Do you keep your eyes open for odd and curious things which might be material for an "unusual picture" section in your snapshot album?
Watch for such subjects when you are on a picture-taking jaunt, and you may be surprised ay the thingy you find. Oddly twisted trees that look like old men—a freakish bit of architecture—a—wall-shadow that looks like a human face in profile—an unusually realistic scarecrow in a farmer's field—novel cloud forms— all these are candidates for the "unusual picture" collection.
Observe reflections, too. Picture the upside-down reflection of a building in water, Turn the picture right side up, and the water ripples look like heat waves. Extreme angle shots of some subjects, taken with camera pointed straight up or straight down, often produce weird effects. For example, put the camera on the floor at the bottom of a well-lighted circular staircase and take a "straight-up" shot—with short time exposure if you have a slow camera, lor a snapshot if your camera has a Shadows often produce picture oddities. Shadows of bars at the zoo may put a striped coat on a lion. Curved surfaces, such as a chrome ium bowl or convex mirror, produce oddly distorted reflections you can picture. And here's an idea: put a small subject such as a kitten or puppy on a glass-topped lawn table, and snap a picture from underneath. It you take care that the glass picks up no reflections, it will be invisible—and the subject will seem to be floating in air!
These pictures are fun—both to take and to show to your friends. A good collection of "guess what?" or "guess how?" pictures can provide hours of entertainment at a party. Build up a clever album of such snapshots; it's not hard, and you'll have pictures worth while.
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