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RECREATION. 



AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



"For sport the lens is better than the gun." 



/ wish to make this department of the utmost 

 use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to 

 answer any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 

 ence in photography. 



26th 

 27th 

 28th 



29th 



THE PRIZE WINNERS. 



Recreation's 9th Annual Photo. Com- 

 petition closed- November 3pth, and the fol- 

 lowing list shows who drew the lucky num- 

 bers. 



The judges were A. L. A. Himmelright, 

 who is well known to Recreation readers 

 as a hunter, traveller and way up amateur 

 photographer ; T. E. Niles, managing editor 

 of the New York Evening Mail; and Frank 

 Presbrey, an all around art connoisseur. 



There were over 500 entries in this com- 

 petition, and manv of the pictures are of a 

 high order. The judges had -a difficult task 

 to select 29 of these for the prizes, and still 

 a more strenuous one to decide which of 

 these 29 should have the better prizes.. 

 These gentlemen, however, did their work 

 carefully and conscientiously, and their one 

 regret was and is. that they could not give 

 substantial recognition to a much larger 

 number of the competitors. - 



PRIZE WINNERS. . 



ist prize. Dead Bird, J. W. Tollmann. 

 2d Whose Flush? Return of the Fisher- 



man, In Bad Company and Returning 

 at Eventide, U. C. Wanner. 

 3d " A Visitor to the Cabin, A. W. Ras- 



mussen. -?■■■- 



4th Feeding in a Snowstorm and Shot with 



a Camera, T. M. Twitchell. 

 5th Young Kingfishers and Young Foxes, 



John.M. Schreck, 

 6th Jumping , Dog, H. P. Dahjen'. 



7th Live Wild Ptarmigan, Thomas Tugwell, 



Jr. - , - . - , . 



8th Morning Exercise, Warming Up, Nest- 



ing Time and The Chief Pleasure oi 

 Bathing, Jas. H. Miller. 

 Qth " American Magpie, A. W. Stevens. 

 10th " Live Wild Ptarmigan and Young 



Loon, A. H. Dunham, 

 nth The New Home, Bass Fishings What's 



Doing? and A Striking Pose, W. H. 

 Fisher. - ' ■ , . ■ 



1 2th " Wild Geese at Home, H. H. Dean. 

 13th " All Down But 7, M. F. Jones. - 

 14th " Expectations, J. H. Blackwood. 

 15th " Young Egrets in Nest, G. M. DeRose. 

 1 6th " Rounding the Buoy. W. H. Graffam. 

 17th Golden Winged Wood Peckers and 



Woodchuck and Two's Company, 

 Three's a Crowd, F. L. Libby. 

 1 8-th " Grasshopper on Thistle, R. H. Beebe. 

 19th "•'" A Messenger from Mars, H. W. 



Spooner. 

 20th " Hooked, W. Gibson. 

 21st Picnicking at the. Old Homestead and 



The Final Regatta, S. W. Matteson. 

 22d " Sora at Home, Capt. R. R. Raymond, 



U. S. A. 



23d " Saving the Dog a Cold Bath, Telling 



How It Happened, I Wish He Was 



Baked and A Skin Game, E. W. Ed- 



ington. 



24th " Prairie Chicken on Nest, Jos. Clemens. 



35th «« Young Redwinged Blackbird, We Want 



Otir" Mamma and A Young S'ong Spar- 

 row in Nest, H. G. Higbee. 

 How Did It Happen? M. A. Yauch. 

 Nest of Wild Turkey, E. F. Pope. 

 Nest of Killdeer Plover and Nest of 

 Bridge Pewee, W"< Stark. 

 Redpoll Linnet . on Nest, W\ A. B, 

 Sclaten 

 The following; Were highly commended: 



Drifting and Undecided, Mrs. J. W. Bussey. 



Spring, A Robin's Nest and Swans, J. H. Black' 

 wood. 



A Western Guide and Getting Supper, W. H. 

 Graffam. 



Four Abreast and Young Hawks, F. W. Dole. 



All in a Nutshell and The Early Bird, F. L. Libby. 



Waiting for Him to Jump and A High Dive, W. 

 H. Rowland. 



Garter Snake and Herring Gulls, H. G. Higbee. 



Saucy Maggie, Phoebe Bird on Nest, Blue Bird 

 at Home • and Young Bullock's Oriole, H. 

 C. MarkmaH; 



I See the Bunch, Fishing for 'Gators, Well Re- 

 trieved, W. N. Fisher. 



A Coming Brood of Quail, F. Chadwick. 



Kingbird at Nest, Young Bluebirds and Up in 

 a Balloon, R. H. Beebe. 



Nest of Redwinged Blackbirds", H. G. Phister, 



Working Their Passage, P." Zschule. 



Fighting It Out Down the Stretch, J. M. Schreck, 



It's the Bait'We.Need, F. G. Benson. 



-Silver Tips, Mrs. J. R. Wright. 



Leaving Home ' H. .Criswell. 



Butterfly, W. Yardley. 

 .A Brace of Wilson's Snipe, H. H. Fraser. 



Off for a Pay in f:e Woods, S. A_. White. 



Combining Business with 1 leasure, C. Bloom. 



I'm All Ready, Master, A. S. Howard. 



Landlocked Salmon, H. St. Clair Silver. 



Wide Awake, E. C. Stosick. 



Close Quarters, F. T. Brehin. 



A Crow's Nest, C. E. Brobst. 



A Woodland Tragedy, G. W. Damon. 



Comrades, J. W. Rupert. 



Butting In, E. F. Cowgill. 



The Assembly on the Farm, S. W. Matteson. 



Opossum, F. H. Shaw. 



A Willis -Creek Catfish, W. A. Whitecraft. 



A Woodchuck Family, F. S. Andrus. 



A. Wrecked Wagon Bridge, L. F. Weston. 



A 'Trio from the Hills, G. S. Hutchinson. 



Wolf- Hollow, W. A. Cady. 



A Skin Game, E. W. Edington. 



In Bid Company, U. C. Wanner. 



No Title, T. P, Hambly. 



No Title, W. Brewster, Sec. Jr. 



No Title, C. M. Whitney. : 



No Title, W. Ide. 



No Title,' Mrs. H. P. Gatch. 



No Title, -Chas. Vanderwelde. 



No Title, Chas. Vanderwelde. 



• The next competition opens May 1st, and will 



be conducted on somewhat different lines from the 



others-. 



It always affords me great pleasure tp 

 look over the : excellent reproductions of 

 most interesting photographs published in 

 Recreation, especially those entered in your 

 photo competitions, along with valuable 

 photographic information, making Recrea- 

 tion most desirable for those who believe 

 and practice that "For sport the lens is bet- 

 ter than the gun." 



"In Bad Company" was made with a 

 Pony Premo No. 6 camera, 6^x8^2 Plastig- 

 mat lens on a Seed portrait orthopaedic 

 plate, and printed on platinum paper; ex- 

 posure, 1-100 second. 



The picture shows the shooting of a 

 wild duck returning with the tame flock. 



