CHAPTER XVI 



PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE ZOOS 



While the photographing of wild animals in 

 captivity cannot be compared to photograph- 

 ing the same animals in their native haunts so 

 far as pleasure and excitement are concerned, 

 still there is no better place to w^ork for obtain- 

 ing really excellent pictures of the animals or 

 birds themselves than in a modern, up-to-date 

 zoological garden. It is a good place to learn 

 how to photograph the wild things, and I should 

 advise a beginner to first try his hand on the 

 inmates of some Zoo before starting out to do 

 work in the field. By so doing he will learn 

 many things that will be of immense service to 

 him, and even the small Zoo in Central Park is 

 a good place to commence to learn these things. 

 It must not be imagined, however, that all is plain 

 sailing even in the Zoos, for if you set out with 

 the idea that you can snap right and left and 

 get a picture at every snap, you will be most 

 wofully disappointed. 



The Bronx Zoological Park in New York and 

 the Washington National Zoo are two ideal 



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