DUNEDIN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

Evening Star, Issue 10782, 17 November 1898, Page 2

DUNEDIN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

At the ordinary meeting of the above society, held last evening, there was a very good attendance of members present. Mr C. W. Kerr, president, was in the chair, and presented the prize certificates recently received from the Queensland Photographic Society to the fortunate winners in connection with their recent exhibition, as follows; Firsts: W. Williams, stereoscopic views ; W. Livingston, seascapes; J. Richardson, landscape; W. Livingston, genre; W. Williams, lantern slides; J. Richardson, landscape (small); Dr W. S. Roberts._ enlargements. Seconds: W. Livingston, seascapes; R. Chisholm, landscape; W. Williams, portraits. The certificates, on being passed round, were much admired, and were favorably commented on. Mr James Richardson showed some tri-colored “liemotype ” pictures, which on being looked at through colored glass became steoroscopic, the colors blending, and looked like nature. Dr Roberts gave a practical demonstration with his bis " rational ” developer, and after explaining to members the difficulties to be met with in exposure with interiors and in the bush, and how to get over them, proceeded to show by development the results between the ordinary developer and correctly-exposed plates and his " rational ” developer, and after explaining exposed plates. The demonstration was keenly watched by all the members present, who expressed themselves highly satisfied with the results, it being difficult to tell on comparison which was the correctly-exposed plate. Following this thero was u competition in developing by various methods. The secretary supplied the competing members with plates, all exposed by Mi R. A. Fletcher, the subject and the length of exposure being the same in each instance,, the following different developers being used:—" Pyro-soda.” " Pyro-ammonia," Molol,” " Hydrokinone," and " Rodinol.’’ The results will be judged at next meeting, when shown. The lantern was afterwards brought lino use, when a number ot snow scenes, cloud effects, and character studies were shown by Mr R. A. Ewing, views of old Dunedin by Mr ]■’. J. Monson, and other views by Messrs Melville, M'Kellar, and Hume.