266 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



because it happened to be the best group of that 

 flower which I had seen. I have photographed 

 them in swamps, standing to my knees in water. 

 I have photographed them in ponds and creeks, 

 where I had to do my focussing from a boat and 

 stand my tripod in the water, lengthening the 

 legs so that they could reach bottom. I have 

 photographed them in the deepest, darkest woods, 



Indian Pipes. 



in fields, salt marshes, dry woodlands, in fact 

 everywhere ; but I have never yet passed by a 

 flower because of its insignificance, and I have 

 found that some of those that appeared, at first 

 sight, to have very few artistic possibilities, made 

 some of the best pictures. 



If we are working to get together a collection 

 of flower negatives that will have value, we should 

 photograph everything in plant life, and not only 



