Show Bo Davit s i How Bow a Flower Behaves at the Moment Moment Moment Mo Mo- ment of Its Birth ISLAND INTER-ISLAND AIR WAYS OVER MAUI MAUl II I. I T ISN'T often that I corner a IT victim where he cant can't escape I Out of Honolulu destination the Island of Main second largest in inthe inthe inthe the Hawaiian group I reached the airport just in time to scramble into the tail pit and take the last scat seat Across from me sat a roly-poly roly red faced man with sky blue blueeyes blueeyes blueeyes eyes and a contagious smile No the sooner had we slipped from earth than he began to fuss with witha a sixteen-millimeter sixteen motion picture camera Another nut thought I. I Why pictures of the sea Blue dont don't photograph well anyhow Presently I discovered that he was Vas supplied with films for taking natural color That settled it he must be a millionaire gone daffy over the rainbow racket They come high these technicolor technicolor I color experiments I remarked Very especially if you dont don't know what youre you're doing he replied replied replied re re- re- re plied fumbling around in his upper vest pocket from which he resurrected resurrected resurrected a card that he passed over overto overto to me Ive sort of gotten by that I phase hase of photography Business with me now Lord of the Lens I glanced at the bristol Arthur ArthurC C. C Pillsbury Luckily for me Here two thousand feet in the air unprotected one might say and no place to go was the wizard who had with his camera juggled the spectrum and given the laugh to the fourth dimension A naturalist scientist inventor explorer and Lord of the Lens With his camera he made explorations in plant and animal l life e that place him among the eminent Fate had delivered I him into my hands Sorry Mr I Pillsbury I said but youre you're the theman theman man I have long wished to talk I with I j About what he asked continuIng 1 Ing ling his manipulation of the camera I Flower photography Oh yes Ive I've heard your lecture but there is t another r pha phase not e entirely photo photo- I graphic which you alone can ex ex- plain And that is the resemblance that flowers bear to human beings particularly in their behavior when they are in the act of blossoming More frequently perhaps than any other man you have witnessed this I miracle I Ask your questions I will reply to the best of my knowledge I Name the most heroic the most I modest the most flirtatious the most deliberate the most majestic flowers that you have observed through the camera Up forward on a sixteen passenger passenger pas- pas Benger plane the propellers make considerable noise luckily for me cut down GO 60 per cent in the tail seats Mr Pillsbury came across per cent Tiger Lily Is Bombastic If you want to put it that way the most heroic or the most bombastic bomI bombastic bom bom- I bas bastic tic perhaps would suit better the tiger lily heads the list he said When U it is ready to come forth there is a visible straining of the petals all of which cling to together together together to- to gether from base to tip In the i struggle they split down the sides but remain apparently fastened at atthe atthe atthe the top Rampant to emerge the tiger lily already disclosing a a al wealth of color within the petals displays what amounts to physical resistance Most modest is the morning glory unfolding slowly like something something something some some- thing startled at the coming of sunlight her petals expanding with rhythmic deliberation At Atthe Atthe Atthe the sight of the world she retires behind her silken blinds and is for for- gotten With the morning glory I associate the daisy for the very reason that the latter combines a playfulness with her good breeding i I Deliberate is the rose fashioned to beautify y with the solidarity of her color and the perfection of her form she emerges with stateliness the more magnificent because of its fullness How Magician l Works Yorks I The uThe sw swiftest test blooming flower Is the Cup of Gold which attains its I maximum beauty here in Hawaii i Fifteen minutes after the Cup begins begins begins be be- gins to appear she is out in fullI full I plumage On the screen through I pictures run at the rate of twenty- twenty four exposures a second this entire transaction in the blossoming of the Gold Cup will consume about forty-five forty seconds I In flower photography designed to show the actual blossoming do you work outdoors Never Wind Vind sunlight shadows vs etc are never stationary Only in inthe inthe inthe the studio under electric lights equalized temperatures and artificial artificial artificial cial conditions can perfect photography photography photography raphy in natural colors be guar guar- When a specimen flower is about to bloom I make an exposure every five seconds for a certain 1 x and then an exposure every two seconds The camera works automatically for one day of ty-four ty hours and the picture is isI shown on the screen at the rate of I twenty-four twenty exposures a second e 0 Western Newspaper Union |