PHOTOGRAPHING ANIMALS 85 



dium and great rapidity according to the subject, 

 though for animals whose colour is gray or any neu- 

 tral colour ordinary plates will answer. For dogs, 

 horses, or other animals in rapid motion the focussing 

 hand-camera fitted with the focal plane-shutter is 

 indispensable. Such pictures are, however, seldom 

 beautiful, even though they may be interesting. 

 The rapid action of an animal looks grotesque when 

 caught with the camera; its attitudes never appear 

 to be natural or correct, and as a matter of fact 

 the positions are not correct as our eyes see them. 

 We see rather the effect of movement than the actual 

 positions assumed by the difl^erent parts of the body. 

 All the most beautiful animal photographs are of 

 animals in repose. Such pictures have been given 

 sufficient exposure, and should be soft and delicate, 

 lacking the strong, hard black-and-white effect of the 

 instantaneous photograph. 



