RECREATION. 



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INVISIBILITY OF THE OBVIOUS. 



It is strange that an operator is often 

 oblivious of the most obtrusive objects on 

 the focusing screen of the camera while in- 

 tent on getting accuracy of detail. His at- 

 tention is riveted on the portion of view 

 where the focus is set, while he is totally 

 blind to subjects which fairly thrust them- 

 selves before his vision ; and he is only 

 conscious of their presence when he de- 

 velops the plate, and they loom before his 

 astonished eyes. Especially is this the case 

 with objects in the immediate foreground. 

 His vision is charmed with the general ef- 

 fect of a landscape, while he does not see 

 the ugly branch of a tree in the foreground ; 

 ugly, because it is out of harmony, exagger- 

 ated and out of focus, covering, perhaps, 

 the vision which delighted his eyes. Thus 

 a fine picture is spoiled, because intensity 

 of interest in the beauty alone prevented 

 him from perceiving the disturbing element 

 in the composition. 



Sometimes the finished negative reveals 

 the fact that the operator has failed to 

 notice the conjunction of some distant ob- 

 ject with one near. A bush or tree, or even 

 a rail fence or post, appears on the plane 

 surface of the photograph as if it were an 

 essential part of the figure in the fore- 

 ground, often as if it were part of the head- 

 gear of a lovely maiden, rendering the pic- 

 ture ridiculous. 



The remedy for such mishaps is apparent. 

 Cultivate care and close observation of all 

 the parts of a scene and see that the rela- 

 tions of things are properly secured. — The 

 Camera. 



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