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RECREATION, 



posure. His shame had gone farther than 

 his fame. Publicly denounced and held up 

 as the vilest of the vile, he was utterly 

 crushed. The first blow was terrible in its 

 unjustness. He had not buoyancy enough, 

 self-assertion enough, to recover. But his 

 friends rallied round him. The Blaatter 

 came out with a stinging retort, that the 

 Eastern editor never saw. It did old 

 Daddy some good, but could not reinstate 

 him. The old man was forever shut up on 

 the subject of ducking. The last light of 



his dull, grocerman life was quenched, and 

 he went his way as before, but everyone 

 could see he was a changed man. He was 

 carrying a load that could not be talked 

 away. No wonder his friend who lent him 

 the gun swore. 



"I'd rather 1,000 real game hogs should 

 go unscorched than to see a nice, harmless, 

 old man like that all broken up with an un- 

 just roast! If I ever get a chance I'll — " 



He didn't say what, but all the town 

 knew and said they would, too. 



MADAME WOODCOCK AT HOME. 



HOMER G. GOSNEY. 



I send you herewith a photo of a 

 mother woodcock and her nest. She is 

 still here, and nothing would please me 

 more than to take you to her nest and 

 give you a chance to look at her, I don't 

 bother her 

 much, for I 

 should like to 

 get another 

 shot at her and 

 the chicks, af- 

 ter they come 

 out. That, 

 however, 

 would be a 

 hard negative 

 to get, for they 

 fly when they 

 are no larger 

 than bumble 

 bees. 



Please enter 

 this picture in 

 your contest. It 

 was taken with 

 a P r e m o B 

 4x5 ; Eastman 

 extra rapid 

 plate, with tel- 

 ephoto attach- 

 ment. Developed with weak pyro 

 posure. 4 seconds, wide open 

 Camera about 5 feet from nest. The posi- 

 tion of the nest made it hard to photo- 

 graph, and the set of the tripod legs threw 

 the camera in such a position that the 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY HOMER P GOSNEY 



Ex- 

 lens. 



bird looks higher than her nest, while she 

 is just opposite and on a level with it. In 

 photographing the nest I threw my focus- 

 ing cloth over a few twigs to prevent the 

 sun from shining on them when the ex- 



posure was 

 made. 



I f amateurs 

 would quit 

 their random 

 shooting 

 at c o m m 011- 

 place subjects, 

 go into the 

 woods, study 

 the birds and 

 cultivate them 

 they would find 

 this work more 

 interesting and 

 profitable. 

 When the birds 

 learn you bear 

 them no harm 

 you will be 

 surprised to see 

 how tame they 

 become, and 

 you will find 

 more material 

 to work on than you had ever dreamed of. 

 Don't try to photograph birds with a fixed 

 focus lens. A long focus is much bet- 

 ter. Don't take anyone with you. Go 

 alone and make as little noise as pos- 

 sible. 



