The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-30

q work win be criticised and sugges-
tons made,
Under the heading of Failures" Lu-
Glen p. I. TulI writes the following in
The Mail and Express;
WAY the photographs made by anna
teugs ave not all good and few are per-
feet, may be a profitable question to dis
cuss, and some of the causes pointed
out.
Many failures are the result OF choice
az subject; it is not suitable, has no in
terest for anybody; in short, the picture
was made simply because the person
making II wanted to expose another
plate. Remedy-don't do II. The point
Of view Is responsible for others, Much
could be written on this subject, but
one will suffice, Suppose one wishes TO
make q view Of a statue In a park
Ninety persons in a hundred rush out
So the blazing sun, focus their camera,
and, without u thought except TO see
that the statue comes within the Held
of the lens, snap the shutter and so
their way. The other ten walk around
Il, and examine II from different points
~
building as q background, and looking
for the best effect OF light focus care
fully, decide what length OF exposure
10 give, and having exposed their plates.
close their shutters aud depart, Don't
hesitate TO move your camera, even IL
you are all ready TO expose, IL on NOV
ing few feet In one direction or. an
Other-and a few feet Will sometimes
make a great difference In the view
you see the effect is better than IRON
where you were standing.
Failures in exposure are among the
most common. The different subjects
require such different treatment that
one should accustom himself TO esti-
mating the time TO expose from the APP
pearance of the image rs shown on the
ground glass. In this way, and by
keeping record of every exposure
made, one viii soon BECOME expert and
make very few mistakes.
Don't make snapshot exposures on
dull days, and shadowy subjects. and
expect the best results. II generally
means another failure. Developing Is
another cause. Don't be afraid to leave
the negative In the developer until II
has acquired density, II You take It out
too soon, YOU viii find the plate may
have all the details visible, but VIII be
80 thin that 1t Is impossible to obtain a
good print from Il. II you had left II In
the developer another fve minutes, II
would have made a fine negative, and
you would have mad one less failure.
Over-developlng, too, Is sometimes a
cause. II generally occurs with a plate
Of medium speed and should be avoid
ed, because il makes toGdense u mega
tive to produce good print, and also
takes much longer time 10 print. Fog,
too. is a cause, and may be caused by
many things HoldlLg the plate too
near the light when filing the holders,
or too much light, or an unsuitable
color in the dark room. Not being care
full about Inserting the slide In the plate
holder is frequent cause. The plate
holder has little Hap inside that closes
when the slide is withdrawn, and II the
corner OF the slide is inserted instead
Of. the whole end. the little Hap is OPEN
ed It's whole length and let's light in.
resulting in q streak Of fog across that
end OF the plate. Then, in developing,
fog may be caused by want OF cleanli-
pess; nlittle hypo on the hands, or 4
crop in the developing dish will cause
fog as surely as exposure to Hight.
Then. TOD much aIkali In the developer
will cause decided trace Of fog.