Photo by George Shiras, 3rd 



NIGHT PICTURE 01^ WHITE-TAIL, BUCK AND DOE 



Beyond the ridge was a large, white pine log, where the camera and flashlight were set, the 

 string running to a pine opposite. Flash probably fired by the doe 



Usually I encamped near enough to 

 liear the report of the flash, but some- 

 times it may be set many miles away, or 

 perhaps I am in town or on a side trip, 

 in which case it has not been unusual 

 for the camera to remain unvisited for a 

 week or ten days. But this is of little 

 consequence ; for, with the shutter open- 

 ing and closing automatically, the ex- 

 posed plate is safe until called for. On 

 pages 767 and 768 are a couple of pic- 

 tures of deer taken when I was many 

 miles away. 



PHOTOGRAPHING THE WHITE-TAII, DEER 



The alphabet for the beginner in wild- 

 life photography usually comprises nest- 

 ing birds of the neighborhood, chip- 



munks, the lazy and sun-loving wood- 

 chuck, or the stolid porcupine, and even 

 then many difficulties confront the nov- 

 ice, the overcoming of which opens the 

 door for picturing rarer or more active 

 subjects. 



Some who take up camera hunting 

 become discouraged by early failures 

 and are unable to see how such an in- 

 strument can ever be a satisfactory sub- 

 stitute for the sportsman's gun. Others, 

 with their interest only intensified by 

 defeat, contmue on until won over by 

 the attractiveness of a contest where 

 success costs no life or an awkwardly 

 handled camera leaves no wounded ani- 

 mal to die a lingering death. 



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