the ex- 

 posure than the wild things are always willing to 

 give; and yet it is an indispensable adjunct to a 

 nature worker's outfit, for there are many occasions, 

 constantly arising, when the use of any other 

 lens would be impossible. 



A deer or any other animal will often lie or 

 stand perfectly still long enough to allow us to 

 set up our camera and make, not only one, but sev- 

 eral exposures if the work is done from a distance 

 of seventy-five or a hundred yards ; but should we 

 attempt to approach that same animal close enough 

 to use an ordinary lens, he would leave long before 

 we got within anything like the necessary range. 

 A bird will often sit quietly on her nest and allow 



