The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . trying circumstances. than once I ha\-e beenobliged to brush the snow tlakcs out of the lens before setting the shutterand drawing tlie slide. But all these little incon\-eniences turn into adelight if we consider how fa\-orable the conditions really are for making agood negative. The luminosity of the atmosphere is remarkable. E\en toone experienced in such matters I tlnd it a ne«- souixe of wo)ider each timeI \-enture out on a snowy winlers day. The whole landscape mav be. Th,- SImdozcs :>ftli,- Trr
The Modern way in picture making : published as an aid to the amateur photographer . trying circumstances. than once I ha\-e beenobliged to brush the snow tlakcs out of the lens before setting the shutterand drawing tlie slide. But all these little incon\-eniences turn into adelight if we consider how fa\-orable the conditions really are for making agood negative. The luminosity of the atmosphere is remarkable. E\en toone experienced in such matters I tlnd it a ne«- souixe of wo)ider each timeI \-enture out on a snowy winlers day. The whole landscape mav be. Th,- SImdozcs :>ftli,- Trres. RUDOLF :^rEM-:K, JR. SOJ/A PRACTICAL HIXTS OX WIXTl-R PIlOTOCRAPIIY 147 obscured by snow flakes and the sun invisible and yet it is possible to tal<;esnapsliots, even with a lens of moderate speed. But for the amateur in quest of pictorial beauties it is not absolutelynecessary to bra\e ihe inclemency of the winters storms. The play of sun-light, of the w inter landscape, and these efforts can be studied on a quietday when it is only moderatel} cold. How clear e\ery stem and stalk is outlined against the sno«-. Ne\-erwas there a greater opportunity to study the structural forms of trees andshrubbery. E\erything seems to be crowded with detail, e\en the simplestweeds gain a pictorial significance, 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
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