8o 



RECREA TION. 



Many otherwise fine pictures failed to win 

 in the last competition, because the makers 

 did not heed this warning. 



DEVELOPING OVER-EXPOSED SNAP SHi TS. 

 " I have been to the seaside," says an 

 English worker, " and have undergone a 

 sepia toning process, except where my 

 clothes masked the surface. I suspected my 

 plates of over-exposure, and the first one or 

 2 proved my suspicions well-founded. The 

 wonder is any camera remains light-tight in 

 weather like this. Well, I adopted the re- 

 developer method, making up the following 

 solutions: No. I — Hydraquinone Y\ ounce, 

 sodium sulphite 2 ounces, potassium bro- 

 mide 54 ounce, water 12 ounces. No. 2 — 

 Washing soda 2 ounces, sodium sulphite 2 

 ounces, water to make 12 ounces. First treat 

 the plates to a dilute rodinal developer, 

 about one part to 30 parts of water. Up 

 flashes the image in a few seconds — then out 

 with the plate, and plunge it in a dish with 

 the above solutions in equal proportions, 

 and there let it rest with an occasional rock- 

 ing until it gains density — which it soon 

 does. Finally, wash, fix, and wash as usual. 

 By this means I've saved my over-exposed 

 plates and temper." 



TO DECORATE POSTAL CARDS. 



Here is a formula for sensitizing postal 

 cards so as to allow a print to be made on 

 a portion of the surface. Make two baths 

 as follows: 



A. — Ammonium ferric oxalate. 1 part. 

 Ammonium ferric citrate. . 1 part. 

 Water 15 parts. 



B. — Potassium ferricyanide 1 part. 



Water 10 parts. 



Sensitize in A. Print and then develop in 

 B. Over-exposures may be corrected with 

 the addition of a few drops of ammonia to 

 the washing water. 



A. M. D., in Professional Photographer. 



NOTES. 



Will you please give me some points on 

 retouching negatives. Can it be done with 

 a lead pencil, or is a retouching pencil neces- 

 sary. Your magazine grows better each 

 month. I shall try and get some new sub- 

 scribers. Carl D. Hart, Turin, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



Any hard lead pencil may be used for re- 

 touching. The negative must be prepared 

 before pencil will " take " on film. To do 

 this a little " retouching varnish " is rubbed 

 over the part to be retouched, with tip of 

 finger, carefully and very thin. To retouch, 

 sharpen pencil to very fine point and work 

 by transmitted light, either with short, sharp 

 strokes or dots. 



To retouch well is difficult and takes lots 

 of practice, good judgment and patience. — 

 Editor. 



I am delighted to learn that Mr. Carlin's 

 " Hunting with a Camera " is to be con- 

 tinued in Recreation. Have been greatly 

 interested in these pictures. The poses of 

 his subjects are worth, to any naturalist, 

 many times the price paid for Recreation, 

 and I hope when Mr. Carlin's stock of nega- 

 tives is exhausted you will start him out 

 again. Geo. F. Guelf, Brockport, N. Y. 



The Scranton Camera Club was organized 

 in the Fall of 1897. Its rooms are in the 

 Exchange Building, 421 Lackawanna 

 Avenue, Scranton, Pa. The officers are: 

 Louis Allen Osborne, President; E. D. 

 Foresman, Treasurer; Beecher Ogden, Sec- 

 retary. Meetings are held monthly on the 

 second Monday, except in July and August. 

 The club has 31 members. The dues are 

 $6.00 a year; initiation fee $5.00. 



I am a camera crank and should like to 

 see your camera department grow. Have 

 prints of Wisconsin scenery to exchange. 

 Who has some views of New York to ex- 

 change for such? 



John L. Hooper, Prin. of Schools, Cam- 

 bridge, Wis. 



I should like to exchange unmounted 

 prints with amateurs. Made with pocket 

 kodak and with 4x5. 



R. J. Boynton, Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. 



Amateurs who wish to exchange 4x5 

 views, are requested to communicate with 



A. E. Angier, 

 1,201 North Jefferson Avenue, Peoria, 111. 



Oh, when you call her " angel," " dove," 

 And things like that, the proper caper 



Is to have your words of burning love 

 Inscribed upon asbestos paper. 



Poor Nebuchadnezzar! He had to eat grass, 

 But his case might have been even sadder, 



alas! 

 For if he hadn't eaten the grass, like as not 

 They'd have made him push lawn-mowers 



over the lot. 



A 2 pound can of Laflin & Rand's cele- 

 brated smokeless powder, listed at $2, for 4 

 subscriptions to Recreation. You can 

 get these 4 subscriptions in half an hour 

 without interfering with your regular busi- 

 ness. 



" Wild Animals I have Known " is the 

 title of Ernest Seton Thompson's latest and 

 greatest book. Publisher's price, $2. With 

 Recreation one year, $2. This applies to 

 renewals as well as to new subscribers. 



