CHAPTER III 



PHOTOGRAPHING ANIMALS 

 PART I 



WILD ANIMALS AT LARGE 



Outfit required. — Camera preferably the graflex or some such type of box 

 that allows of focussing while the plate is ready to be exposed and has a 

 draw of bellows sufficient for the use of low-power telephoto lens. 

 Long-focus lens of great rapidity, tripod, etc. 



Few of the vast army of photographers realise 

 what it is to hunt wild animals with their cameras; 

 still fewer of the sportsmen appreciate the amount of 

 sport which may be had when the camera takes the 

 place of the rifle. They don't consider that for the 

 camera there is no close season. Game of all kind 

 — and all animals are the camera's game — may be 

 hunted with more or less success at all seasons of the 

 year. If we consider the skill required for camera 

 hunting, we must realise that more is needed than 

 when the gun is used ; for it is necessary not only to 

 approach nearer to the animal, but, even when near, 



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