September, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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A poor illustration for a two-man trip story, since 
there is but one man in the picture and we know 
there should be two. Had the method followed in 
the picture at the right been used, the photograph 
would have well illustrated one of our many stops 
to admire the view along the ridge of the mountain 
A good illustration for a two-man trip story, as it 
shows TWO men. as well as the method by which 
they traveled, and how their tent and equipment was 
carried. Made by means of the “automatic tripper” 
mentioned in the text, the cycles being mounted five 
seconds before the shutter was due to be released 
us that saw the picture would have ex¬ 
claimed, “Say, now that s darn good, that 
fellow’s doing the same thing I did when 
I brought down the big fellow in Moose 
Creek.” That’s the kind of pictures you 
want; none of your “Me und Gott” stuff— 
we’re shooting that kind of an animal 
with machine guns today! 
VENTURE to say that any num¬ 
ber of illustrations of the foregoing 
errors will be found among the 
Elections of outing pictures in our 
ilbums, as observation of thousands 
>f prints from sportsmen the country 
iver show the same tendency towards 
inder-exposure and lack of sponta- 
leity. While these two are the most 
faring sins, there are other little 
liceties well worth attention. If a 
•arn covers a trip in which but two 
)r three men take part, it is logical to 
issume that they will be together most 
)f the time, especially around camp. 
'f pictures are shown of but two of 
he three, for instance, the person 
ooking at the picture will realize that 
me member is not shown, as he was 
Dandling the camera. Somehow or 
Dther, we have come to expect to see 
nctures made in this fashion, simply 
>ecause heretofore we always have 
;een them that way. But consider 
:wo pictures placed side by side as in 
he picture above, bearing in mind that 
Doth were made on “two-man” trips, 
rhat at the left was made on the ridge 
road on top of Mt. Greylock, in the 
Berkshires, the highest point reached 
an a delightful cycle tour which cir- 
:led the Mohawk Trail. The picture 
is incomplete because, whereas both 
my friend and myself dismounted , 
:very few hundred feet along the road 
to admire the view, the picture plainly 
indicates the absence of one man. 
When you stop to analyze the print, 
you cannot help feeling this way. 
Now take the view at the right; pho¬ 
tographically it is not as interesting as the 
other, perhaps, but when you consider that 
it is used to illustrate the method of travel 
of two men on a tour of the North Shore, 
you sense its completeness, even though 
you may not realize that it whs not made 
by a third person. It was made by means 
of the automatic tripper mentioned in “The 
Use of the Sportsman’s Camera,” in the 
August Forest and Stream, and for those 
who wish to put the greatest amount of 
punch in their story telling pictures, there 
is no single accessory that will help 
more in this respect. The tripper is 
the size of a fountain pen, and will 
fit the antinous release on modern 
shutters. 
Another element entering into the 
production of our story telling picture 
is action. Most naturally, pictures show¬ 
ing the hunter or fisherman in pur¬ 
suit of his quarry will show more or 
less action, but most of us picture the 
camp itself as a place where the va¬ 
rious members of the party sit around 
like a tribe of wooden Indians. Gen¬ 
erally speaking, every man in camp 
has his particular duties; in our story 
we mention this fact—in our pictures 
we should surely have “close-ups” 
showing each member at his task, ap¬ 
parently unmindful of the camera. 
There is more or less fun and horse¬ 
play around camp, too, for a grown 
man is no more than a frisky young¬ 
ster when he is in the woods, out of 
sight of his mother-in-law and his 
next door neighbors. A lively tussle 
the first thing in the morning takes 
the kinks out of a chap’s back and 
starts the blood circulating in fine 
shape; you have started a row with 
one of your pals for that purpose 
more than once—it is one of the little 
human interest details of camp life 
worth picturing, and it adds action to 
your story. Do not be afraid to take 
unposed pictures. 
Light, fluffy clouds outlined against a deep 
blue sky must be recorded on the photograph 
if it is to be used to illustrate that part of a 
story that tells of wonderful country and beau¬ 
tiful coloring. This photograph would have 
been dead had the clouds in the sky been miss¬ 
ing. The ray filter made the cloud detail pos¬ 
sible; without it failure would result 
A NOTHER detail too often over¬ 
looked is the matter of values 
of colors, as expressed on our 
prints in black, white, and intermediate 
tones. The sportsman need concern 
himself but little in this direction, un- 
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