2 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



It is difficult to say just who was the pioneer in 

 this line of photography, if indeed there was any 

 single person who could be called by that name. 

 Many tried it tentatively and, obtaining but indif- 

 ferent results, grew discouraged and gave it up. 

 Others attempted it, but did not seem to grasp 

 the subject with a thorough understanding or else 

 were not well enough versed in the use of their 

 apparatus or in the habits of their subjects, for the 

 results they turned out were anything but good. 



Finally, however, some eight years or so ago, 

 a number of serious workers entered the field 

 almost simultaneously, each one determined to 

 do his best to show what could be accomplished 

 with a camera among the wild life of the woods 

 and fields. As soon as these workers had cleared 

 a way, so to speak, had shown the others how to 

 surmount the many difificulties that had been con- 

 fronting them and which had proved too much 

 for them to tackle single-handed, there were 

 plenty ready to follow, as is always the case in 

 almost any enterprise. 



Many of these soon lost their interest, however. 

 The results seemed too few for the energy ex- 

 pended, and so they one by one dropped out of the 

 ranks, until to-day there are but comparatively few 

 serious workers still left in the field. These, how- 

 ever, are the ones who naturally would rise to the 

 top, — those who entered into the work for the 



