ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



'95 



('holographed 



l\|il \N I.KOPARD. 

 1 i.i^L- csix-iially amingcd for Ihe puri)osc. 



his camera, and a keeper with a club. The animal 

 must be compelled to halt in the right spot, face 

 in the right direction, and stand fast without ner- 

 vousness while the camera-man approaches dan- 

 gerously near, and secures on his ground-glass an 

 image thai is something more than a suggestion of 

 a deer, antelope, bear, wolf, or whatever the par- 

 ticular Risk may be. An animal portrait is of 

 zoological value in direct proportion to the number 

 of details that it portrays. The ideal picture 

 should show a full side view, with head erect and 

 properly posed; and such accessories as legs, feet, 

 tail, ears, antlers or horns, require adequate repre- 

 sentation. A muff-like ball of fur is not neces- 

 sarily an animal, even tht)Ugh the camera has been 

 brought to bear upon the vital spark. 



The actual dangers of wild-animal photography 

 are not to be ignored; and Mr. Sanborn has been 

 assured that in the eyes of the Zoological Society, 

 a man is worth more than any camera. The 

 bears, wolves, and hoofed animals are amenable 



to discipline by keeper and club, but in picture- 

 making, the lions and tigers who.>;e cages are entered 

 literally refuse "to stand for it." To meet their 

 case, the Society has been at some pains and e.\- 

 pense to invent and provide for Mr. Sanborn's 

 use certain landscape backgrounds, and an aper- 

 ture in front of them, by means of which good 

 pictures of dangerous carnivores can be secured 

 without risking life, limb, or lens. An example of 

 the re.sults thus obtained is shown herewith. 



The Society's collection of wild-animal pictures 

 grows continuously. Of the 1500 negatives now 

 on hand, many represent species of great scientific 

 interest and rarity, and many of them are ideally 

 l)erfect. Of the apes and the more quiet monkeys, 

 good |)ictures have been secured, but the baboons 

 remain to be conquered. 



.\ little later, the finest of the animal jjhoto- 

 grajjhs now l)eing accumulated will be prepared 

 for publication in some form acceptable, and also 

 valuable, to the nunilicrv "f the Societv. 



