light or shade or sharply lighted or objectionable details 

 appear in the background. A person or an aninaal un- 

 obtrusively introduced adds interest and helps the reader 

 interpret the size of objects (fig. '8). Avoid upended pictures, 

 such as can result when you photograph from a point above 

 the subject (fig. 9). Keep the horizon on even keel in outdoor 

 shots, and do not permit horizontal lines, as where sky 

 and earth or sky and sea meet, to divide your photograph in 

 half. Avoid taking a picture so that your subject appears to 

 be transfixed by a vertical line. 



Submit your photographs on glossy paper, preferably 

 8-by- 10-inch enlargements. Do not trinci the photographs, 

 but indicate the cropping you think desirable along the white 

 edges of the print. Photographs may be attached along their 

 upper edge to a heavy paper or cardboard by means of 

 acetate tape. They must not be pasted down. 



Figure 8.--The photographer has largely eliminated extraneous details by a crit- 

 ically sharp focus and position of the dominant subject. The picture showsaction, 

 includes a human figure for interest and scale, but does not detract from the main 

 purpose--the pump and distribution of water. The horizon has been kept high and 

 does not divide the picture in half, and the background is subdued. 



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