IIO THE WOMBAT. 



I do not condemn these developers. Probably in other hands 

 they are a greater success. I simply state that I get better 

 results with pryro soda. It is made up according to the Ilford 

 formula and used as they direct, as modified by exposure, 

 light, &c. 



If your picture be taken in bright sun. shining direct on 

 white sails, and you pour an ordinary developer on, what can 

 you expect but a hard negative with painfully dense sails. 

 In this case keep back your pyro-, and get all the softness you 

 can by diluting your developer. Again, you take a yacht on 

 a rather dull day, the light sails, light clouds, boat painted 

 perhaps a light French gray, pine spars, drab coloured ropes, 

 and water that will develop almost as fast as the sky, especially 

 on a calm day. Where is your contrast ? There is hardly 

 any in the view, but you can make it to a great extent, though 

 not with the same developer that you used with the former 

 negative. Use more pyro and bromide, and do not be too- 

 liberal with your soda. You may not perhaps get exactly 

 what you want, how many can ? but you can get nearer to it 

 than if you go on in a haphazard manner. It is well said 

 that we learn from our failures, and I agree with the statement. 

 You may lose a few plates at instantaneous work, but perhaps 

 you do that anyway, and they will decrease in number with 

 every effort. Several of you have taken up this branch during 

 the past few months, and appreciate the difficulties of getting 

 a good picture and also the pleasures of success. 



There is one thing I may mention, which is that while 

 our bay is a splendid one for yachting, it is a difficult matter 

 to take the races. The boats do not pass any of the wharves 

 near enough for a picture, and when they are at their nearest 

 you are almost looking at the sun. If you go after them in a 

 small boat its motion will probably blur your picture, and 

 there are no steamers available for the purpose. The shores 

 are also bare and straight, and do not make a nice back- 

 ground. However they are there, and we must make the best 

 of them, but at times they are very obtrusive. If you had 

 a dark shore as background it would prevent you developing 

 for contrast, as in the latter case you would have it almost as 

 clear glass in the negative. Of course if the shore is a moderate 

 distance from the yacht it will develop in better proportion 

 with the rest of the picture. 



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