AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



RECREATION'S THIRD ANNUAL COMPETI- 

 TION. 



Recreation has conducted 2 amateur 

 photographic competitions, both of which 

 have been eminently successful. A third 

 one, which it is believed will be far more 

 fruitful than either of the others, opened 

 January 1, '98, and will 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 Plalino 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 beT 

 come the property of Recreation. The 

 name and address of the sender, and title 

 of picture, to be plainly written on back of 

 each prints 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. 



ALKALIES IN DEVELOPERS. 



Carbonate of sodium (commonly known 

 as sal soda, or washing soda), in crystalline 

 form contains 10 molecules of water; 

 molecular weight, 286. When exposed to 

 air, for a long time, it becomes white from 

 loss of water of crystallization. 



Granular carbonate of sodium is the same 

 as crystals. Dried carbonate of sodium is 

 the fine powder of commerce. 



Carbonate of potassium (commonly 

 known as salts of tartar) is equal in 

 strength to dried carbonate of sodium; or 

 about double the weight of crystals of car- 

 bonate of sodium. 



For those amateurs who make their own 

 developers the above will be found of in- 

 terest; as they can purchase the common 

 washing soda, break the lumps and, after 

 drying it beneath the stove, use it in place 

 of potassium carbonate, in the same quan- 

 tity. 



Sal soda costs about 5 cents a pound and 

 loses */2 by drying; while potassium car- 

 bonate, or carbonate of sodium, costs from 

 25 to 60 cents a pound. It depends on 

 where you buy it. 



I have experimented with a large num- 

 ber of developers, for bromide paper, and 

 for the benefit of the readers of Recrea- 

 tion I give one which I find superior to 

 any I have ever used: 



Hydrochinon 1.50 grains. 



Metol 35 grains. 



Potassium carbonate.. 1 oz. 

 Sulphite soda crystals. 2 oz. 

 Water 32 oz. 



For use take of above, 4 oz., water 1 oz., 

 10 per cent solution of bromide of potas- 

 sium 10 drops, and you have a developer 

 par excellence. 



It is well to fully expose, rather than un- 

 der expose, and fix in the Carbutt fixing 

 bath, which contains chrome alum and sul- 

 phite of soda. Velvety blacks and clear 

 whites are the result. G. A. C. 



Only 2 months more until Recreation's 

 photo competition closes. Send in your 

 best work at once. 



MOUNTING. 



The following is given as an effective 

 style, by N. Ley, in the Photo graphisches 

 Archiv: After stripping glazed gelatine- 

 chLoride prints from their supports, they 

 are trimmed to the required size. An oval 

 or other suitable shape is cut out of a piece 

 of matt celluloid, and 2 wooden blocks are 

 prepared, one the shape of the aperture and 

 the other the shape of the mask. The sheet 

 of celluloid is laid on the back of the print, 

 and the shape of the aperture is traced on 

 it, in pencil. This is then covered with the 

 block of corresponding shape, and the mar- 

 gin of the print pasted. The mount having 



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