Photographing in the Zoos 289 



sheep, dogs, cats, chickens, etc., would be a valu- 

 able addition to any one's collection of pictures of 

 animal life. 



One cannot always afford the time to take long 

 trips afield after the wild animals, but there is 

 always time for one to spend a day now and then 

 among the dumb inhabitants of a farm or in a 

 zoological park, and should he work carefully, 

 with patience and some forethought, he can obtain 

 long series of not only entertaining and beautiful 

 but really valuable pictures. 



Cats and kittens make most delightful subjects, 

 for their attitudes are innumerable and in every one 

 they are interesting. Dogs also make interesting 

 subjects, and are not always easy to photograph, 

 for they are so constantly on the move that it is 

 often difHcult to snap them. Here again the reflex 

 camera is invaluable, for it is almost impossible to 

 do any good work on these animals with a tripod 

 outfit. 



One never realizes what remarkable and as- 

 tonishing positions the feet of a horse, in full 

 trotting or running action, assume, until he has 

 seen a picture of one taken under such conditions. 

 To take such a photograph, naturally, necessitates 

 the use of the strongest light, the fastest plate, 

 and the quickest shutter, for, with a horse at full 

 speed, an exposure of x^Vo P ar * f a second is 

 necessary in order to entirely stop motion, or, in 



