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September 19, 1862.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 455 pqotograpgir Zotes an Queries. 8 Crowded Accessories in Card Pictures. er-I am quite satisfied with what I believe to be your seetand candid opinion of my photographs, in your News of Srember 5, to which I refer, although by difference of opinion F8ed, we may arrive at right conclusions. You say that 818 a little overcrowding of accessories in my photographs, Not opinion being generally in favour of plain back grounds, Bon believe to be a popular error, is my apology for writing • Uh 8 an artist and photographer of twenty years daily study Bgsctice, I beg to submit that the accessories in one of the Bugbont to you, of the gentleman standing, was not subdued *eto represent well what was intended ; for the others I 11] 1 ? apology to offer, as I believe them to be correct. that a plain background may do for busts and 6,68, &c., but fo desire a full length portrait in an un- kW toom, or worse still to my feelings, standing against Bse07eoning plane, a thing only to be found in the glass Bwn,3, mechanical photographer, I think ridiculous, for the B Ere reasons : first, I can never find such in the works of l' Bprt Masters ; and that the inhabitants of this world should sonted as they really are in connection with the things "AbcVen the birds of the air have the sky ami the hedge 2n k tEEround, for without which, cither exterior or interior, figure intrusive, and can have no relative position, 4003 vIL""sen the extremes of something and nothing, which MDk Ii Allow your fancy to go with me, as in my imagination "4s look man out of the world, and the inhabitants of other % Not"nng, at him, as an over conspicuous individual, who Nteip98, about him to connect him with any world, and ketrun subordination to the same individual. I " huneartists, whether in photography or otherwise, ought, Bio opinion, before they have pretensions to art, be the most bumble artist who fathoms his difficulties by adding a little more " hacid to that ’ere bath,” has always at his finger ends sufficient evidence to prove that this salt, when brought into contact with an organic substance, immediately becomes a sensitive medium ; and cannot we find an organic companion for the free nitrate that chlorine has turned her wk upon ? Most assuredly we can, we have the paper self, and, in addition to this, the albumen; this last, in ®)' opinion, is its chosen companion, their ties of friendship bing regulated by the intensity of light which cements them, and from this intimate connection springs an oft re- Peated source of mealiness : the thicker the layer of albu- J®, if a chloride is not added in a proportional quantity, te more virulent the disease. Taking these remarks into "onsideration, the term free nitrate I have hitherto employed, Ay, perhaps, be more appropriately termed an excess of ilbuminate of silver; a portion of this last salt is necessary ? giving colour, but the boundaries are too wide to allow albumen to take its fill without interfering with the "rface of the finished print; for this excessive supply must p removed ere the gold is permitted to act evenly, and this p I am happy find, you have proved in your very interest- experiments, although you have anticipated the remarks I 'Med to introduce with the toning bath. I shake hands "h you, sir, and tender my thanks for your influential endorse- i to the correctness of my remarks, “ a short floating, fol- Wed by a weak toning bath gave clear pictures.” Why ? pSsethe surface impediment was removed fast enough for the 5ut work evenly. Again, a portion of this last substance aadded to the bath uncombined with the reducing agent, omealiness ensued; for what reason? because the sub- wtonate had become the master, the gold acted quicker than / pioneer could keep up with it, and, consequently, was aPosited on an uneven surface ; the addition of a little nonite, of soda would have restored the balance, and all gone well. Hoping you will excuse the liberty 6,M remarks, I shall be glad to hear that you are con- ^"gyour researches in this interesting field. I hope to 66"te the subject next week, if not trespassing on your —Yours respectfully, A Photo’s Assistant. capable of connecting their sitters with places and things suit able for their position in life, their manners, habits, &c., whether in the well furnished apartments, the crowded street, or from the lake to the mountain top, all is required, and by a careful manipulation, proper lighting of the subjects, and the relative positions of sitters, the whole can, will, and ought to be, made use of by the artist photographer.—Yours respectfully, Carlisle, September 12, 1862. F. W. Bannister. [Without entering here into the discussion as to the respective merits of plain and pictorial backgrounds, we must remind our correspondent that his arguments only support the use of acces sories ; whilst our remarks referred to their abuse or “ over crowding.” We never object to the judicious use of accessories for securing harmony and balance in a picture ; but we contend that they should bo always kept in proper subordination. The eye should not have to wander over a variety of objects, and then discover incidentally that there is a man or woman amongst them. Our correspondent’s specimens were good and well com posed, but some of the accessories were, to our taste, too promi nent. A communication from another artist in the present number, has some remarks to the purpose on this subject.—En.] Instantaneous Dry Plates. Sir,—In the search after a rapid dry process, I do not think sufficient attention has been given to the fact that this has been completely and satisfactorily discovered by Dr. Hill Norris. I am, myself, an advocate for the wet process ; and, living by the seaside, have been forced to take instantaneous pictures, as the only means of catching the rapidly changing beauties of water, mountain, and sky. But I am compelled to admit that there are things attainable by his plates that I could not otherwise have accomplished. Of course I also believe a wet plate would beat his, where I could bring it into competition tinder equal circumstances. But how often have I gone into the dark room, with exactly the proper lights and shades in nature, and came out with my wet plate, to find all the effects reversed by a change of clouds 1 With the other, I could wait patiently till the propitious moment arrived. I also enclose you a print, taken in a gale of wind, with stones placed on the camera to keep it down, the instrument deluged with spray, and, altogether, under difficulties that would have hopelessly made wet photography too wet for success. It was taken last October, without direct sunshine, as you will observe, from internal evidence. Can no plan bo suggested by which this most valuable pro cess can be secured to the public ? I, for one, feel humiliated at having to purchase instead of making my plates.—Your obedient servant, Hercules Macdonnel. Sorrento, Dalhey, County Dublin, Sept. 12, 1862. [The specimen enclosed contains a rocky foreground, with boiling surf dashing against it, and angry sea beyond ; in the extreme distance are well defined hills and stormy clouds. The foreground is a little black, but all the rest is well exposed. The exposure has been quite instantaneous, and the effect is very grand. We are compelled to admit, however, that we hear of occasional cases without such success. Something more should be known as to the conditions of success, even if the secret of preparing the plates remain undivulged, as wo fear is at present only too probable. Dr. Hill Norris has promised us a communication shortly, which will doubtless throw some light on the subject.—Ed.] Formic Acid in the Developer. Sir,—In my last note to you I said that I had tried the use of formic acid in the negative developer, as given by M. Claudet, but without the addition of nitric acid to the bath : but the pic tures I obtained were always slightly fogged, therefore I added nitric acid, rather less than the given proportions, which made it necessary to lengthen the exposure considerably, and ren dered it almost impossible to obtain sufficient density, without the addition of silver to the developer, which the formic acid deposits in metallic particles on the plate, and therefore renders it useless ; I have tried both bromo-iodized and plain iodized collodion, separately and mixed, but not Thomas’s, as was recommended, as I wished, if possible, to avoid the expense, having some of Fisher’s by me at the time. I find that the picture appears immediately the developer is applied, but is completely fogged long before sufficient density is obtained, which I at first attributed to over-exposure, but on
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