THE WOMBAT. 41 



2/12/96. 



Papers read: "Amateurs in Camp," by Mr. J. Hammer- 

 Ion; "Cloud Printing," by Mr. C. O. Dentry. 



11/12/96. 



Monthly meeting. Mr. C. O. Dentry moved the insertion 

 in Rule 9 (of the general rules) of the words "accompanied 

 by first year's subscription " after the word " nomination." 

 Carried. 



Mr. Millar moved " that all candidates for membership 

 be nominated and seconded at one monthly meeting, and 

 balloted for at the succeeding monthly meeting." Carried. 



Monthly competition. — " Xmas. Cards." — Class A. — A. 

 M. Waddell, 1st and 2nd. ; J. Hammerton, 3rd. Class B. — 

 f£ev. W. J. Eddy, 1st. 



CLOUD PRINTING. 



By C. O. Dentry. 



Read before the Photographic Association, 2nd December, 1896. 



So much has been said and written about cloud printing in 

 ordinary photographic work that there is little in the way of 

 original information that I can give you, but, as the majority 

 •of our junior members are quite ignorant of the methods 

 usually adopted, I will endeavour to explain the simplest and 

 easiest means of adding clouds to a print from a negative that 

 is defective in this respect. 



I have frequently, while acting as judge at our monthly 

 competitions, pointed out to what a degree the beauty of a 

 picture would have been enhanced by the addition of suitable 

 clouds in place of the staring sky which actually killed what 

 would otherwise have been an effective scene. Many 

 competitors have honestly said that they do not know how to 

 put them in, while others say it is a great trouble, &c. I 

 trust that the former objection will.no longer hold good from 

 to-night, while for the latter I am afraid I can hold out 

 neither comfort nor cure. Let me, however, remind you that 

 -everything worth doing is more or less trouble. 



As the subject of this paper is rather more a matter for 

 practical illustration than for reading only, I will endeavour 

 to fully demonstrate it by means of the simple apparatus 

 which you see on the table, and which consists of nothing 

 more complicated than an ordinary printing frame, some 

 .masks, and a few pieces of cardboard. 



Let me remind you that it is a very unusual thing for an 

 -observer to turn his eyes towards the heavens and see a clear 



