RECREATION. 



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AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



" For sport the lens is better than the gun. " 



I wish to make this department of the utmost 

 use to amateurs. I shall, therefore, be glad to 

 answer any questions and to print any items sent 

 me by practical amateurs relating to their experi- 

 ence in photography. 



No. 1 is entitled . 



Made with a camera. 



lens. 



On a plate. 



Printed on paper. 



Length of exposure, 



7th ANNUAL COMPETITION. 



Recreation has conducted 6 amateur 

 photographic competitions, all of which 

 have been eminently successful. The 7th 

 opened April 1st, 1902, and will close No- 

 vember 30th, 1902. 



Following is a list of prizes to be 

 awarded : 



First prize; A Long Focus Korona Camera 

 5x7, made by the Gundlach Optical Co., Roch- 

 ester, -N. Y., fitted with a Turner-Reich Anastig- 

 mat Lens, and listed at $85. 



Second prize: A No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, 

 made by the Eastman Kodak Co.. Rochester, N. 

 Y., fitted with a Bausch & Lomb Lens Plastig- 

 mat Unicum Shutter, and listed at §6 1.50. 



Third prize : An Al-Vista-Panoramic Camera, 

 made by the V.'ultiscope and Film Co., Burlington, 

 Wis., and listed at S40. 



Fourth prize: A Wizard C Camera, 4x5, 

 made by the Manhattan Optical Co., Cresskill, 

 N. J., with B. & L. Iris Diaphragm and Leather 

 Carrying Case; listed at S3 3. 



Fifth prize: A Waterproof Wall Tent, 12 x 16, 

 made by D. T. Abercrombie & Co., New York, 

 and Lisced at S3 2. 



Sixth prize: A Gold Hunting Case Watch; 

 listed at S50. 



Seventh prize: A Tourist Hawkeye Camera, 

 4x5, and made by the Blair Camera Co., Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., and listed at Si 5. 



Eighth prize : A Bristol Steel Fishing Rod, 

 made by the Horton Mfg. Co., Bristol, Conn., and 

 fisted at $6. 



The to next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 8x10 Carbutt Plates, made by the Car- 

 butt Dry Plate Co., Wavne Junction, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



The 10 next best pictures will eoch be awarded 

 one dozen 5x7 Carbutt Plates. 



The 10 next best pictures will each be awarded 

 one dozen 4x5 Carbutt Plates. 



A special prize : A Goerz Binocular Field Glass, 

 fisted at $74.25, will be given for the best picture 

 of a five wild animal. 



Subjects are limited to wild animals, 

 birds, fishes, camp scenes, and to figures or 

 groups of persons, or animals, repre- 

 senting in a truthful manner shooting, fish- 

 ing, amateur photography, bicycling, sail- 

 ing or other form of outdoor or indoor 

 sport or recreation. Awards to be made 

 by 3 judges, none of whom shall be com- 

 petitors. 



Conditions : Contestants must submit 2 

 mounted prints, either silver, bromide, 

 platinum or carbon, of each subject, which, 

 as well as the negative, shall become the 

 property of Recreation. Negatives not to 

 be sent unless called for. 



In submitting pictures, please write sim- 

 ply your full name and address on the back 

 of each, and number such prints as you 

 may send, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then in a letter ad- 

 dressed Photographic Editor, Recreation, 

 say, for instance: 



Then add any further information you 

 may deem of interest to the judges, or to 

 other amateur photographers. Same as to 

 Nos. 2, 3, etc. 



This is necessary in order to save post- 

 age. In all cases where more than the 

 name and address of the sender and serial 

 number of picture are written on the back 

 of prints I am required to pay letter post- 

 age here. I have paid as high as $2.50 on 

 a single package of a dozen pictures, in 

 addition to that prepaid by the sender, on 

 account of too much writing on the prints. 



Any number of subjects may be sub- 

 mitted. 



Pictures that may have been published 

 elsewhere, or that may 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 have 

 failed to win in the former competitions 

 because the makers did not heed this warn- 

 ing. 



DEVELOPMENT. 



Great care is necessary in the manipu- 

 lation of sensitive plates to guard 

 them against injury by diffused light 

 entering lens, camera, plate holder, or 

 dark room, or the use of too strong a 

 light while developing. 



A ruby glass covered with orange 

 colored paper, known as gold bank 

 envelope, is recommended for the dark 

 room light. Ruby color being the least 

 actinic, offers th greatest protection. 

 The safety of the light can be tested as 

 follows: Cover one-half of a plate with 

 opaque paper and hold it close to the light 

 about one minute. Develop, and if the 

 unprotected part shows fog, screen the 

 light with additional paper until it is 

 safe. It is advisable to have a second 

 ruby glass arranged in a sliding frame to 

 serve as a safeguard when working 

 isochromatic plates. This frame should 

 only be removed while examining the 

 progress of development. The lens should 

 be examined by pointing the camera 

 toward strong light, and if there are re- 

 flections caused by the shining edges of 

 the diaphragm or the inner walls of the 

 tube the shining surfaces should be 

 blackened. 



To test the camera and plate holder, 

 protect a plate partially by a rtrip of 

 black paper on its face, place in the camera, 

 draw the slide and expose 5 minutes 

 while the lens remains covered. If camera 



