Photographing Wild Flowers 



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after doing this as much as possible by the use 

 of the swing-back, by stopping down the lens. 

 It will sometimes be found necessary to stop it 

 down, nearly if not quite to its smallest opening. 

 This, of course, will necessitate a long exposure, 



Common Purple Violets. 



and we must take our chances that the wind will 

 not move the flowers during it, for every flower 

 of the group should always be in perfectly sharp 

 focus, and also as much of the surroundings as 

 it is possible to have. It can readily be seen 

 that a day upon which there is any wind is a 

 poor one for this work, and those flowers whose 



