. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. suchas indicated in Fig. 832. The separationmust be varied according to the nature ofthe subject in hand and the requirementsof each individual case. In subjects wherethe foremost object stands about five feetdistant from the camera, a separation oftwo and three-quarter inches will be suffi-cient. In one where the nearest object isfifty feet distant, then the separation ofthe lenses may be increased to six or C2: THE BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY. seven inches, while with a subject inwliich there are no objects within fivehundred feet, a sep


. The book of photography; practical, theoretical and applied. suchas indicated in Fig. 832. The separationmust be varied according to the nature ofthe subject in hand and the requirementsof each individual case. In subjects wherethe foremost object stands about five feetdistant from the camera, a separation oftwo and three-quarter inches will be suffi-cient. In one where the nearest object isfifty feet distant, then the separation ofthe lenses may be increased to six or C2: THE BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY. seven inches, while with a subject inwliich there are no objects within fivehundred feet, a separation of twelve feetbetween the two view points may be should be mentioned, however, thatwhen stereoscopic effects are desired ofvery distant subjects, the relief obtainedby taking the two pictures from viewpoints that are widely separated tends togive a model-like appearance in the stereo-scope, rather than a truthful binocularimpression. Treatment of Floral Subjects. There is, perhaps, no subject that lendsitself more effectively to stereoscopic. Fig. 833.—Method of Lighting Flower Studies. treatment than flowers. When the blossomsare of a light tone, such as white, correctlighting is a point that must have care-ful attention. Unless the light is properlycontrolled, flowers, especially white ones,will often give disappointing chalky re-sults, in which all the delicate details arelost. An example of a properly lightedsubject is shown in Plate 40. In this casea semi-transparent appearance has beengiven to the petals of the flowers, whichhas a very pleasing and natural effect. Itwill be remarked that even as a monocularor single photograph, a considerabledegree of roundness has been secured,which adds substantially to the effect whenthe picture is supplemented with its com-panion and studied in the render floral subjects in this pleasing manner, the lighting is arranged as fol-lows :—The subject, represented at a (), is placed in front of an o


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