The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-11
HUNTING WITH THh CAMERA

hUNIlNG WITH THE CAMERA.
Hunting without q gun is nothing new
For some time past a few people anyway
have been going out into the woods and
fields and getting royal days sport with
nothing more dangerous than a black box
with glass eve. The new thug about the
matter is that these few, people arc sudden,
ly becoming any people, aud that hunting
with the camera is now taking its place as
Legitimate spot
The fact Is that there Is as much genuine
sport in taking an a1lmal's picture as in
taking an animals life Almost as strong a
statement as this has rccently been made
oy even such hunter as President RooSe-
welt. All the pleasures and benefits Of iifr
IN the wiids are the same whether the
sportsman is armed with a camera or with
a rifle. There is the same keen excitement
In tracking and stealing upon the Wild
creatures, In measuring mans cunning
against theirs, and in the FINAL triumphant
shot that marks tho victory, All the dif.
ference Is that the snap shot" leaves The
animal 10 ay or bound AWAY free aud nm.
hurt; the gun shot puts out his life or
leaves him to futter or crawl away torn
aud suffering.
For hunting With the camera one needs
to know something about cnmera--the
more the better. Every condition must he
favorable. Usually you must get quite
close TO your subject, IN place where tbc
light IS good with the sun at your back.
} GU -HH NOT uepenu upon tue tulilulS u
assist YOU in all this They show little
appreciation OF regard for the laws Of good
photography. All that there. is In You Of
patience, OF cunning or woodcraft and of
Photographic lore will be needed in order
TO have your Negatives show anything more
than the places where the animals were
But that is as 1t should be- Difficulty
makes sport,
Often the small animals are harder to
photograph than the larg ones, but being
usually more nnnel GUS, they fer more fre.
birds ar. good subj cts for beginner. the
best of them b Ing the wood trush. II Is
comparative y easy TO approach and its
strong markings ceme ont wei even In a
S,me OF the most interesting work is done
at night. specially IN hunting big game
along str ANS There is the excitement Of
ste aling along In the canoe without thr
slightest sound, turning the light OF Ian
tern here and there upon the banks I'LL
at last 1t is reflected bright ana green from
the oy Of some animal rooted 70 the spot
by surprise and curiosity Nearer and near.
er the boat glldes. Then the PM and glare
Of the fashllght, the creature an instant
splash and crash Of prec! pitous retreat.
There Is evident need Of further protec-
ttn = wild an mals II they are 10 be pre-
OF the cruelty OF Kill G for pastifiie. These
two things are tending strongly to binlsh
the ride from field and forest and to pop
ularize the sport OF hunting with the cam.
/. Hunting Big Game with the Camera"
4. G. Walllhan. outl ok 7i;355. June
2. "The sportsmnn Photographer AMI His
Outfit" A, r.. Dugmore. Outing 40:i24
April. 1902. Also. 40;2j2 May. 1902
Camera Shots NJ Big Game" A. @.
Wa,lihan. Doubleday, Page & Co., New
4, Adventures in Wild life Photogra-
l5gso r. b. MS My Worlds Work
8 "photographing BIG Game IN close
Season" J. A. burgess and Z. ~ sawyer
outing 4o:479, July, 1917
u Home Life of VIA Birds, 4. 10.
Herrick q. 4. Putnam's Sons, New YORK.
Reference i gives genera. Information
concerning the camera as an Instrument or
sport, ana describes experiences IN ''ehoot-
ing big game. Including deer. elk ana
cougars. The writer places animal picture
taking far ahead of animal iife-taking as
a form OF sport. He says thst the camera
shot Is even more difficult than the rire
shot ana much more exciting, Tor IL re.
quires a more skllful and closer APP
preach. lie says that hunting with the
camera will teach far more OF vooacraft
! and OF the ways OF Wild animals Than rire'
hunting will do.
! Number . is a practical article advising
as 70 OUTFIT for the sportsman photographer,
/ The matter is taken up In detail and treat
\ ed with thoroughness. In 10 an account
! Of some notable wild animal photography
! Including interesting night work With the
] rakh Light Another advantage OF the camera