The American annual of photography . n, go a short distance from home and makethree or four exposures of the same scene, varying the timefrom one-half minute to fifteen minutes. Experience is thebest and only teacher. Select that point of view which will have the lights evenlydistributed. Glaring lights should be avoided. A cap is tobe preferred when making the exposure. Each time a lightedvehicle passes, cap the lens, otherwise streaks are producedacross the plate. When developing, aim for the softness, the mellowness ofnight. A developer of the Azol or Rodinal type has provenmost successful
The American annual of photography . n, go a short distance from home and makethree or four exposures of the same scene, varying the timefrom one-half minute to fifteen minutes. Experience is thebest and only teacher. Select that point of view which will have the lights evenlydistributed. Glaring lights should be avoided. A cap is tobe preferred when making the exposure. Each time a lightedvehicle passes, cap the lens, otherwise streaks are producedacross the plate. When developing, aim for the softness, the mellowness ofnight. A developer of the Azol or Rodinal type has provenmost successful for this. If there be much halation this canbe remedied if the negative, while still wet, is rubbed lightlywith a piece of absorbent cotton saturated with alcohol. Apaper that will give a good warm black renders night effectsbest. A gum print, using a little brown pigment with theblack, gives excellent results. Palladium (warm black) witha thin coating of gum gives the soft mellowness of nightbetter than anything else I know of. 158. A CANAAN EVENING. Kallilype. SOPHIE L. LAUFFER. 159
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