. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. THE MOOSE trailed a moose for half a day until he found the beast near an open spot in the forest. The moose was standing in the shadow making it impossible to get a picture. So the photographer quietly got his camera in position and focussed on a small sunlight patch a yard or so away on the chances that the quarry might move in that direction. A scrub oak tree hid the camera and across the face of the lens kept blowing an oak leaf To put out a white hand and remove the leaf would be quite sufficient to send the moose off in a pani
. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. THE MOOSE trailed a moose for half a day until he found the beast near an open spot in the forest. The moose was standing in the shadow making it impossible to get a picture. So the photographer quietly got his camera in position and focussed on a small sunlight patch a yard or so away on the chances that the quarry might move in that direction. A scrub oak tree hid the camera and across the face of the lens kept blowing an oak leaf To put out a white hand and remove the leaf would be quite sufficient to send the moose off in a panic. The photographer quietly cut a switch with which the troublesome leaf was held out of the way. For one hour the man lay concealed, keenly on the watch with the shutter bulb in his hand, and the state of his nerves can be imagined. At last the moose rose and as luck would have it moved out into the sunlight. The photographer made a slight sound and at once the moose faced around in alarm, head up, a perfect picture of a forest king. The shutter clicked and the next instant a cloud of leaves and turf showed where the game had stood. The plate was entirely successful. There is no need to go into the details of the hundred*^ of failures that are reported. Try and photograph your household cat in a natural position and see what a job you will have, and then consider what it means to take the picture of a wild beast with senses ten times as acute as the ordinary cat' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hyde, John, 1874- [from old catalog]. New York, McLoughlin brothers
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