Figure 1.--Here we see an Autochrome obviouly taken in bright sunshine--note the shadows. You can see the vivid color reproductions. This is a very early Autochrome image taken in 1908. (Photographer: Etheldreda Laing.)

Sunlight seems a key feature in achieving superb results with Autochrome. Bright sunlight seems especilly important to achieving really good color results. And we have fouind some stunning images taken in bright sunlight capturing beautiful, vivid colors some of which approach the the color values of modern color photography. While the actual light conditions for the various images were not recorded, it is likely that the best results were achieved if not on bright sun light, on well-lit days. One photographer wo loved to work with Autochrome was English photograopher Etheldreda Laing. She took many oirtraits of her dauhters, Jnet abnd Iris. She often wirked in her garden whene the klighting was excellebnt. Here is a shot from the garden toard their Cambridge hiome (figure 1).

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