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RECREATION 



tried to do without it, it was described in my 

 booklet as a very important part of the equip- 

 ment. It serves to equalize the light and 

 blend out any imperfections in the negative, 

 like flaws in the glass or specks in the film. 



Few will be so fortunate as to have a win- 

 dow with an unobstructed sky front and 

 without it a reflector outside the glass is 

 needed. A mirror is best, but a sheet of 

 white cardboard will answer; it should be 

 tilted to an angle of forty-five degrees, re- 

 flecting light from the zenith. Sharpness of 

 focus is very important, and I found I could 

 do best by using the largest stop and then 

 cutting down to about 32 for exposure. I 

 also use a reading glass when focusing. 1 

 tried a panel of ground glass in the center of 

 the board on which I pin the bromide paper, 

 but it was no 

 help to me. A 

 hard white pa- 

 per with glossy 

 surface, like 

 bristol board;, 

 worked best. 



If one has a 

 ray screen it 

 will be per- 

 fectly safe to 

 pin up the bro- 

 mide paper 

 while the pic- 

 ture is thrown 

 on it if the 

 screen is over 

 the lens; this 

 insures getting 

 just as much 

 or as little of 

 the negative as 

 you wish into 

 the print, and I 

 found it quite 

 an advantage. 

 Any yellow 

 glass will do 

 quite as well as the most expensive screen. 



I had so much of this work to do that I 

 made a kit which resembled a printing frame 

 with open back into which the negative and 

 ground glass were easily inserted and quickly 

 clamped. It slides in grooved wooden up- 

 rights on the end of a board to which the 

 camera and easel are firmly fixed. All three 

 being thus rigidly held in line, there is no 

 chance for "joggling" of the outfit. Also I 

 graduated the easel and camera slides and 

 keep a record for each negative, by which I 

 can duplicate the focus and the degree of en- 

 largement without going all over the original 

 experimenting every time. 



I made a square frame, fitting tightly 

 against the grooved slides, and attached it to 

 my window-shutter by a bellows of red felt. 

 Two hooks hold it firmly against the slides, 

 shutting out all white light, yet allowing the 



camera board to be tilted or swung and the 

 negative kit to be quickly removed or re- 

 placed. Some of these conveniences would 

 perhaps not be worth making if one is to 

 make but a few enlargements, but as soon as 

 you get where you can do really good work 

 you are likely to find quite a demand for en-> 

 largements from your best negatives. I sold 

 nearly a dozen, of a certain fine river scene. 

 My negatives are 2>Va x 4 l A, and I have not 

 been able to get satisfactory enlargements 

 from these on a larger scale than 10 x 12. 

 3V2 by 3^2' inches work well up to 8x10 

 inches. I prefer the warm tones of Royal 

 bromide paper for prints as large as 8x10 

 inches, but the detail comes out better with 

 Standard and Platino. The developer will 

 stand much more bromide solution than one 



would expect, 

 and I have 

 found its liberal 

 use helps to in- 

 crease the con- 

 trast. Finally, 

 do not expect 

 to get twelve 

 good enlarge- 

 ments out of a 

 dozen sheets of 

 bromide paper. 

 E. R. Plaisted, 

 Montpelier, 

 Vermont. 



KING BIRD AND NESTLINGS. 



Consolation Prize-Winner Recreation's Photographic Compe- 

 tition. Photograph by Mr. John M. Schreck, Buffalo, N. Y. 



COMMON SENSE 

 RULING. 



The Appel- 

 late Court of 

 1 1 1 i n o is has 

 just decided 

 that the public 

 has a right to 

 fish and hunt 

 o n navigable 

 waters without 

 regard to the 

 ownership of the land beneath. Under 

 the new ruling, any person may navigate the 

 waters of these preserves and fish or hunt 

 to their heart's content. 



The decision upholds the lower court. John 

 A. Schulte, owning 2,000 acres of submerged 

 lands, asked for an injunction restraining 

 Meredith Warren and others from fishing 

 and hunting over this tract. The court de- 

 nied the request. On Schulte's land there 

 were several lakes connecting with the Illi- 

 nois River and navigable for commercial pur- 

 poses. When the government put in a dam 

 below him these lakes overflowed perman- 

 ently and submerged his acres. 



The court held that a person navigating 

 a stream is not required to carry a chart to 

 determine where the limits of the bed of the 

 stream exists, that he may know whether 

 he is above private or public land. 



