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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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eangles of separation of the antennae the same, and the wholemade attractive to the eye. There are many examples ex-hibiting complete success in all this in Doctor Hollands workmentioned above, and Plate XX. in it will exemplify my de-scription as well as any of them. In some of the forty-eightplates, all in color, there are occasional slips; but these may beexpected where the illustrations are so numerous, and thetechnique of such a difficult character. In some of the platesit has been aimed to incorporate flowers and parts of plants asaccessory features, and in most instances unusual success hasbeen attained in such attempts. Now, in the photography of living specimens of butterflies,we may be influenced by quite a number of factors that aresure to be met with in every operation. These may be more orfewer, owing to the nature of each individual case, and thecharacter of the particular specimen of which the negative isdesired. We are also influenced by the object we have in view. 172
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Figure 2.MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ON CAT-TAILS. Illustrating article Technical and Artistic Butterfly Photography,by Dr. R. W. Shnfeldt, C.M.Z.S. 173 Some photographs of butterflies are highly artistic and verypleasing in general effect, but at the same time they may belargely lacking in scientific value. If well taken, however, andof natural size, they will be pretty sure to exhibit somethingwhich will be useful and possibly valuable to the student andto the professional lepidopterist. It is sometimes the best way to consult with critics in orderto settle the question of the artistic merit of any particularphotograph, of the kind now being discussed; or, better still,the average of several opinions of critics. In exemplificationof this we may take Figure 2 illustrating the present article.It is a reproduction of one of my own photographs of twoMonarch butterflies (Anosia plexippus), resting upon a cat-tail (Typha latifolia)—the so-called tails here being double,with one of the butterfli

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