The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-04
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Photography.
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The photographing Of small objects Is
class OF the pastIme that applies to.
the means employed rather than 70 the
END obtained. yet the means are so Slim
pie and the results so satisfactory that
a few words on this subject viii doubt.
less prove Interesting and novel This
class Of work has been very little. tried, 4
and the persons who understand II are
verify few. BY this method 1t Ia possible
to photograph knlck-knaclSs, cutios,
skeleton leaves. flowers, fruits and a.
myriad of smaller objects, the arrange
menr Of which forms problem Of Con-
siderable difficulty. This method lends
itself to use on wet days. and in wIntry
weather. and by the aid Of vertical
camera made at home one can place the
whole coMtrivance indoors near they
window and carry on most interesting
series of experiments, The apparatus
consists of the camera and the verticar
stand. This Inter is OF the simplest,
ard can be easily made. The camera
is placed on the top OF the stand with
the lens pointing down. About half way
down is an ordinary pane Of glass rest
ing horizontally on u string passing
round the stand with q turn taken
around every corner 10 prevent the
string slipping. AT the bottom Of the
stand Is placed sheet of gray or white
plotting paper. Ii IS sufficiently far
away from the lens of the camera to be
out of focus and does not appear In the
photograph. Everything is now ready,
and the subject II arranged on the
glass plate and a slowlsh plate is used
1t is good scheme 10 try several eX-.
posures on the same subject in order to
determine the right stop to use. In
lighting. use care to avoid reflection,
cross lights and shadows. Fl
NJ. Leon Vidal, editor Of the Mont
teur de la Photographic, suggests the
use of grained glass screen as the ba- 4
sis OF a new method OF printing. The
tendency Of modern Photographic work
has been towards the imitation Of en-
cravings. or water color drawings. NJ.
Vidal thinks that those in search OF
novel effects might find It worth their
while to make positive from an orig A
inal photographs negative and then
second negative through grained
screen. A grained print could thus be-
produced by the gumbichronate, car
bon, or other process, Its characterize
tic would be that Of e crayon drawing
upon rough paper. and It Is possible
that the process might lend itself very
effectively to thFee-GoioT Photographic
printing.
Amateurs occasionally want to vig-
nette prints, and the London ANA
teur" throws out the following hint to-
those who want variety OF sizes and
shapes which, though artistic, shall be
cheap. Commercial vignetting glasses
are rather expensive to buy, especially
when several similar ones are needed.
BY taking slow plates duplicates may
easily be made by contact printing at
night with artificial yellow light; or II
the worker is familiar with the carbon
process he can put It into service. The
first printing gives negative glass on
developing which can be used for pro-
ducing what Is termed an Egyptian
vignette. that is, a black instead Of
white shading at the edges.
By putting slow plate In contact
with the negative so obtained and de-
velOplng the ordinary vlgnettlng glass
Is obtained. And II necessary either or
both may be intensified so that you get
the utmost density. II a slight veil is
formed over the transparent part the
result will be that the printing will be
prolonged, but the veil may be removed
by the ferricyanlde Of potassium and
hypo reducer applied with tuft Of cot
ton wool. care being taken not to let the
reducer act on any other part than the
transparent parts. Use pyro soda de-
veloper with plenty of sodium sulphite,
so that you won't have a yellow stain.
a new process Of making colored
photographs is announced. and 1t is
said to be within Abe reach Of every
amateur. have Secured the details.
however and for one should hate to
be the amateur to attempt the new
method which comprehends several
colored pnrti-negativea to he assembled
and fastened together, says the Phlla-
delphia Press.
a brief description Of the new process
should be interesting ] Go not 30 Intot
the chemical details, but give the main
points with sufficient lucldIty, think,
10 enable a fair understanding Of the
plan,
Three negatives are to be made Of
the one subject, one through an orange
colored screen. These screens are pro-
duced by dyeing clear gelatlne plates
In tinted solutions, and the negatives
made through them reproduce only the
corresponding portions Of the land
scape.
The positive, or finished picture, sfto
be made on plates or films, preferably
in bichromate Of ammonia aud exposed
under the color negative. the exposure
varying from fifteen seconds to min
ute or two Three OF these positives are
made each and the three color mega
tlves being used to print from, one sfthr
the other.
The positives are then developed,
which means simply giving them a hot
water bath. this washing out the unnf-
fected portions Following this the
three are subjected to 10 per cent hy-
pc bath.
From this stage TO the finish IL only
step. The posltIves nre dyed, each
with the appropriate color-blue, red or
yellow, MS the case may be-theBe being
the Complementary colors and those
used for making the original screens.
The final stage In the process Is as
sembllng the three which are carefully
watched and lightly glued In position,
A picture so made may be Viewed MS n
transparency, or Il may be used rs n
lantern slide II the exposures and the
tlnting have been perfect, nm told
that the results are striklngly lifelike.
The finiHhcd picture can also he used
for Etcrcoscopic purposes, provided du-
pllcate pcsItlvcs nre made,
This process seems to me too much
like simply Uniting or painting pho
togTnph and from II to the production
Of the elusive cOlors Of nature on q sin
gle plate. which can be viewed with
| the naked eye and not through mn as
Bortmcnt NJ color screens. Ia d far cry.