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Show SNAPSHOT CUILLk FLOWER PORTRAITS tj 'U-fe? (A Y- tlh'L' P"ny portr,,it. mid en dull May morninp;. t 110th second elen, '-22. A "portr.lt ttchment" made the close-up possible. FERE are few more tempting MeBes "iaa gardens In foil About this time of year snap-;er snap-;er by the thousand are suo to garden lure. They snap-Mly. snap-Mly. long-shots, close-ups ;'-etweens.... And the miracle " that o many of them get '"'is results ' t lt', not ral' Ur- Fl0er re "tern-Hon- ' ,ubJecU. Like some of ' darlln. tey make p'c only when the light-; light-; I made to suit their epe-JMrements. epe-JMrements. f" iftw1,'.'1 me dlscourage you. Jo ' tte trlck of making Var,drP0rtraIU 18 not hard t0 :s,it! win once you've ot l. yui" '"'a curl , mpIy rePy you for the 1: itou i"1 of flower Portraiture riST K"kMn-a,; K"kMn-a,; ' mean that flowers sel- 'irect Z0"4 plcture under a :et ten . "Un- The "ht be" l n t three of a summer's i,(r-bL;ntensi that you Ret an y r0,'01181 highlights ;ltCt, , ws- To cath the sub-,rka,(1'0'aower8, sub-,rka,(1'0'aower8, it Is better to 151 ! uri. "anti6 rays of the "y morning or late after-. after-. sm wt, - Ne i "ower Pictures can oat ehade' 011 brlghl kh u In the open on dull ;1 Of course, you'll have to adjust and operate your camera according to the light. Working in the shade, your camera naturally needs a little extra time to do its work, particularly particu-larly it-as is wise you use a small diaphragm opening. If your camera's cam-era's lens has a variable aperture, ranging from f.6.3 down to f.32, for example, use a very small opening, like t.32 and an exposure of 15 or second. (By the way. don't forget that you'll need a firm support for your camera when the exposure time is longer than 125 of a second.) You will doubtless want to take close-ups of some of the flowers. If your camera will not focus closer than ten feet, or thereabouts, get a portrait attachment (a simple, inexpensive inex-pensive lens that fits over the regular regu-lar lens). With it you can get very close to your subject, for striking and beautiful shots. Here's another trick. To make a particular flower or plant stand out vividly, get a big sheet of gray card-board card-board and stand It up back of the flower, far enough away so that it you are using direct sunlight no shadows fall on It. To catch the color values of flow-ers, flow-ers, you'll need to use the new panchromatic pan-chromatic film for amateurs. Pan-chromatic" Pan-chromatic" means the film is capable capa-ble of recording. In monochrome or course,.a wide range of colors. YoUr photo dealer will help you select the best film for your special needs. JOHN VAN GUILDER. |