Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-26
.FREAKISH PHOTOS
Moonlight Effects Obtained by
Taxing the Sun.

Moonlight effects In photography are
rcuernlly gained 10y tTickery. OF
course it is possible TO take photo
graphs by moonlight. the exposure va
ryirg from thirty minutes to two
hours. The results. however. are rare
~ satisfactory. owing to the move
ment Of the shadows producing
blurred effect in the finished print. To
obtain a moonlight picture of the APP
proved sort-a fine cloud effect with
the moon casting ii long line of bril-
liant light upon water-special prepara-
tons must be made.
A rather cloudy sunset must be
chosen. Then when the sun drops low
on the horizon AMI is partly obScured
by the cloud bank one seizes the op-
portunity to secure snapshot (the
lens being well stopped DOWN. right
into the eve OF the light. The plate
thus obtained should be slightly IN
derdeveloped. II all has gone well the
resulting negative will supply a picture
exactly resembling n moonlight effect.
and by carefully cumming small cir
Gle OF opaque paper upon the film one
is able 10 print out the moon" into
the bargain.
Photographs In which the snow ap-
pears to be falling are usually produc-
ed by artificial means. II the subject
is 10 be portrait the sitter should be
CARRIED appropriately and placed be
fore a wintry background. When the
l.. Ia Al
and well vanished. then placed hat
upon n table with the film side upper
most. Take a soft toothbrush charged
with rntber thick india ink ard car
mine mixed up with water and draw
II over the teeth OF the comb. which
should be held some little distance
from the negative. II this operation
IS carefully aged the result will be
an irregular scattering of the pigment
upon the vanished film, and when this
is dry n print will be produced which
looks just as though the negative had
been taken IN a snowstorm.
Photographs OF the class in which
ghosts or visions appear may be FAX
ell in several ways. The FIRST of these
may be described in the duplicate ex-
pOsure method. Suppose. for example.
we wish TO photograph n man inside
bottle which will hold no more than
pint Of liquid. To accomplish this ap-
pnreutly impossible feat proceed as
follows: First photograph the bottle
standing upon n duh black support and
with similar background. While To-
cusiug take care TO mark ont what wifi
he the bottles boundaries on the plate
10y fixing littlc pieces Of gummed paper
10 the ground glass screen OF the cam
era. Then get your man TO stand or
sit In n chair upon n black cloth with
n smooth black curtain behind him.
Focus upon him so that be falls within
The boundaries Of the bottle. this be-
ing easily managed by meanS.-of the
Cummed paper guides. Finally expose
the plate which has already been nsed
10 photograph the bottle. and when
this IS developed your friend will duly
nppear-inside
This method will be found in prac-
tice to explain many pictures which at
first seem very astonishing. To make
vision fake" arrange a little scene.
such as bare room with an empty
hearth. with your model sitting list
lessly In the foreground. Make your
first exposure on this scene. being care
ful TO mark out on the ground glass
screen the space into which the vision
must fall. 4 dark curtain or dark
woodwork should occupy this space
in the first picture. Now procure a