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548 The Royal Engineer photographers have lately per formed a clever feat. It was determined recently by the military authorities to endeavour to “ stalk ” a balloon in the air, with a view to discover how far an enemy’s fire would be dangerous to the aeronaut. With this view one of the War balloons was sent up near Dungeness six weeks ago, fortunately with no occupant in the car, and a military photographer was instructed to depict the result of the experiment in his camera. The ’latter was so far successful that he at any rate managed to get an impression of the bursting shell and collapsing balloon upon his plate. The balloon was per mitted to rise to a height of 800 feet, and the photographer was stationed with the cannon—or, rather, howitzer—at a range no less than 2,000 yards. A shell was burst so cleverly in front of the balloon that it sank, as grievously wounded almost as Csar, with twenty-five wounds in its body. The photograph shows the wounded balloon still in mid-air, and the shell bursting about 200 yards on its left. There is no difficulty about getting ruby chimneys for the illumination of the dark room; the obstacle in the way is their high cost. For this reason many photo graphers employ ruby varnish, which, if properly applied, answers the purpose as well almost as the ruby chimney. We say almost, because a chimney of real ruby glass, such as are employed in our light-houses, gives a very bright as well as a very red light. We had ample proof of this last year, when on a visit to Cape Wrath lighthouse, the most northern point of the West Coast of Scotland. Cape Wrath flashes alternately red and white over the black cold sea that stretches far away to the Arctic Ocean, and the purity of its red light, mirrored from five powerful paraffin burners, is such that it penetrates the gloom a distance of fifteen miles in clear weather. Mariners coasting about the rocky Orkneys have been able to make out the ruby light of Cape Wrath. The chimneys employed in the lighthouse are of thin fine glass, and cost from three to four shillings a-piece. It may be mentioned, by-the-way, that, next to white light, red is the most penetrating of all the colours. Blue is very weak, and green, though better, is apt to be taken for white at a distance. Yellow, too, cannot be distin guished from white from afar off. In a lighthouse, w here much depends upon the penetration of rays, the principal point is to prevent the deposition of moisture on the glass, and, for this reason, the keepers at Cape Wrath and else where are compelled to keep their weary watch without fires. It is always inadvisable to prepare a stock solution of hypo sulphite of soda, a custom adopted in some studios to eave time. An aqueous solution of hyposulphite deteriorates materially in keeping, and then refuses to act so energetically as a fixing agent. Therefore, if a saturated solution is pre pared, it should be speedily employed. Hyposulphite is so soluble that a pound of water dissolves nearly a pound and three-quarters of the salt. [November 12, 1880. A new mode of advertising from America. “ A wedding recently came off at St. Louis that involves a tale stranger even than love at first sight; the lovers never saw each other at all. He was a fortunate oil-sinker—she the daughter of a law-writer in New York. Young Petro leum struck oil one day, and decided upon marrying the next. But there were no damsels down South of the kinder fashionable fly-away sort young P. desired. He wanted something spry and degagee—elegant and high- flown—for his money. A letter came from New York congratulating him on his good luck, and in it a portrait — such a portrait!—of the law-writer’s daughter. That photograph settled the business ; it was one of the new promenade pictures .executed in their best style by Messrs. , of New York. o Topics of the lag. ON ARTISTIC PRINTING. BY VALENTINE BLANCHARD. So much has been written on the subject of printing, that it would almost seem that the last word had been said. I do not intend, therefore, in this article to touch upon the practical details connected with preparation of paper, toning, washing, &c., but to deal with the more important question of taste. What to do with the negative, how to bring out its highest qualities, wilt be the questions to be dealt with in the present paper. A print made without taste or judgment will frequently be as widely different from the best result possible from the same negative, as a fine rubbing made by the engraverfrom a wood block differs from an ordinary impression made at the press before anything has been done to bring out the best points intended by the artist. To make the first impression from the wood engraving, the artist, after inking his block, places a piece of India-paper over it, and then, with an agate burnisher, firmly rubs the back of the paper, going lightly over the fine lines, but putting pressure on to bring out the shadows. If a vignette be intended in the finished work, the outer edges are scarcely touched by the burnisher. In fact, he exercises his taste so as to bring out the most artistic result possible. This impression is given to the printer, who has to endeavour by all the resources of his art to produce a like result by the press. The first impression before any art is used in the printing is a miserable production. All the lines are of equal value, ex cept at the edges, and there they are thick and blotted. The shadows are thin and grey. Indeed, the whole print is wanting in contrast. The art workman who makes ready for the press—and on papers like the Graphic and the illus trated News he ranks almost as an artist—now commences his work, and by lightening the impression on the fine lines, taking it off altogether on the edges of a vignette, and increasing it very considerably in all the strong shadows, he is enabled to imitate the engraver’s proof, and so make the press produce an artistic result. The photographic printer also should be a man of taste, for I think it will not be denied that very frequently more depends upon him for the perfect success of the finished picture, than even upon the producer of the negative. True artistic feeling is not to be acquired by the reading of any number of papers on art, but much may be done by the careful study of the works of the best men, for in trying to find out why this picture pleases, or that displeases, the earnest worker cannot fail to advance in his art. There is a saying pretty well-known amongst photo graphers, “ that a good negative will print itself.' The saying has the crust and flavour of ago upon it, and I for one dare not attempt to gainsay it, even if I felt disposed, and I THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS.
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