The American annual of photography . EMPHASIZING DISTANCE By CARL KREBS H! how far you can see that road! Had Tchosen a standpoint a hundred feet fartherdown the hill to take my picture this exclama-tion from numerous observers of the printRoad through the lowlands (Figure i) wouldprobably not have been made, although the actual distance ofthe road represented would have lost but a small fraction ofthe entire visible length. Flooded entirely with sunshine the print would have ap-peared in an even tone and the eye would not discern thedepth of perspective. Taken as it is the mass of shadowscaus
The American annual of photography . EMPHASIZING DISTANCE By CARL KREBS H! how far you can see that road! Had Tchosen a standpoint a hundred feet fartherdown the hill to take my picture this exclama-tion from numerous observers of the printRoad through the lowlands (Figure i) wouldprobably not have been made, although the actual distance ofthe road represented would have lost but a small fraction ofthe entire visible length. Flooded entirely with sunshine the print would have ap-peared in an even tone and the eye would not discern thedepth of perspective. Taken as it is the mass of shadowscaused by the wooded slope on the left, falling across theroad in the immediate foreground and on the opposite bank,creates the impression of greater distance unconsciously by thecasual observer. On the other hand the high lights on the roofs of the houses 222. ^ u <v s in ^Q /: w ^H OO H Q<O 223 and barns at the foot of hill takes off the middle distance, andstill further assists the eye to appreciate the several miles tothe ridge beyond. Masses of lights and shades artistically disposed in picturesare more pleasing than mere lines of composition, no matterhow correct according to the tenets of art they may be. Theforeground of a landscape should always be chosen severalshades deeper than the If the lights on a subject of a contemplated picture are suchthat a darker foreground cannot be obtained, they can be arti-ficially produced, thus saving an otherwise uninteresting the lower part of the picture is printed about twice aslong as the upper part by shading the latter with a piece ofcardboard, cut approximately to the outlines of the part to bebrought out stronger and moving the same slowly up anddown to avoid a sharp line of demarcation, or if the negativeis thin and quick printing a tilting of frame with the
Size: 1327px × 1883px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1919
