Best scale photo!
11-19-2003, 03:49 PM
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RE: Scale Photo
Thanks guys... I'm on it.
I guess now's a good time to re-post those photo guidelines...
I'll do this every now and then so everyone is up to speed.
The photos should be the following...
A) The aircraft modeled must be that of an actual aircraft.
B) The model should be a "SCALE" model.
meaning...
It should look like the aircraft that is being modeled. If the real plane had strut and wheel covers... so should the model(it should'nt have music wire struts). There should be no rx antennas showing in the photo. If the real plane had a 3 or 4 blade prop, and this is a picture of that plane(model) on the ground? Then the model should have a 3 or 4 blade prop, not a Zinger 20x10. etc...etc.
Think of this as a kind of "Top Gun" of photo threads.
And finally, that brings us to the most confusing of the guidelines of the photo.
...C) The photo should be "of an angle that you would actually be photographing the real aircraft" or "as the eye perceives it"
...meaning...Don't post the picture of that beautiful Mustang with a guy holding it during engine run ups.
OR
Don't stand on top of the model to photograph it.
REMEMBER... "AS THE EYE SEES IT"
Thanks to all for participating...it's going great.
-Mustang51
I guess now's a good time to re-post those photo guidelines...
I'll do this every now and then so everyone is up to speed.
The photos should be the following...
A) The aircraft modeled must be that of an actual aircraft.
B) The model should be a "SCALE" model.
meaning...
It should look like the aircraft that is being modeled. If the real plane had strut and wheel covers... so should the model(it should'nt have music wire struts). There should be no rx antennas showing in the photo. If the real plane had a 3 or 4 blade prop, and this is a picture of that plane(model) on the ground? Then the model should have a 3 or 4 blade prop, not a Zinger 20x10. etc...etc.
Think of this as a kind of "Top Gun" of photo threads.
And finally, that brings us to the most confusing of the guidelines of the photo.
...C) The photo should be "of an angle that you would actually be photographing the real aircraft" or "as the eye perceives it"
...meaning...Don't post the picture of that beautiful Mustang with a guy holding it during engine run ups.
OR
Don't stand on top of the model to photograph it.
REMEMBER... "AS THE EYE SEES IT"
Thanks to all for participating...it's going great.
-Mustang51
11-19-2003, 04:41 PM
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RE: Scale Photo
someone said it should pass the "ten second test" in other words if hes not twigged its a model within ten seconds, you've done well...
maybe we've just exhausted the REAL good pics?
maybe we've just exhausted the REAL good pics?
11-19-2003, 05:12 PM
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RE: Scale Photo
Problem is... just by the angle alone at which a photo is taken, you can tell it's not the real thing... within a second or two. I think the eye\brain processes a lot of information while looking at a picture of this nature.
One of which is "Am I seeing this picture at an angle\distance that I would be seeing the real thing"?
Another is the level of detail. "Does this look like the real thing"?
This may be taking things a little too far for a simple photo thread, but I have an eye for detail, and I like to test my eye\brain. Apparently, so do a lot of other guys because this thread has been going on for a very long time, and as recently as this past week end some very convincing shots have been posted. So I don't think we've worn this out just yet.
Keep-em comming guys!
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One of which is "Am I seeing this picture at an angle\distance that I would be seeing the real thing"?
Another is the level of detail. "Does this look like the real thing"?
This may be taking things a little too far for a simple photo thread, but I have an eye for detail, and I like to test my eye\brain. Apparently, so do a lot of other guys because this thread has been going on for a very long time, and as recently as this past week end some very convincing shots have been posted. So I don't think we've worn this out just yet.
Keep-em comming guys!
-Mustang51
11-19-2003, 08:35 PM
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To be Scale or not to be Scale.
Yeah and sad thing about it is the GEE BEE picture would of
almost fooled me if !QUOT!Paul Bunyan!QUOT! wouldn't have been behind it.
The GEE BEE really is a small airplane and the grass is about the right
hight for realism.
almost fooled me if !QUOT!Paul Bunyan!QUOT! wouldn't have been behind it.
The GEE BEE really is a small airplane and the grass is about the right
hight for realism.
11-19-2003, 11:52 PM
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RE: Scale Photo
O.K. Guys,, help me out, I'm new at this.
Is the last GEE BEE picture scale enough for this thread?
Its at the correct view and there isn't an RX antenna sticking out.
And it has the wheel pants the correct prop and the right length
of grass ect.... I can verify the grass part.
But I really like this kinda stuff so is this a scale picture?
Is the last GEE BEE picture scale enough for this thread?
Its at the correct view and there isn't an RX antenna sticking out.
And it has the wheel pants the correct prop and the right length
of grass ect.... I can verify the grass part.
But I really like this kinda stuff so is this a scale picture?