240 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



should be a piece of glass simply laid on so that 

 the subjects can be easily admitted and there will 

 be no obstruction to the passage of light. 



This cage should be supported at a sufficient 

 height on any small stand or table, and by the in- 

 troduction of twigs, stones, grass, pieces of wood, 

 leaves, etc., natural conditions may be simulated 

 and most excellent results obtained. 



It is most discouraging to try to photograph 

 frogs, toads, or lizards out of doors, for, although 

 they may sit quietly and allow us to focus upon 

 them, they are most liable to jump or move away 

 just as we are ready to make the exposure. In 

 order to obtain a sufficiently large image of them 

 it is often necessary to work at such close range 

 that the lens must be stopped down to get both 

 them and the background in sharp focus. This 

 makes it impossible to use the reflex camera. In 

 fact I never use this camera with any of these 

 subjects, as I find I can obtain so much better re- 

 sults by carrying them home and photographing 

 them in the manner I have described. 



The aquarium, which I have described in 

 Chapter XII, is a useful adjunct in this connec- 

 tion, for many of the newts, salamanders, and 

 lizards are water creatures and as such should be 

 photographed in their native element. Frogs, too, 

 may be photographed in the water as well as on 

 land, and, should one desire a series of pictures 



