282 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



places for obtaining most excellent pictures, and 

 yet even in these places the difficulties are many. 



If one does not object to having the bars of 

 the cage or fence showing between his subject 

 and himself, then things are comparatively plain 

 sailing; but to obtain really first-class pictures 

 that will show the animal in characteristic at- 

 titudes without the introduction of any disturb- 

 ing features that prove it to be in captivity, is 

 not so easy, as any one will soon learn when he 

 tries it. 



One of the great difficulties is that the animals 

 are usually too tame and, either from curiosity or 

 a wish to make friends with you, will come close 

 to the bars the instant you approach and will 

 stay there no matter how much you attempt to 

 drive them away. I remember once trying to 

 obtain the photograph of the head only of a 

 full-grown lion cub in the Bronx Zoo, which I 

 wished for a particular purpose. There were 

 four of them in the cage, and as I approached 

 they were all lying down, two at just the right 

 distance from the bars to enable me to get the 

 picture the exact size I wanted. As I came up 

 to the cage, however, and prepared to make an 

 exposure, they all jumped to their feet and 

 crowded close to the bars of the cage where I 

 stood, I think this was actuated both by curi- 

 osity and friendship, for they tried to make me 



