. Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera. ING. 29 photographs, and especially stereoscopicpictures, which, on account of their silk-like gloss, show almost magical effects. PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING. Outside photographic circles it is oftensupposed that taking photographs oflightning, the quickness of which is pro-verbial, is attempting very great reality, however, these photographscan be produced in the simplest manner,at night, of course. Any camera may beused for the purpose,
. Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera. ING. 29 photographs, and especially stereoscopicpictures, which, on account of their silk-like gloss, show almost magical effects. PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING. Outside photographic circles it is oftensupposed that taking photographs oflightning, the quickness of which is pro-verbial, is attempting very great reality, however, these photographscan be produced in the simplest manner,at night, of course. Any camera may beused for the purpose, which should be infocus for distant objects (the horizon),and provided with a lens of as wide anangle as possible to include a wide of sky. It should work with fullaperture, or about /q. The camera ispointed to the direction of the sky wherethe thunderstorm approaches, and thecap of the lens may be left off duringthe whole performance. Rapid platesshould be used, but negative paper is 30 PHOTOGRAPHIC PASTIMES. to be preferred to gelatine plates, as iteffectually prevents reflection from theback. A flash that has not been in the. Fig. 4.—Photograph of Lightning. field of view will not fog the plate bydiffused light, but I have observed thatthis may be caused in some cases, if thelens has been uncovered for a rather longtime, by the almost continual lightningwhich often takes place between the realflashes of lightning. It is therefore betterto keep each flash separate, and to use PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIGHTNING. 3I any arrangement by which the platesmay be easily and quickly changed, (ti.)
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