THE CAMERA. 



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Then too, the flowers are so sensitive 

 and are so liable to wilt before we are 

 quite ready to make the exposure of 

 the plate; moreover the slightest air- 

 draughts in the room cause the Mowers 

 to vibrate and thus blur the negative. 

 Indeed, sometimes while the plate is 

 being timed the flowers continue to wilt 

 and spoil the plate. 



The boy who goes out photograph- 

 ing wild flowers, shrubs, plants, trees, 

 etc.. should have a congenial compan- 



ion as an assistant ; he aho needs two 

 or three grades of cloth for back- 

 grounds attached to stakes that may 

 be pushed into the ground to hold the 

 background tightly stretched and in 

 place. He needs also some kind of 

 windguard to enable him to make time 

 exposures, when the light is weak. 

 With these two safe-guards it is :>:i 

 easy matter to focus carefully and to 

 arrange the subject systematically 

 upon the groundglass. Trim away the 



A MASTERPIECE IN FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY PHOTOGRAPHY. 



By Mr. Huntsinger. 



