The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . Cool Coiit/oi I. A. RADCL\IIt: PART III. ANIMALS. As a sport, wild animal j)hotography should enjoy a far greater popu-larity than it does, for anything more exciting tlian stalking a wild animalwith the camera is hard to imagine. Isually it is impossible to apijroachas near as one wishes to animals in their native haunts, and it is astonishing 15S X-rlTfK£ ]]ITH A KODAK. how close one needs to be to a deer for instance, with the lens of ordinaryfocal length, in order to secure an image of appreciabl
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . Cool Coiit/oi I. A. RADCL\IIt: PART III. ANIMALS. As a sport, wild animal j)hotography should enjoy a far greater popu-larity than it does, for anything more exciting tlian stalking a wild animalwith the camera is hard to imagine. Isually it is impossible to apijroachas near as one wishes to animals in their native haunts, and it is astonishing 15S X-rlTfK£ ]]ITH A KODAK. how close one needs to be to a deer for instance, with the lens of ordinaryfocal length, in order to secure an image of appreciable size. Every yearhundreds, almost thousands, of Kodak photographs of deer are made, andin nearly every instance the owner of the camera is surprised, often disgusted,at the insignificance of the animal, frequently a magnifying glass beingnecessary before its whereabouts can be discovered, so the first thing toremember is, not to press the button too soon. Wait until you are nearenough to have a picture of the animal. Before going oft to the woods. KorAK. day Squi}-}€l. A. RADCLM l-~E DVGMORE. make a few experimental pictures of a calf at different distances and noticethe results. Then you will ha\-e an idea of what vou mav expect whenphotographing a deer. The hand camera telephoto lens can be used whenconditions are favorable, that is to say when there is plenty of light, for theyare \-ery slow, and instantaneous exposures can only be made under mostfa\-orable conditions. Practically speaking, it is not possible to makeinstantaneous exposures with a telephoto, giving a magnification of morethan four diameters. In using a telephoto for hand camera work it is of theutmost importance that the lens should be extremely rapid, nothing slowerthan/I being of any real use. NATURE WITH A KODAK. 159 In all wild animalphotography, the cam-era has to be kept incomplete readiness, fre-quently for many hoursat a time, sometimes foran entire day, thereforeit is advisable to keepthe cam
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