. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW GENERAL NOTES TAKING PICTURES IN CUBA The general impression which one gets of lights and colors in Cuba is always sug- gestive of what is known as the impres- sionist style in art. Everywhere are bright â colors; the verdure is of the most vivid green, the sea is the brightest crystal blue, the sky is clear and the sun shines with a. brightness which no one who has never visited the tropics can imagine. But to give an idea of the intensity of the sun- light, we will relate an experience with photography. We carried during our visit on this occasion a 4x5
. The Cuba review. 18 THE CUBA REVIEW GENERAL NOTES TAKING PICTURES IN CUBA The general impression which one gets of lights and colors in Cuba is always sug- gestive of what is known as the impres- sionist style in art. Everywhere are bright â colors; the verdure is of the most vivid green, the sea is the brightest crystal blue, the sky is clear and the sun shines with a. brightness which no one who has never visited the tropics can imagine. But to give an idea of the intensity of the sun- light, we will relate an experience with photography. We carried during our visit on this occasion a 4x5 Poco camera. In and around Boston, or, rather, New Eng- land, we would use the largest, or the next to the largest stop, with exposure according to the light. In the tropics we found that nine times out of ten the pic- tures would be over exposed and spoiled if we did not use the smallest stop and speed the exposure up to one five-hundredth or one-thousandth of a second. A gentle- man from New York, who had an ex- pensive camera, and who had the stop timed to one-fiftieth of a second, using the smallest stop, lost every picture by over exposure. Unfortunately, we had a plate camera instead of one carrying films. Wishing to develop some pictures while in the West Indies, we chose the night as the coolest portion of the twenty-four hours. Now, ice, of course, was not obtainable anywhere, but we procured as cool water as possible in which to wash the plates, but many of the pictures were ruined because the gelatine film slid off the glass, either entirely into the bath or enough so that the film was wrinkled, which also ruined the picture. CHURCH WORK IN CUBA The chief Protestant bodies of this country having missions in Cuba are the Baptist North and South, the Episcopal, and the Methodist South, says the Pater- son (N. J.) Chronicle. The earliest there, even before the political freedom of the island, were the Baptist South and the Episcopal. The growth of Protestant work in th
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