Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-06
PHOTOGRAPHS ON APPLES.
Surprising Richness Of Color and
Wealth Of Detail Secured.

Surprising Richness OF Color and
Wealth Of Detail Secured.
II Is u simple matter TO print photo
graphs upon the ordinary red apple.
the tomato and smooth skinned pump
kin II one goes about II in the right
way. In addition to the process being
most simple. there is no expense in
CURED. not even for so cheap a chem
Teal as hypo. as no chemical or water
Is required. while the resultant prints
can only be said TO be as permanent
as the support on which the image Is
formed The skin of an apple. tomato
or pumpkin. particularly ut a certain
stage OF its rlpenlng bears Il strong
resemblance to our Photographic plates
and printing paper for lie reason that
II IL sensitive TO light. II is this sensl-
tiveness TO light that causes the side
exposed to the sun to burn red or
yellow. and. rs one can often notice.
where leaf intervenes to cut of the
light close 10 the pumpkin. apple or
tomato It Will print an outline OF It.
self silhouette. as II were In green
upon the red or yellow ground II was
through noticing this that conceived
the idea OF printing from a negative
upon the same surface My first at
tempt was with apples. | first hunted
out an apple having n leaf close 10 its
surface. placed piece OF glass be-
meath the leaf and on II cut my initials
with a sharp knife. ! then removed
the glass and pasted the leaf firmly
to the apple SO It would not be blown
away by the wind and left II for
week
A. the end Of that time took the
apple. soaked on the leaf and found
my initials in bright red on light
green ground having the outline OF the
leaf My success prompted me TO try
an actual photograph or one printed
from photograph negative To this
end selected some apples NJ the red
variety that were vet green and en-
cased them IN bags made Of the black
paper In which plates and paper are
usually packed These bags were left
on for ten lnys 10 exclude the light
and add a. the Sensitiveuess OF the
surface AZ the end of this time the
bags were removed and iilm negatives
were pastel 10 position by using the
white OF an cgS This white Of an egg
| found later To he the only adhesive
that would not show In the print. In
order that all except the image when
printed might Ice green the apples
We're again lnclnScd IN the protecting
bags, this tim" an opening II little larger
than the portrait being cut opposite the
film This acted much as would q
yignetting device over printing frame
and greatly enhanced the results 9th
er apples were given negatives made
by scratching monograms. Initials and
sketches In spoiled films with an etch
ing knife and attached In the same
manner and provided with the same
protection for the remainder of the sur
face The richness OF color and wealth
OF detail that can bc secured In this
way are really astonishing am tempt
ed TO say that the results are superior
to any that could lie obtained on pho
tographic papers y week was allowed
for printing The line deep red OF the
picture upon the delicate green OF the
ground must be seen to bc fully appre
clated only nature could give just
the exact tones of the two colors that
would harmonic so perfectly The
method for printing on tomatoes or
pumpkins Is the same as for apples.
hope that others will try the expert
ment. and can assure them that they
will be amply repaid for their trouble.
st Nicholas.