Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 47

HUNTING ANIMALS WITH PHOTOS TASK Taking Pictures Held More Exacting Than Shooting Wild Game. Untll two years ago, writes Denys Pinch-Hatton in the London Times, it wes my custom when planning a bunting trip in Africa to give more thought to rifies and ammunition than %0 cameras. It is true that some sort of & kodak was always taken, with a large quantity of fllm and the best fntentions; but if my companion had @ camera as well I generally found that my own completed the trip unopened, like the arrowroot. In 1927, however, I accompanied F. B. Patterson upon & five-month expedition, the prineipal ob- ject of which was to obtain motion res of African game, and upon 4 trip T frst realized the enjoy- fment which was to be derived from the photographing of wild animals. Hunting for pictures is in many ‘ways more exacting than hunting for trophies. For success it requires equal knowledge of the quarry’s habits, equal skill in tracking and in finding him | unawares; greater skill and patience in the actual approach, since the distance at which a good picture can be taken must nearly always be far less than the distance for a safe shot. For this reason the picturing of some dangerous game animals tends to | be more exciting, and it is certainly more educative thdén the shooting of them. For the photographer must often remain for hours in close prox- imity with his subject; right judg- ments and quick decisions are in con- stant demand while he waits upon his game. Sometimes he has to re- main for days in close touch with his quarry before his opportunity comes. During such times, while on the qui wive for his chance of a picture, he is of Wecessity constantly observing the habits of the animals which he is try- | p to photograph. 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Fred Bolinger owns the new champlon. | and one might easily have spent twice | a8 long without success. | When trying to picture a herd of | animals the photographer is continu- | ally taking up positions which he is | forced to abandon before the picture comes off. Perhaps the herd feed wrong for the wind, or they turn away, or else he finds himself in danger of being discovered by a wandering out- sider. The amount of crawling exer- cise which can be crammed into an hour in this way over a total area of | about 20 acres must be experienced ®o | be believed. An important reason why animals are more difficult to picture than to shoot is that, apart from hav- |ing to get nearer, the photographer must aim at their heads and forepart | turned toward the camera. | Mr. Maxwell's very skillfully taken { picture of a rhino and her calf was “made” by the mother facing the | camera while she halted between two | minds, attack or retreat. When pho- tngraphing dangerous game any shoot- | ing which may have to be done is | guaranteed to provide an element of | excitement, since'the rifle, carried only for defense, is used only when the quarry has become aware of pursuers and has decided to take the offensive. | " The change fyom peace to war soms. times takes place with startling abrupt- | ness. A treacherous eddy of wind, or | the whir of gears in a motion-picture | camera, can instantly galvanize a | placidly feeding pachyderm into four tons of rapidly advancing angry ele- hant. In this branch of animal pho- tography it is advisable to hunt in pairs; one man takes the rifie and the other the camera. * THE SUNDAY HOOVER MAY UNVEIL WASHINGTON HEAD Invited by Borglum for July 4 Ceremony in Black Hills of South Dakota. President Hoover has under advise- ment an invitation extended by Gutzon | Borglum to unvell on July 4 the 80-foot | head of George Washington and two paragraphs of Calvin Coolidge's 500~ word history of the United States, chiseled in the granite of Mount Rush- more, in the South Dakota Black Hills. Mr. Borglum, sculptor for the Mount Rushmore Memorial Association, de- clared that Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge had | indicated they wished to attend the | ceremonies. | Unveiling of the Washington head will mark completion of the first por- tion ef four figures to be blasted out of the mountainside. 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