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when he uses a heavy lens with a long focus. These 

 can be easily used in a strong light. On the 

 other hand they have many drawbacks — they are too 

 apt, especially, to give a blurred effect to the back- 

 ground in the case of objects photographed near at hand. 

 This entails the loss of one of the essential elements 



TEI.EPHOTOGRAPH OF A DWARF GAZELLE (C-l Z/:/J.A THOMSONI, Gther.) IN FULL 

 FLIGHT, TAKEN AT A DISTANCE OF 6o PACES. WHEN ANIMALS IN RAPID 

 MOTION ARE THUS PHOTOGRAPHED, THE BACKGROUND ALMOST INEVITABLY 

 COMES OUT BLURRED. 



of such pictures, namely the representation of the animal 

 in its natural surroundings. However, I would like to 

 call the attention of all travellers to the fact that such 

 apparatus are available. Their weight and size entail 

 the putting forth of great strength and energy, both in 

 the carrying of them and the handling of them, but to 



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