FISHING ON THE HUDSON RIVER. 



Awarded Second Prize in Recreation's Photographic Competition. 



Photograph by Mr. Fred J. Stein, New York. 



"At Home"— J. T. Collins, Warsaw, N. Y. 



"Recreation," Central Park — John J. Allen, 

 New York. 



"Lunch in Camp" — Fred. J. Stine, New 

 York. 



"Chipmunk" — Granny Smith, Preston, 

 Minn. 



"The Wolf Hunt" — Crosby G. Davis, Ore- 

 gon. 



"Rattlesnake"- — Fred. Vandewark, Grover, 

 Colo. 



"Lunch"— L. W. Shark, Almoor, Mich. 



"Elk, Junior" — Geo. W. Rinner, Newstock, 

 Ont., Can. 



ENLARGING BROMIDES. 



Editor Recreation. 



I have been reading Mr. Mason's article in 

 the May number on Bromide Enlarging with 

 a hand camera, and without special apparatus 

 other than what can easily be contrived at 

 home by any one. What he says is all right 

 as far as it goes, but he doesn't go into the 

 details of the operation fully enough to steer 

 an amateur clear of several bad snags. I 

 have done a good deal of this work and find 

 there is much uncertainty about it, even after 

 several years of practice and experience. 



My camera being a folding pocket Kodak, 

 I followed the booklet on bromide enlarging 

 issued by the Kodak Company, and used 

 Eastman's bromide .papers, Standard, Royal, 

 and Platino. They recommend amidol for 

 developing these papers, but I found nothing 

 equal to Seed's M. H. powders, mixed with 

 four ounces of water to each, and not double 

 strength as for Velox. Enlargement tends 

 to flatten out the contrasts and dull the sharp- 

 ness of detail, and in developing we must 

 strive to lose as little as possible of these. 

 The paper can be safely handled in front of 

 a large window of two thicknesses of post- 

 office paper, and the orange light shows up 

 the tones much better than a ruby light. The 

 image comes up much slower than in the case 

 of velox, and it can be coaxed and doctored 

 better on this account. Blisters are liable to 

 appear on some sorts of bromide paper; salt 

 in the washing waters will help prevent them, 

 and do not let running water fall on the wet 

 prints. I found it best to thoroughly swab 

 the paper with a soft brush and let it soak a 

 moment in clean water before beginning de- 

 velopment. 



Mr. Mason says nothing about ground 

 glass in front of the negative, and though I 

 cannot say it is indispensable, never having 



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