THE CAMERA A TEST OF NATURE STUDY. 



To secure best results the camerist must see things cor- 

 rectly and to best advantage. To such an extent as he does 

 not do this, the portrayal of nature is a failure. 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



Volume IV MARCH 1912 Number 11 



It Depends Wholly on You. 



I recently had the joy of examining 

 as fine a lot of photographs of natural 

 objects as I have ever seen. They are 

 the work of Mr. Dwight L. Boyden of 

 Greenwich, Connecticut. They are of 

 remarkable excellence. He has kindly 

 given this magazine permission to pub- 

 lish a few of them. These are shown 

 in this number. It was my first meet- 

 ing with Mr. Boyden. I at once was 

 elated, feeling sure that with such an 

 expert and authority I had discovered 

 a storehouse of photographic treasures 

 and a university of photographic infor- 

 mation. He seemed perfectly willing 

 to lend the photographs and to show 

 a series of cameras of all sorts and 

 sizes. Of course I sought to prove my 

 pet theories about the anastigmat, but 

 to be perfectly frank with the reader, 

 he upset them all. He says, "An ex- 

 pensive outfit is not necessary." He 

 also says, "No one can tell you how 

 to do this." 



At first I was disappointed. Here is 

 an authority with no dogmatic state- 



JN TWO OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IN GREEN- 

 WICH'S ICY WATERS. 



Photograph by Dwight L. Boyden, Greenwich, Conn. 



ments, no claims, no 

 says, "It is in you or 

 all" 



arguments 

 it isn't- 



lle 

 that is 



Copyright 1912 by The Agassiz Association, Arcadia: Sound Beach, Conn. 



