File:The American annual of photography (1917) (14597318328).jpg

Identifier: americanannualof1917newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
ds in the water, and another point is that it is absolutelyimpossible to adequately expose for a land foreground withlight of such low actinic value as prevails at this time of dayand not greatly over-expose for the sky. Thus it is only inlocations from which we can view the western sky over waterthat we can make good sunset photographs. If one happens to live right on the spot from which such aview may be obtained it is not of such great importance thatthe glories of the sunset are so evanescent, but if to reach sucha location means a walk of a mile or two then, towards evening,one must watch such parts of the sky as may be seen for cloud-forms which will give an effective sunset picture, and whenindications are good set off at once for the view-point. While water is the best foreground for a sunset picture amere expanse of water and sky does not make a satisfactorypicture. There should be something in the mid-distance torelieve the bareness. Islands, a range of hills on a shore a 60
Text Appearing After Image:
PORTRAIT. KNAFFL & BRO. 6i mile or two away, or coniferous trees a quarter of a mile orso distant contribute much towards such pictures. It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that successful pic-tures cannot be obtained as long as one can see the sun. Itmust be either behind a cloud, behind some object in the mid-distance or below the horizon. Of these alternatives the twolatter are better than the first, as if the sun is behind a cloudit is likely to give a very contrasty effect that has more theappearance of moonlight than of sunset, or to give a stormylook to the sky. As far as the technique of sunset photography is concernedthe main points are the use of a ray filter and orthochromatic,backed, plates. The filter should be fairly deep, about a five-times filter being my preference. In developing such nega-tives they should be kept thin, as otherwise the delicate cloUddetails are lost and the pictures are too contrasty. Theyshould be printed on glossy or semi-glossy paper, and i

Note About Images