302 Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist 



If a portion of sky is included in a picture, 

 always remember that the beauty of that picture 

 will be greatly enhanced if we wait for an oppor- 

 tunity to get some clouds in the sky, for a glaring 

 white sky invariably spoils what might otherwise 

 be a very pleasing effect. 



Many otherwise good woodland views are often 

 marred, if not entirely ruined, by improper 

 lighting. It is the generally preconceived idea of 

 most beginners that the sun should be shining 

 directly in the direction that the picture is taken 

 and that the angle of the sun's rays and the point 

 of sight through the lens should be, at the most, 

 but a few degrees apart. As a matter of fact this 

 is all entirely wrong, and the pictures thus ob- 

 tained are never so satisfactory as they might be. 



Depth of prospective is best shown through the 

 medium of shading, and this is best obtained by 

 so placing the camera as to bring the sun from 

 forty-five to sixty degrees from the point of sight. 

 This causes the shadows of the trees to fall at 

 right angles to or slightly pointing toward the 

 camera and gives a realistic charm to the picture 

 that can be obtained in no other way. Of course, 

 the middle of the day is a bad time for forest 

 photography, for, the sun being directly overhead, 

 the lighting is exceedingly flat. Early morning 

 or late afternoon, when the shadows are long, is 

 the best time. 



