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Title: Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Schnauss, Hermann
Subjects: Photography Trick photography
Publisher: London : Iliffe & Son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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Fig. 32.—Individual Portraits, of which the PortraitsA AND B (Fig. 33) are Composites. 92 PHOTOGRAPHIC PASTIMES.
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Fig. 33.—Four Composites of the Individual PortraitsSHOWN IN Fig. 32. (Description^ see page 90.) COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHS. 93 posite of the five individuals b^^ to b^. Cis the co-composite of A and B, with theaddition of three other individual por-traits to increase its sharpness. D is acomposite of five adult faces, which arenot given individually for want of space. Of the other two illustrations, the firstone (fig. 34) is the composite of theindividual portraits of twelve mathe-maticians of the National Academy ofSciences of Washington, the second one(fig. 35) the composite of the individualportraits of sixteen naturalists of thesame society. In order to arrive at a satisfactoryresult, the most characteristic, strongest-featured face ought to be taken first, andthe others in declining succession. Ifthe faces to be combined should be of asimilar texture, as in the case of a num-ber of young ladies, then the exposureshould be duly proportioned ; that of thefirst receiving the longest

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