'AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. 



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Florida Barred Owl, E. F. Pope. 

 Three of a Kind, C. M. Whitney. 

 Dangerous Canoeing, C. L. Baer. 

 In the Swim, Harry G. Higbee. 

 A Happy Family, Harry C. Robinson. 

 Resting, Ward A. Baldwin. 

 Good Sport for Pickerel, Alex. Berry. 

 An Owl, Louis R. Christhief. 

 Young Hawks, W. Stark. 

 A Moonlight Sail, Thos. J. Curran. 

 Dash, Pointing Quail, H. M. Beck. 

 Ready to Strike, S. R. Symmes. 

 Sportsmen Homeward Bound, Frank G. Rinins- 

 land. 



An Anxious Moment, B. F. Mahana. 

 Gull on Nest, Rev. H. K. Job. 

 The Anglers, Dr. G. A. Graham. 

 Imitation Duck Shooting, R. C. W. Lett. 

 A Day Off, D. H. Day. 



The following were highly commended 

 by the judges: 



A Patriarch, name of photographer unknown. 



Nest of Pied-billed Grebe, W. Stark. 

 Nest of Green Heron, Mark Williams. 

 Water Spider Resting on a Board, Harry G. 

 Higbee. 



Ready to Strike, Stanley R. Symmes. 



Groundbird's Nest, W. C. Webster. 



Nest and Eggs of Meadow Lark, F. S. Andrus. 



Prairie Chickens, Chas. Birgin. 



Virginia Deer, John W. Jacobs. 



Mother Red Breast at Home, F. W. Wagner. 



Fishing in the Yuba, Edwin R. Jackson. 



A Coiled Rattlesnake, Stanley R. Symmes. 



Bob on Point, Roy B. Hindmarsh. 



Home of a Sandpiper, Mark Williams. 



Steady! (pointing grouse), Roy B. Hindmarsb 



Anchored, A. N. Flinn. 



Catbird's Nest, W. C. Webster. 



A Summer Cottage in the Country, C. M. 

 Whitney. 



Chestnut-sided Warbler on Nest, Harry G. 

 Higbee. 



Nest of Sooty Grouse, C. V. Oden. 



Up Hill, C. M. Whitney. 



A TONING AND*FIXING SOLUTION. 

 Please give a formula to prevent films 

 from curling. Also for a toning and fixing 

 solution. Will it give better results than 

 any on the market? 



L. B. Johnson, Clark's Fork, Mo. 



ANSWER. 



When sufficient glycerine is used films 

 will not curl. When the atmosphere is 

 dry it may be necessary to use 3 to 4 ounces 

 of glycerine to 32 ounces of water. If this 

 leaves the negatives greasy, an indication 

 that too much glycerine has been used, the 

 surplus may be removed by going over the 

 negatives quickly with naphtha on a tuft 

 of cotton or piece of soft cloth. When not 

 printing, store negatives in one of the 

 albums made for that purpose by the East- 

 man Kodak Co. or in envelopes kept under 

 enough pressure to exclude the air. 



Following is formula for a perfect ton- 

 ing and fixing solution : 



A. — Hyposulphate of soda 8 ounces 



Alum (crystal) 6 ounces 



> Sugar (granulated) 2 ounces 



Water 80 ounces 



Dissolve in cold water, and when dis- 

 solved add borax, 2 ounces ; dissolved in 



hot water, 8 ounces. # Let stand over night 

 and decant clear liquid. 



B— Pure chloride of gold 7^ grains 



Or double the quantity of chloride of 



gold and sodium. 

 Acetate of lead (sugar of 



lead) 64 grains 



Water 8 ounces 



Solution B should be shaken before using 

 and not filtered. 

 To tone 15 cabinets take: 



Solution A 8 ounces 



Solution B 1 ounce 



Place prints in the above without pre- 

 vious washing. Tone to the desired color 

 and immerse prints 5 minutes in following 

 salt solution to stop the toning: 



Salt 1 ounce 



Water 32 ounces 



The extra fixing bath should be used to 

 ensure thorough fixing. After the salt bath 

 give one change of cold water and fix for 

 10 minutes in the following extra fixing 

 bath : 



Hyposulphite of soda 1 ounce 



Sulphite of soda (crystals) 60 grains 



Borax %. ounce 



Water 20 ounces 



Wash 1 hour in running cold water or in 

 16 changes of cold water, when prints may 

 •be mounted same as albumen prints. 



The combined bath must be used cold, 

 not above 50 degrees Fahr. This condition 

 can be obtained by placing a piece of ice 

 in the bath when toning. If the bath is too 

 warm, it will cause yellow prints with a 

 greenish cast in the half tones. Use a ther- 

 mometer and keep it in toning bath all the 

 time. 



The combined bath is an acid solution. 

 The borax neutralizes only the excess of 

 acid in the alum. Any attempt to neutral- 

 ize the bath will percipitate the alum. The 

 combined 'bath should not be used a second 

 time. 



TO MAKE PURPLE TONES. 



Will you please give, in Recreation, a 

 formula that will make purple tones on 

 Aristo Platino. Are such tones perma- 

 nent ? 



E. O. Dean, Cortland, N. Y. 



Paper for purple tones should be at least 

 2 weeks old. 



Print about the same as for gold toning, 

 until high lights are slightly tinted. The 

 exact depth of printing can best be deter- 

 mined by a few experiments of different 

 shades. Wash prints through 5 changes of 

 clear water; then run through a bath of 

 one tablespoonful of salt to one gallon of 



