The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-20

tamples OF coIored landscape work
we're exhibited to advertise d neWIyI
invented paper which represents the
greatest advance yet made IN photo
supplies This exposition was attend
/ ed by nearly a quarter or a million
people and represented all the lead
ing manufacturers Of Photographs
supplies In the world. Pictures rep
lresening every type OF photograph
were shown. from Daguerre down to
the attempts at six color work which
as yet is regarded as the insoluble
problem in the art ~
Outdoor otogra ply has received
wonderful impetus from the war.
and many new devices are being
called into service to produce quick
results. One Of the most renarkableI
IS the rocket camera invented by a
Saxon named Maui. "A special rocket.
about two feet long and Weighing
about eighty pounds, is attached tD =
small military camera lit is mounted
upon special support, and shot to a
height Of 1000 feet by means Of a
single electrically-ignit powder
charge. AS it turns to fall, an expos
ure is made by an electro-pneumatics
shutter which is worked by small
battery. 1nstantan eously with the ex-
tposure8 a small parachute opens and
holds the camera thirty feet above the
rocket. while the entire apparatus is
lowered gently to the ground. This
instrument has proved it's value IN
producing distinct photographs. in
GLIDING even moving figures. about
seven inches square.
! The camera in the hands of an ex-
pert may be made to perform 50 many
strange feats that the old conception
regarding its truthfulness cannot be
relied upon Pictures Of gigantic
/ bbages and other vegetable which
sometimes adorns seed catalogues. may
be the product of a clever manlpula-
|:tion in perspective The fisherman,
who wants TO make his six inch fish
Fapepar as monster, will have the
camera brought near to it with the
large object he wishes compared with
lit a suitable distance away. In this
way his fish may be shown as large
as the man himself and he vii have q
photograph to prove It.
skilfll Photographic may alter
negative to produce various strange
results: a snow storm 7 y. scene maybe
secured by taking finished film OF q
winter landscape and placing 1t fiat
upon the table and scattering it with !
e. mixture of India ink and carmen,I
by drawing a tooth brush charged
with the mixture across the teeth of q
fine tooth comb If skil1fully done. a |!
scattering OF ink will cover the film,
and give the effect of falling snow in |
the print.
a moonlight effect can be obtained
from a cloudy sunset. The. photog-
rapher will take a quick shot right
into the center of the light, when the /
sun IS partially obscured. He will |
leave his plate partially undo veloped. i
The NEGATIVE RESULT Will rcsemblel
[moonli ght The resemb lanne may be
increased by pastings a small circle
OF paper upon the film where tie
light IS brightest This viii form q
splendid moon when printed
New possibilities in photography.
are Indicated by the discovery that
calorifc, or heat, rays may be sub
stituted for light In taking pictures,
The principle may be demon strated as
follows If several coins are placed
upon a brightly polished copper tray
and the tray is heated from below and
then cooled off, it will be found that
each coin will leave distinct and
permanent Impression upon the metal
surface so that the liberty head !, or
other design is as clearly outlined as
by AM ordinary photograph.
Several plans are now being tried.
looking to the practical util1zationlI
Of this simple discovery, which may
make the photogr phert ind dependent
Eof bri ghts Ii ht.