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Show CAMERA TOPICS"! By T. T. Holden i1 1 Ir-'i III ' .- - ' Arthur Griffin proves that winter lime i. .till picture time with lhi p.cture.que Graflex photo of iciclei on a barn. WINTER'S BEAUTY PERFECT FOR PICTURE-TAKING Nature has a habit of making all her seasons beautiful, and Winter, by no means, takes a back seat to Autumn, Spring or Summer. Jewel-like, snow covered landscapes and pictures portraying portray-ing winter activities are fine grist for the photographer's camera. ) Exposures, as a rule, are much shorter for outdoor winter shots because the bright snow acts like a giant mirror in reflecting and intensifying the sun's rays. On bright days, your exposures would compare with brilliantly lit beach shutter speeds and lens opening. In any event, put the lens cap on and trip the shutter a few times to "warm up" the mechanism. mechan-ism. If you plan to do a l6t of outdoor winter work, it would be worth your while to have ypur camera winterized by your dealer. In taking outdoor landscapes, forget the time-worn and utterly false rule of having the sun always al-ways at your back. You 11 get many more interesting patterns and bring out the fine texture of the snow with sidelighting and backlighting. For this type of scenes about 1100 at rib or f22 on medium speed film. If you find you are constantly over-exposing despite precautions taken against it, your shutter, not yourself may be at fault. On cold days even the light oil in your shutter has a tendency to . congeal and make your shutter operate sluggishly. If you find this is the case, shorten your exposure ex-posure proportionately by experimenting experi-menting to arrive at the correct picture-taking, a Iens-snaae is almost al-most a must to prevent stray light rays from hitting your lens and fogging the film. An orange filter, too, helps considerably in bringing out detail and obtaining a pleasing amount of correction to light winter skies. Many prize-winning pictures have been made of winter scenes.. Take your camera out and try for some yourself. Graltrx thelo Di'trltr |