The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . nce, and the golden rod, mere fragments oftheir former beauty,charm e\ery student ofnature by their white,flowery appearance. What is most neces-sary to make a success-ful picture is to selecta view a\ hich does notembrace too wide a fieUl,and so run the chanceof being o\er-cro\\dedwith detail. The Shadows ofthe Trees depicts afavorite spot near myhome. It is beautifulat all times of the year,but ne\-er more so thanin winter. And it isduring the late after-noon hours when it isseen to the best ad\an-tage. The
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . nce, and the golden rod, mere fragments oftheir former beauty,charm e\ery student ofnature by their white,flowery appearance. What is most neces-sary to make a success-ful picture is to selecta view a\ hich does notembrace too wide a fieUl,and so run the chanceof being o\er-cro\\dedwith detail. The Shadows ofthe Trees depicts afavorite spot near myhome. It is beautifulat all times of the year,but ne\-er more so thanin winter. And it isduring the late after-noon hours when it isseen to the best ad\an-tage. The picturesqueformations of snow atthe edge of the brook,the slanting shadows, and the cluster of the trees in the distance, with the reflection in the water,would appeal to e\ery nature lo\er. I show this picture to impress the reader with the fact that in winter,as in the other seasons, there is a time of day when a landscaj^e apjiears atits best, and to successfullv interpret it one should be there at that time. Beautiful things can be found e\en at ones \ery door. I only need to. den. I^LLiC>l-b blLKEMh^ hK, JR. I4S i^OJ/E PRACTICAL HIXTS OX UlXTER PHOTOGRAPHY. step into my garden. Even there the activity of winter has been in fullplay, and changed it into a fairy land. Each branch is encased in a sheetof pure crystal, w hich glows and glistens in the early morning sun. Skies are usually one of the greatest difficulties the beginner has toencounter and are usually lost in developing, in the effort to bring out therest of the landscape. In his winter negati\es, however, he will be generallyagreeably surprised at the truthful rendering of his skies. This is easyenough to explain. In summer, on account of increased actinic activity, thesky requires only a fraction of the exposure which the foreground andobje6ls demand. But in winter, sky and snow are for all practical purposesof the same actinic quality, and their relative values are therefore compara-tively easy to express. A
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