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and the amusement of photographing 

 one's self by having" a blaek thread at- 

 tached to the shutter release, as a black 

 thread will not show in the picture. 

 Another interesting trick or "fake" is 

 a "moonlight (?)" picture made by 

 focussing and taking a very short ex- 

 posure or snapshot of the cloud-screen- 

 ed sun when about an hour high in the 

 morning or the evening, with rough 

 water and perhaps a boat or two in 

 the foreground. Still others will be 

 on a constant lookout for strange 

 things in nature, peculiar trees or rock 

 formations, which are interesting in 

 themselves, especially when they re- 

 semble animals or human beings, or 

 have an odd or "freaky" appearance. A 

 leading manufacturer recently had an 

 advertisement that contained the pic- 

 ture of a tree so peculiarly shaped that 

 it resembled an elk's head. But these, 

 although interesting, and making a val- 

 uable addition to a side department of 

 the camerist's album, should by no 

 means be the primary or great under- 

 lying object in using a camera. 



A PECULIAR "STUNT" FOR A TREE. 



The immense weight of the upper part of the large 



limb at the curve, forming a "trap" or brace 



to support the weight. 



A WIDE BASE. 



Three small but very tall trees, mar Lake Everett, now called Lake Tonawanda, near Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 



were blown down in a storm, and this picture shows the enormous mass of roots and earth enclosed 



in the entwining roots, the size of which can lie judged by the size of the man standing in front. 



