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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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(Solidago) in Maryland that Ihave ever seen in my life. Many Monarchs were restinghere and there on the flower-tops of these elegant Golden-rods,to the number of three or four, in some instances, on each.Having, with my wife, enjoyed the sight for awhile, I caughta couple of the handsomest specimens with my fingers, placingeach separately in envelopes I carried for the purpose. Nextday, in my study, they were in exactly as perfect a conditionas when taken, and fully as vigorous. Fastening a piece ofthe Golden-rod in front of a white sheet of blotting-paper, Ifocussed it on the ground-glass of a 5x8 camera, with a stopnext to the full opening. Then, very gently and very adroitlyI induced the two butterflies to rest upon it in such a way thatthe sides of their wings were practically parallel to the planeof the ground-glass. In a second or two they settled them-selves in normal poses, and during that time a very small stopwas inserted for the exposure. Side-reflection was obtained by 174
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Figure 3. MONARCH BUTTERFLIES ON GOLDEN-ROD. Illustrating article Technical and Artistic Butterfly Photography, byDr. R. W. Shufeldt, C.M.Z.S. 175 another sheet of white blotting-paper. When satisfied as tothe light, I made an exposure of fifteen seconds, using a blue-label Hammer instantaneous, and the result is reproduced inFigure 3,^—a far more pleasing one to me than what we havein Figure 2. For many years I have published butterfly pictures un-colored, having made no attempt to color them until the springof 1915, when I commenced to do so, using for the purposethe now celebrated Peerless Japanese Transparent WaterColors, which are self-blending, and in every way suitable forthe work. They give a great range of colors and tints, andwith a very little practice satisfactory results may be obtainedin reproduction by means of the three- or four-colored process.At this time I am publishing in Blue-bird of Cleveland, aseries of articles on the Eggs of North American WaterBirds. The pl

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