The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

DEVELOPER AND DEVELOPMENT. 93
place only for the reason that if the lighting ig
faulty and the position is bad, the best develop-
ment will not make a good picture.
The whole treatment of this manipulation de
raands from the operator a judicious appreciation
of the nature of the subject—the time of'exposure,
the temperature, the nature of the component
parts of the developing solution, and the exercise
of a good judgment, a quick eye, and a steady
hand. In fact, very great importance attaches
itself to every particular of this process, as much
to the quality of the materials used as to their
true proportions and harmonious effect ; all of
which is particularly true of the development of
Ferrotypes, for upon this process depends all the
brilliancy, the beauty, tone, and all that makes
fhe picture desirable.
In the preparation of a developing, solution for
ferrotypes, we must first consider that we desire
"o produce a different effect in the positive
picture from what is requisite in a negative; that
ihe effects we want in the positive would be un-
desirable in a negative, and, therefore, the solu-
tion that would develop a negative properly would
be unsuitable for a Ferrotype, and vice versa.
The Ferrotype, to be admired, must be full of
detail, as much so as the negative. The shadows,
also, should be as transparent and clear, but the
lights should be pure and as white as the pure
silver will make them ; for upon the purity of
the high lights and the transparency of the