AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



RECREATION'S THIRD ANNUAL COMPETI- 

 TION. 



Recreation has conducted 2 amateur 

 photographic competitions, both of which 

 have been eminently successful. A third 

 will be held, which it is believed will be far 

 more fruitful than either of the others. This 

 one will open January 1, '98, and close April 

 30, '98. 



Following is the list of prizes as thus far 

 arranged. Others may be added later: 



First Prize — A Folding Kodak, made by the East- 

 man Kodak Company, of Rochester, N. Y., and valued 

 at §75. 



Second Prize — $25 in cash. 



Third Prize — A Cycle Korona Camera, made by the 

 Gundlach Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y„ and valued at 

 $22.50. 



Fourth Prize — An Adlake Camera, made by the 

 Adams and Westake Co., Chicago, and valued at $12. 



Fifth Prize — -An Amateur Rotary Burnisher, made 

 by the Acme Burnisher Co., Fulton, N. Y., and valued 

 at $10. 



Sixth Prize — A Baby Hawkeye Camera, made by 

 the Blair Camera Co., of Boston, and valued at $6. 



Seventh Prize — 1 Gross Blue Label photo print paper. 



Eighth Prize — 1 Gross Aristo Jr. photo print paper. 



Ninth Prize — 1 Gross Aristo Platino photo print pa- 

 per, made by American Aristotype Company, James- 

 town, N. Y. 



The makers of the 15 next best pictures 

 will each be awarded a yearly subscription 

 to Recreation. 



The' contest will close April 30, '98. 



Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes, and to figures 

 or groups of persons, or domestic animals, 

 representing, in a truthful manner, shoot- 

 ing, fishing, amateur photography, bicy- 

 cling, sailing, or other form of outdoor 

 sport or recreation. Cycling pictures es- 

 pecially desired. Awards to be made by 3 

 judges, none of whom shall be competitors. 



Conditions: — Contestants must submit 2 

 mounted silver, bromide, platinum, or car- 

 bon prints, of each subject, which shall be- 

 come the property of Recreation. The 

 name and address of the sender, and title 

 of picture, to be plainly written on back of 

 each print. Daylight, flashlight, or electric 

 light pictures admissible. Prize winning 

 photographs to be published in Recrea- 

 tion, full credit being given in all cases. 



Pictures that have been published else- 

 where, or that have been entered in any 

 other competition, not available. No entry 

 fee charged. 



Don't let people who pose for you look at the 

 camera. Occupy them in some other way. 

 Many otherwise 'fine pictures failed to win 

 in the last competition, because the makers 

 did not heed this warning. 



filters and othrochromatic sensitizing solu- 

 tions, to get true rendering of color 

 values in the photographic negative, 

 will, no doubt, be more than pleased to 

 learn that Mr. Jos. T. Keiley, in the Pic- 

 torial Photographer for October, explains 

 a new and simple process, by which not 

 only color values but the actual shades, 

 tints and colors of Nature can be faith- 

 fully reproduced. 



According to his theory, all that is neces- 

 sary is to immerse an ordinary plate in a 

 50 per cent, solution of the juice of any 

 flower one may wish to photograph, and 

 expose the plate on a similar flower: de- 

 velop the plate, and lo! we have the exact 

 colors of the flower. 



In photographing a peacock, Mr. K. ex- 

 tracted a fluid from the subcutaneous tissue 

 of a peacock, immersed a plate in this fluid, 

 and claims to have reproduced, faithfully, 

 its gorgeous colors! 



All that is now necessary, in portrait 

 photography in natural colors, is a supply 

 of fluid from the subcutaneous tissue of 

 human beings. 



Of course it will have to be extracted 

 from living subjects, as dead ones are usu- 

 ally somewhat deficient in color; but prob- 

 ably no reasonable sitter will object to sup- 

 plying a few ounces of subcutaneous tissue 

 juice, prior to a sitting. 



Mr. K. says nothing in regard to the 

 keeping qualities of this juice. If it keeps 

 well, no doubt professional photographers 

 will have on hand a supply of Caucasian, 

 negro and heathen chinee juice, for the 

 different colored races; and many a man. 

 who. to his annoyance, has carried around 

 a highly colored nasal appendage for 

 years, will now find it a veritable Klon- 

 dyke of subcutaneous coloring matter for 

 photographic purposes. Many a red head- 

 ed girl will also be glad to have her golden 

 tresses cooked, for a valuable consideration 

 in hand paid, and the soup sold to her less 

 fortunate sisters who wear bleached hair 

 and who would like to have its true color 

 value shown in their pictures. 



Verily, the wonders of amateur photog- 

 raphy are great. 



H. D. L., Crown Point, N. Y. 



ANOTHER NEW COLOR PROCESS. 



Amateur photographers who have ex- 

 perimented with various color screens, ray- 



RANDOM RIF.LES. 



This is a good time of year for snap shots 

 about town. Take out your 4*5 and get 

 some winter views of the prettiest streets, 

 parks and other spots, while shrouded in 

 snow. They will be pleasant to look at 

 next summer when the mercury is cavort- 

 ing around in the 90s. Plates should not 

 be too rapid; as distance is better rendered 



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