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FOREST AND STREAM. 
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A PASTIME. 
With the advent of the falling autumnal leaf 
the peregrinations of the amateur photographer, 
as he pushes his way through the trackless 
avenues of nature, become invested with sur¬ 
passing interest, said a correspondent to 
Forest and Stream of Dec. 12, 1889. When 
old Mother Earth begins to robe herself in the 
cerements of crimson and yellow and the grand 
old forests drop upon her bosom the brown 
garments of .decay, it is then that the knight of 
the tripod is in his glory. 
The wonderful growth of amateur pho 
tography as a popular outdoor pastime illus¬ 
trates in a marked degree the elevating tenden¬ 
cies of the modern devices for health-giving 
recreation. To the lover of those polite di¬ 
versions that are devoid of the elements of dar¬ 
ing adventure and the prowess of reckless ex¬ 
posure the study of field photography presents 
attractions that are incomparably superior to 
those of other outdoor pastimes. 
Photography enjoys an acknowledged su¬ 
premacy over all other outdoor sports in that 
it cultivates the finer instincts and depends not 
for its fascinating features upon any exhibition 
of physical hardihood or athletic training. The 
pursuit of the pastime is beyond question en¬ 
nobling and refining in its influence. It de¬ 
velops a keen and artistic eye for the beauti¬ 
ful in nature. Through the mystic and en¬ 
chanting alchemy of the dark room, it brings 
the receptive mind into close contact with the 
great Artist who has filled the earth and sky 
which such regal beauty. 
The whole realm of nature with its green 
fields and woodland symposium of daisies and 
buttercups, its babbling brooks, where the laugh¬ 
ing rivulets go clattering with their silver heels 
over the stony depths and the nodding lilies 
drink in copious libations from the perpetual 
fount—all this is the kingdom of the amateur 
photographer. 
The pastime is one that not only conduces to 
physical exhilaration, but, through the fascinat¬ 
ing mystery of its results, it engages our ad¬ 
miration and enlists our ripest mental endeavor. 
Other outdoor sports are largely calculated for 
the development of the body without rendering 
to the mind any adequate recompense. More¬ 
over, such pastimes as hunting, fishing, lawn 
tennis and baseball combine elements of rough¬ 
ness that are incompatible with the refined 
delicacy of the gentler sex. Photography is a 
recreation admirably adapted to both sexes. 
Those who imagine that outdoor photography 
is a mere sport are laboring under a lamentable 
misapprehension of the scope of this delectable 
diversion. Photography is a study; and to that 
fact.it is indebted in a large measure for many 
of its elements of irresistible charm. Pure 
physical exercise is not satisfying to the culti¬ 
vated mind. The pastime that makes only 
brawn and muscle does not adequately fulfill 
the requirements of a perfect ideal American 
pastime. 
To the young man or young woman who 
seeks mere sport, photography will be a vexa¬ 
tious disappointment. Its tedious details can¬ 
not be mastered in one summer. To the patient 
student who is willing to give th it a fair 
allowance of time and study it has a fund of 
pleasure that is constant and exhaustless. 
He who is gifted by nature with an instinct 
for discerning the beautiful and is endowed with 
some inventive faculty, will find the rarest en¬ 
joyment in photography. No lunkhead ever 
made a success of it or thoroughly enjoyed it. 
Not every one who can wield a lawn-tennis 
racquet can develop a good negative or make 
a perfect exposure. 
Those who contemplate joining the grand 
army of amateur photographers should be ad¬ 
monished that the only true satisfaction is to 
be derived from a camera that has been made 
for the professional artist. The average “ama¬ 
teur outfit” is to be abhorred by those who 
would be en rapport with the beautiful art. If 
you want a camera it is advisable to go or send 
to a photograp'hic stock house and purchase a 
good instrument that will be a constant source 
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