Rebecca’s Camera

Rebecca and Angela join their teacher in the school garden. They borrow a small camera for their picture walk. They want to record something interesting among the flowers.

An orange butterfly settles on a pale flower beside the path. Rebecca lifts the camera carefully. She keeps its strap around her wrist, as the teacher showed her.

She takes a picture, but the butterfly looks dark on the little screen. The bright sun is behind the flower, and Rebecca cannot see the wings clearly.

Their teacher suggests looking from another place without touching the flower. Angela finds a clear spot beside the path. There, sunlight falls across the wings.

Rebecca moves slowly to that spot and holds the camera steady. This time the orange wings show clearly when she checks the picture on the screen.

Angela has a turn taking a picture of the flowers nearby. The girls compare their photographs. They notice how the light changes what they can see.

Back at the bench, they choose a butterfly picture to show their class. Their teacher helps them save it before they put the camera safely into its case.

Rebecca tells the class how changing her position helped. “We left the butterfly alone and still found a better view,” she says. She points to its bright wings.