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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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m it untilrecently. Henry W. Poore in his Pictorial Composition andthe Critical Judgment of Pictures says that a good landscapeshould not have two entrances to a picture. • This picture is asplendid illustration to show how this advice holds good, asthe two roads make two distinct entrances to the old mill.The one on the left could be dispensed with and improve thecomposition of the rest of the picture. Figure 2 shows theroad worked out, and the sky improved. I feel sure that ifattention were not called to it or comparison prints shown thehand work would never be noticed. Thinking that others may have negatives which could beimproved with similar treatment, I will explain the methodused. A good contact negative is first made from the originalnegative; a piece of fine etched ground-glass is placed againstthe positive so that the film and matt side of the glass are onthe outside. They are then bound with adhesive tape, andplaced in a retouching frame or some other suitable holder, 260
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A CHARACTER STUDY. WILLIAM H. ZERBE. 261 with the film side of the positive down and the ground-glassmatt surface up. The frame is placed where the light willshine through from the back. Spread some graphite powderon a piece of card-board. Take an artists leather stump andrub a little of the graphite on the end of it. Now rub it overthe part which represents the road, which being light or nearlyclear glass in the positive, it must be darkened to correspondwith the surrounding part. Care must be taken to match thetexture or design of the foliage. This may be done by stippling •vi^--

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