Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art (1887)
Wilson, Edward L. (Edward Livingston), 1838-1903 · New York : E.L. Wilson · leaf 199
ry considerably, as the artists call it; and the higher the building is, the more marked will this appear. I once saw a photograph of a monument which appeared exactly as Fig. 191. The lines of the cornice did not fall sufficiently, and did not give the same impression that high structures would… … from the camera, we will find that the lines tumble more and more the closer we get to the cube. When we get very close, and the objective is on a level with the base of the model, we will obtain a picture like Fig. 192. Such an approach is possible with a correct- 13
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