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As I understood so far, 撮る is a transitive verb, so "to take a photograph" is
写真 **を** 撮る in Japanese.

However, I've just come across a sentence in my textbook that uses the
expression 写真に撮る, and I'm not sure if I understand it. Does it mean the same
than 写真を撮る, or does it actually mean something different?

The sentence is part of a typical fill-the-gap-with-a-suitable-particle (or
leave it blank) exercise:

> この公園では猿【さる】が子供を育てている（ ）ところ（ ）写真 **に** 撮ることが出来る。In this park, it is possible
> to take a photo where the monkeys are feeding their children.

I think that the answers to the parentheses are blank「 」and「で」 respectively. I
am sure about the first one, but not so sure about the second:

> この公園では猿【さる】が子供を育てているところで写真 **に** 撮ることが出来る。

Maybe I'm just wrong and therefore it's getting me more confused. I would
rather say:

> この公園では猿【さる】が子供を育てているところで写真 **を** 撮ることが出来る。

Meaning-wise, does it make a difference to replace に by を in this sentence?
and more importantly, are they interchangeable in general when it comes to
写真を/に撮る ?

I suspect my doubt might be related to this [answer where they discuss
写真に収める](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/50272/32952), but it concerns a
different verb so I'm not sure either.

Any help is much appreciated.

よろしくお願いします。
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What is the difference between 写真を撮る and 写真に撮る?
So, I'm grasping at straws a little, but I can see some sort of logic... I
would say that

> この公園では猿が子供を育てている（x）ところ（を）写真に撮ることが出来る。

is the right way to fill in the blanks. I feel like you _need_ the を somewhere
if the 写真 isn't being 撮る’d. So why is the 猿が子供を育てているところ is being 撮る’d in my
suggestion?

To explain that, I think it's helpful to view the とる family of verbs (取る・撮る・捕る
etc.) as all having a sense of 'capturing' rather than ‘taking’ (however
loosely!), so I'd rationalise it that instead of "taking the photo", you are
actually "capturing the moment that 〜" i.e. 〜ところを撮る, within/onto a photo i.e.
写真に.

I would therefore posit that there is a slight change of emphasis away from
the actual action of taking a photo with 〜の写真を撮る, to a more whimsical notion
of capturing a moment/memory using a photo with 〜ところを写真に撮る.

I am, however, not particularly sure in this instance, so happy to be
corrected by a native speaker!
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