Hence SELECTION in photography, or at least in landscape and some other branches of work, often takes the place of what in painting becomes voluntary… - Alfred Horsley Hinton

Photography itself may err by inaccurately rendering the relative tones in Nature. Then we shall have to ask, What is " Tone "?...

...to be able to say of a representation that it is "exactly like Nature " is by no means equivalent to saying that it is a fine picture.

The objection to the shiny, highly polished surface of albumen and gelatine papers is that, besides the fact that the surface reflects false and disturbing lights, the very polish and gloss has an artificial appearance which, from its very superfine character, irresistibly reminds us of its origin and nature.