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Author Blaker, Alfred A., 1928-

Title Handbook for scientific photography / Alfred A. Blaker
Published San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, [1977]
©1977

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 MELB  778.3 BLA  AVAILABLE
Description xxii, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents I: A review of essentials -- Basic photography -- Choice of equipment -- II: General techniques -- Backgrounds -- Lighting three-dimensional subjects -- Filters in black-and-white photography -- Small-object photography -- High-resolution 35 mm photography -- Stereo photography -- Photomicrography -- Repairing faults in negatives and prints -- Special considerations in color photography -- III: Solutions to problems -- General problems -- Specific subject matter -- IV: Related techniques -- Copying -- Slide making -- Printing old negatives -- V: Final preparation for publication and viewing -- Preparing photographs for publication -- Mounting prints for wall display
Summary Expanded and reorganized revision of 'Photography for scientific publication', 1965, synthesizing all elements necessary for high-quality photographic illustration of books, articles, and reports
Notes "A greatly expanded revision of [the author's] Photography for scientific publication ... published in 1965."
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 303-308
Subject Photography -- Scientific applications.
Scientific illustration.
Medical Illustration.
Photography.
Photography
LC no. 77024661
ISBN 0716702851