The American annual of photography . PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE By CARL KREBS HE Astronomers had foretold an eclipse tooccur June 8, 1918. Scanning the columns ofthe daily paper, I came across several para-graphs giving an account of the approachingevent. During the perusal, the thought cameinto my mind, How much of a photographic record of thisphenomena could be made by the available means of theaverage amateur? M Studying the subject by referring to prints, made on formeroccasions in which the picture of the sun appeared, the follow-ing points presented themselves for consideration: the sizeo
The American annual of photography . PHOTOGRAPHING THE ECLIPSE By CARL KREBS HE Astronomers had foretold an eclipse tooccur June 8, 1918. Scanning the columns ofthe daily paper, I came across several para-graphs giving an account of the approachingevent. During the perusal, the thought cameinto my mind, How much of a photographic record of thisphenomena could be made by the available means of theaverage amateur? M Studying the subject by referring to prints, made on formeroccasions in which the picture of the sun appeared, the follow-ing points presented themselves for consideration: the sizeof the orb of day in the picture to show distinctly what wasgoing on in the heavens; and getting away from the intensehalation caused by shooting directly into the sun. 128. Wi o B>» CO a> COV bO;-•Oa> O & Q< W HO o < The double combination rectilinear lens with which the pic-ture Sunset on the Coast of Lake Erie was taken proveditself entirely inadequate. It was, therefore, advisable to usethe single part of the same lens or a telephoto lens, whichwould increase the size of the picture three or four former question would be effectively met by using adouble-coated orthonon plate and a yellow screen of the densityto cause an exposure from six to eight times as long as wouldbe necessary without the same. These were the principalpoints, which required a bit of special study; the rest was amatter of regular dark-room methods and my own fancy infinishing the prints. And now for my story of the venture. Having been fortunate enough to slip away from my dailytasks an hour before the eclipse took place, I picked up mytripod and camera and a sufficient number of loaded plateholders. Just before leaving home a thought occurred to met
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