The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-22
viii overdraw at Bank.
Failure of Color Photography.
From Harper's Weekly.

Color photography does not seem to
be making he Roadway that was ex-
pected of it 6. while ago The discov-
cry of the means to photograph objects
In their natural colors created much
enthusiasm, but nobody has ever dis
covered how to transfer these colors
from the negative to the printing pa
per. Each photograph, therefore, ne
ce~ssitates a separate exposure. AS
this exposure Is longer than for an or
binary photograph. it requires a great
deal Of time. Finally, when the color
auce a good one-is finished, there must
be a special holder to show the picture
off. The true effect of the color pho
tegraph Is not brought out unless the
plate Is held against a strong light, and
any holder has to be especially made
and is costly.
Ths men who ave worked in color
photography say hat there is also g.
technicality of exposure that is both
| ersome. No one as yet seems to have
obtained precisely the proper light con-
ditions for a studio portrait or picture.
| BY good luck some fairly satisfactory
results may be reached, but they are
with.
Outdoors 1t Is a different matter.
There the conditions are better and the
>rcentage Of success is greater. Por-
.xatts, In h stronger outdoor light, are
more satisfactory, and they have the
added advantage Of an infinite variety
| Of garden and other backgrounds. Some
beautiful work in this line has been
done. n even finer results have been
secured in landscapes. One Of the men
who have been specializing in this line
| goes around among the better class of
suburban places, and has no particular
trouble in getting $50 for a set of plates
with special holders.
For Illustration work the color mega
tive has found a fixed place, and It
will be IN increased demand until the
photographers great final problem. the
making of q plate that will print any
number of impressions in color, is
solved. At the present its chief use IS
as a key or guide 20 color printing on
the press. It's use in this respect is
sven now important. Suppose, for in
stance, a dealer Is laying out a nursery
or seed catalog to issue next Janu-
ary and wants half a dozen fine color
Illustrations in it. The old way would
have been to pay an artist q big price
to paint the flowers il. oil or water COL
ors and Their to turn this picture over
to the photographer as a model. The
new way is for the dealer to have a
color plate made for a key and also a
plain photograph OF the same object, at
much less expense, and let the me- ker
of the new process color cuts work it
all out for him.
For the lantern slide the color plate
has IT'S limitations. It cannot be mag
nifed beyond a certain point with good
results. Also there must be a stronger
light than usual. to bring out the colors
and in getting the stronger light the
operator is apt to crack the glass with
the heat. The ordinary lantern slide
can be replaced again from the orig
inal, but If a color plate is broken that
is the end OF 1t unless the operator has
gone to the pains and expense OF MAX
Ing more than one exposure. Sometimes
this is out OF the question; for the rea-
son that the necessary conditions can
not be prolonged.