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BUD AND BLOOM EFFECTIVELY SHOWN. 



Where did that egg come from if not 

 from some other hive? 



I have seen many amateur photo- 

 graphers printing- pictures by awk- 

 wardly holding their printing frames 

 before an electric light bulb and guess- 

 ing at the distance. I put on an ex- 

 tension cord, and bring the light bulb 

 down into a small wooden box, whose 

 depth is equal to the distance at which 

 I want the light to be from my printing- 

 frame. I first press a white paper into 

 the box to increase the light by reflec- 

 tion. 



As it is awkward to use a clock to 

 give the right exposure of the frame 

 to the light, T count, using this expres- 

 sion, "Naught, one-half and one." To 

 say this, as ordinarilv spoken, takes 

 about two seconds. With a little prac- 

 tice one can always repeat it in about 

 the same time. 



With the printing box above de- 

 scribed and this method of counting, it 

 is easy to expose each picture to the 

 light for exactly the same length of 

 time, and all prints will then be alike. 



The counting method was suggested 

 by "Camera Craft." 



Honing that these suggestions may 

 be of some value to you I remain. 



Yours fraternally. 



C. Elmer Frey. 



Approves of Long Focus. 



BY LESUK L. LONG, LLANO, TEXAS. 



These pictures are samples of slow 

 work with a fast lens. My lens is a 

 Tessar Ic and non-convertible, of eight 

 and a quarter inch equivalent focus, 

 but both the blossoms of the cacti were 

 taken with full bellows, being fourteen 

 inches, producing a picture about two 

 thirds the actual size. Had the lens 

 been as described in the article, "Long 

 Focus and Short Focus : Theoretical 

 vs. Practical," in the March issue, I 

 could have reproduced actual size. 



The cactus which was eleven feet 

 in diameter I had to get too close to 

 fill the plate, while a single element 

 would have allowed me to get back 

 farther and gain in depth thereby. 



Certainly de should have an extra 

 copy of that March issue to pass along, 



"Household Insects." 



A series of articles by John J. 

 Schoonhoven, on this topic, begins in 

 the September 1st number of "Country 

 Life in America." They should be in- 

 teresting, and bid fare to be so, as 

 Professor Schoonhoven is not only a 

 learned biologist, but a skillful camer- 

 i>t. The several illustrations are beauti- 

 ful. The articles will be instructive 

 and valuable to all readers of "Country 

 Life in America." 



