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ORIGINAL: abufletcher

By the way, for anyone interested in creating a ''WWI era'' look for black and white photos, it's worth remembering that because of the type of film used in those days (blue-sensitive orthochromatic film) the blue of the cockade and on the tail was much lighter than the red, which was rendered almost black. Also both film and lenses of the time were less contrasty. You can get this effect in Photoshop by using the Channel Mixer instead of Desaturate. You first click to convert to monochrome and then dial down the red and boost the blue and green.

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ORIGINAL: rcphotog

Hey Denny ( tenacious101010 ),

I love this image!

At first glance, it looks like a low resolution still-shot from an IMAX movie

Can you imagine mounting an IMAX camera on the tail of a SE5 ? ....can you say ...tail heavy

I think this type of photography is fun and has great potential for this thread.

...if only the pilot had a little grime on his face

Great effort and thought on camera placement too. I like it.
Ken.

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ORIGINAL: abufletcher

By the way, for anyone interested in creating a ''WWI era'' look for black and white photos, it's worth remembering that because of the type of film used in those days (blue-sensitive orthochromatic film) the blue of the cockade and on the tail was much lighter than the red, which was rendered almost black. Also both film and lenses of the time were less contrasty. You can get this effect in Photoshop by using the Channel Mixer instead of Desaturate. You first click to convert to monochrome and then dial down the red and boost the blue and green.

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ORIGINAL: tenacious101010

Not the quality of a nice camera, but a different perspective on scale photography.There were taken with a cheap key-cam, about $35 on EBAY. Now that I have the system worked out, I can figure out how to get rid of the date stamp. Next that screw on the cowl has to go along with a couple covering wrinkles. I think if I work at the scale details of the airctaft that shows in the images, there is real potential for some great scale flying shots. These were taken at the recent Blue Max event in Sanford Florida.
Denny

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ORIGINAL: Teus

Don,

I like the photo very much, but my mind says it's a model!

Is it the angle or is the prop too small? The clumps of grass look a bit great (off scale) too.

And if this is a model, it's a perfect shot of a very beautiful model

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ORIGINAL: Spuetz

 Avionette, it looks so real! That table, that sewing material! That's exactly what they used to have in 1918! Wasn't it a British tradition to always put huge dining tables in the hangar. Throw some sewing materials on them, replace the original propeller with a tiny black one (for protection), and store the plane on that table to protect it from floods. Also the war budget always allowed for huge paintings to be pit in the hangar. After all the boys were risking their lifes, so they deserved giant, museum-like interior design in their hangars... ;-)