. ... Debris. gering ray of day had blended into evening, andlike a thief in the night sought to approach andcarry away the image of the sleeping %c£^$Nature! Then in the dimly ruby-red illuminedden of the studio, where we sought to gloat overour spoils, we discovered that the result wouldbe but a glaring snow-white disk in a vast fieldof inky blackness. Little had we reckoned thatthis gentle glimmering scene could be so elusive;yet again and again we strove vainly for its cap-ture. Finally when we had secured the profile ofa hill, the outline of a tree, and a reflection inthe water, we discov
. ... Debris. gering ray of day had blended into evening, andlike a thief in the night sought to approach andcarry away the image of the sleeping %c£^$Nature! Then in the dimly ruby-red illuminedden of the studio, where we sought to gloat overour spoils, we discovered that the result wouldbe but a glaring snow-white disk in a vast fieldof inky blackness. Little had we reckoned thatthis gentle glimmering scene could be so elusive;yet again and again we strove vainly for its cap-ture. Finally when we had secured the profile ofa hill, the outline of a tree, and a reflection inthe water, we discovered so many fleeting mo-ments-had hurried by while we waited for the im-pression, that those pale-illumined and shadowy-outlined clouds, specter-like, had glided beyondthe-flfeld of vision and no coveted clew remained;while the moon, itself, shyly seeking to retire, hadcrept part way across the heavens, leaving animpr^sion on the plate in the cameraand later on the tablets of memorythat is more beautiful to
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