222 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



I have spoken thus far in this chapter entirely 

 of the photographing of fishes, but there are many 

 other forms of aquatic life that can be successfully 

 photographed, and which make most instructive 

 as well as interesting pictures. Any of the jelly- 

 fish family may be photographed in the aquarium, 



but they 

 make rather 

 difficult sub- 

 jects. In the 

 first place 

 they are ex- 

 tremely del- 

 icate, many 

 of them so 

 much so that 

 when lifted 

 in the hand 

 they will slip 

 away be- 

 tween the 

 fingers, not 



as a whole, but tearing away in pieces until there is 

 nothing left. Consequently, in taking them from 

 their native element, they must be dipped up with 

 a quantity of the water and thus transferred to the 

 aquarium. Moreover, it is best never to let any 

 of them come into contact with the skin of the 

 hand or arm, for, as I have already said, many of 



Jellyfish. 



