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Title: Nature and the camera; how to photograph live birds and their nests; animals, wild and tame; reptiles; insects; fish and other aquatic forms; flowers, trees, and fungi
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-
Subjects: Nature photography
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page
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on branches, be sure tosecure the branch ; otherwise the slight swayingcaused by the least motion of the air will bring it nearer to or farther from the lens, with the resultthat it will not be in focus. Pictures of trees are made more interesting if sep-arate plates are made of the leaves, flowers, fruits(which should be all the same scale), and bark, aswell as the entire tree. Nonhalation isochromaticplates are most satisfactory for tree pictures; theyinsure the necessary sharpness of outline, free fromthe disagreeable defect known as halation. The lighting for all flower- or tree-work is veryimportant. For trees the most satisfactory resultsare to be obtained when the sun is low and theshadows long. For flowers the lighting must besuch as will best show the form of the flower. Theentire shape of flowers may be wrongly depicted ifthe lighting is wrong. White flowers should neverhave strong light streaming directly into them ; notonly does it flatten them, but it makes them too white
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PHOTOGRAPHING TREES, ETC. 121 and chalky. When the leaves are very highK pol-ished, so that they reHect white lig;ht, it is hest eitherto choose a gray day, or else intercept the sunliLi;htby means of a cloth of some kind. Most ferns areeasy subjects for the camera ; they are usually fairlysteady, and their strong outlines and beautiful formsare most satisfactory as photographs. Some of thegrasses also make beautiful pictures, whether shownsingly or in masses. In fact, there are few things inthe vegetable world that do not lend themselves moreor less to camera work. The commonest thingsthat we pass by every day, such as the lacelike wildcarrot, the much-despised yarrow, the timothy or theredtop in flower, are fitter subjects for pictures thanmany of the less common and therefore more appre-ciated flowers. PART II PHOTOGRAPHING CUT FLOWERS, LEAVES AND FRUITS Outfit same as Part I, with the exception of a short tripod and the additionof several different-coloured backgrounds. With cut f

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