The American annual of photography . Figure OUT. Illustrating article Military Photography, by L. G. Harpel. 229 more or less posing done which is at once apparent to the care-ful observer, thus spoiling the beauty of the photo. Forinstance in the photograph Artillery Firing (Figure i)one of the men handling the shells spied the photographerand turned his face, which would not have occurred in action,as he should have been facing front, not to the side. Other-wise the action in this picture is perfect. Two other very interesting photographs are A BayonetCombat (Figure 2) and Knocked
The American annual of photography . Figure OUT. Illustrating article Military Photography, by L. G. Harpel. 229 more or less posing done which is at once apparent to the care-ful observer, thus spoiling the beauty of the photo. Forinstance in the photograph Artillery Firing (Figure i)one of the men handling the shells spied the photographerand turned his face, which would not have occurred in action,as he should have been facing front, not to the side. Other-wise the action in this picture is perfect. Two other very interesting photographs are A BayonetCombat (Figure 2) and Knocked Out (Figure 3). In theformer two pairs are engaged in bayonet practice. The action. HALT! Figure 4. is superb. The photo Knocked Out was not posed for, butwas taken during an actual combat and shows one of the com-batants stretched at full length with his gun thrown at rightangle across his body. This man instantly jumped to his feet,but the camera caught him when he was stretched out fulllength on the ground. In the photograph entitled Halt! (Figure 4) you see abattery of artillery preparing to halt and go into action. Thebattery here illustrated was coming at a canter along the roadand the Sergeant in command has his hand raised above hishead as a signal for preparing to halt. The instant after the 23Q
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