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Title: Anthony's photographic bulletin for ..
Year: 1870 (1870s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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everal visits must be made to the beach before a single exposure ismade, and in most localities the beach is a weary way from home. In surf photography, the larger the plate you have at /our disposalthe better, for if the plate is too small, it does not do the view justice,and fails to convey a correct impression of the subject. A plate thatwill allow ample space for a bit of foreground is a necessity, for a view ofthe surf taken head on, unless helped out by a prominent background,which is not always to be had, is usually unsatisfactory. I always en-deavor to get a bit of driftwood or seaweed for a foreground, but incase I am driven back by the water onto too high ground, I attempt tocatch some point or bluff at the side, or a vessel in the offing, to breakthe monotony of the water. In regard to rapidity of plates, I would say use the fastest to behad. Surf and sunshine are usually at outs ; when you find one, theother is generally absent. If the negative is thin, a mercuric chloride
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Ili.-t.) by James G. McCubdy. bath will help it out wonderfully. Besides the poor quality of light, therapidity with which the breakers make for the shore line would leadone to suppose old Neptune was getting so much apiece for every onelanded. Focusing them upon the ground-glass is enough to make oneshead swim, and is tantalizing in the extreme. One must work rapidlyand himself to one particular view, or the bewilderment will •• fatal to good results. The surf has a mysterious manner of sub-siding just as you are read) to make an exposure, and redoubles its ts at another point, as though endeavoring to avoid being shot.You pick Up the camera and hurry to the new scene of action, only to your former experience duplicated, and this could he kept up for t< rnoon. I have always been a disciple of the drop shutter and use it when-ever . but have found that in surf photography it is far frombeing th< i I The wind is sure to jamb the drop and render it imrubber-banded to such an e

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