. Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera. eforced, a negative is obtained in whichthe background is opaque and the sitterquite transparent, which, when printed,yields a black figure on a white ground. To obtain a more powerful illumination,and consequently deeper shadows, themagnesium flashlight may be used as anilluminant. The photographic silhouettemay then be taken as follows : A piece ofmuslin is tacked in front of a window, andthe sitter placed directly in front of other light in th
. Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera. eforced, a negative is obtained in whichthe background is opaque and the sitterquite transparent, which, when printed,yields a black figure on a white ground. To obtain a more powerful illumination,and consequently deeper shadows, themagnesium flashlight may be used as anilluminant. The photographic silhouettemay then be taken as follows : A piece ofmuslin is tacked in front of a window, andthe sitter placed directly in front of other light in the room is shut , fire, and develop as describedabove. (28.) PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SPORTSMEN. It is a well-known fact to all amateursthat a subject becomes so much larger in PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SPORTSMEN. 77 proportion in the negative the nearer it isplaced to the lens, or vice versa, so muchsmaller the greater the distance is betweenit and the lens. This defect is exhibited inan exaggerated degree by lenses of a shortfocal length ; and subjects placed in theforeground then appear disproportionatelylarge in comparison with those which are. Figs. 25 and 26.—The Fish Before and AfterBEING Photographed. more distant. But this apparent defectalso has its advantages, as the aboveillustrations show. The sportsman, forinstance, who carries with him a simplephotographic apparatus and a few dry 78 PHOTOGRAPHIC PASTIMES. plates can present such unquestionableevidence of his prowess, that, on hisreturn to civilisation, no one will dare toquestion the truth of his assertions. Anexample will suffice to direct the enter-prising and intelligent amateur into thepath of scientific photography. Having caught a fish (let us assumethat it is a trout about eight inches long),you will proceed to the seclusion of theneighbouring forest, and, with the assist-ance of a confederate, to uncap the beautiful effects can be produced,as, for instance, by posing the subjects asindicated in fig. 25,
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