GARDEN ACCESSORIES 



true that one's first decision in working with a 

 camera whose area of exposed film is, say, four or 

 five inches must be this: Shall the picture be on 

 Hues horizontal or lines perpendicular? To take 

 the most obvious illustration : tall spruces or pop- 

 lars cry aloud for a perpendicular framing of line; 

 apple-trees, round masses of shrubbery, for the 

 horizontal. So in using the camera in the formal 

 garden — a bit of high wall, tall cedars perhaps 

 against it, there is your photographic instruction, 

 your perpendicular hint most evident; lilies, fox- 

 glove, hollyhocks in groups suggest the same plan, 

 while reaches of little spring flowers photographed 

 for detail always need the horizontal position of 

 the plate or film, with, what is to me peculiarly 

 interesting, a high horizon line, well above the 

 centre of the plate. Round masses of phloxes, 

 Shasta daisies, usually mean the horizontal posi- 

 tion likewise. All depends upon the character of 

 the subjects to be photographed. In getting pic- 

 tures of whole gardens, too, the good photographer 

 always considers the general proportions. True, 

 if the height of garden subjects seems to exceed 

 the breadth, the perpendicular position is the only 

 one; if vice versa, the horizontal. It is not often 

 possible to photograph one's garden in its entirety, 



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