Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . ce of bleached muslin, and paste it onsmooth, cut it in the centre, and paste it on the op-posite side, turn the cloth in and put it down get four pieces, six feet long by two incheswide, hinge them at the top, mount your frame, andyou are fixed for making medallion paper will warp when you paste on the cloth,but never mind, it will be all right when dry. Mr. F. M. Spencers curtain stand supplies asupport for a curtain that can be easil
Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . ce of bleached muslin, and paste it onsmooth, cut it in the centre, and paste it on the op-posite side, turn the cloth in and put it down get four pieces, six feet long by two incheswide, hinge them at the top, mount your frame, andyou are fixed for making medallion paper will warp when you paste on the cloth,but never mind, it will be all right when dry. Mr. F. M. Spencers curtain stand supplies asupport for a curtain that can be easily moved andproperly adjusted. The accompanying illustration(Fig. 148) explains itself, being, as will be seen, readily adjusted to any height,and convenient to move into any position. The arrangement of the curtain onthe cross-bar is such as to cause it to hang in folds, so as always to produce agood effect. 49. Photographs are as often defective from bad focussing as from anvother cause. When a good lens is perfe(;tly focussed, and the resulting negativeis printed upon highly albumenized paper, pressed firmly against it, there. 134 Wilsons QUARTER CENTURY IN PHOTOGRAPHY. results a picture with a brilliant clearness of outline, which no engraving, noartist^s sketch, can in the least rival. The effect is extremely beautiful. It byno means interferes with softness. It would be as reasonable to say that alandscape could have no softness with a clear atmosphere, and that the besttime to view natural scenery is in foggy weather; such a position would notbe one whit more absurd than condemning sharp photographic work as neces-sarily hard, or even tending to be so. Doubtless much imperfect focussing depends upon the defective surface uponwhich the picture is focussed. A good piece of ground-glass is not alwaysobtainable, and one must often temporize. One method consists in applying a layer of starch upon the plate, which indrying leaves a thin opalescent pellicle. The other consists i
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