Photographic pastimes - a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera (1891) (14785947183)

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Title: Photographic pastimes : a series of interesting experiments for amateurs for obtaining novel and curious effects with the aid of the camera
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Schnauss, Hermann
Subjects: Photography Trick photography
Publisher: London : Iliffe & Son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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Fig. 34.—Composite Photograph of 12 Mathematicians.
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Fig. 35.—Composite Photograph of 16 Naturalists. g6 PHOTOGRAPHIC PASTIMES. a case of portraying five sisters, sup-posing the correct exposure of a singleface on a slow plate should be two seconds,divide the time as follows : Give thefirst face 3, the second 2J, the third 2^the fourth ij, and the fifth one second. Composite pictures are of value onlywhen restricted to one family, to onenationality, to one tribe. When extendedto a heterogeneous class of forty or moreindividuals, the result will tend to illus-trate not the average intelligence, but theaverage imbecility of the class, be it ofprofessors or pupils. (33.) STATUARY PORTRAITS. These pictures are photographic por-traits which for the moment make theimpression of photographic copies fromplaster or marble busts. They may bepi:oduced as follows : At first a pedestal is procured, con-sisting of a wooden stand with a recess, STATUARY PORTRAITS. 97 which outwardly shows the shape of apedestal in imitation of marble or plaster.The