| Howdy Mark, John,
First let me thank both of ya for your comments, its much appreciated.
Mark, I dont guess I will quit heralding the benifits of outdoor, groundlevel photography for model kits. I have said before that photographing them in this fashion is a strange angle that the eye is not used to. But, the more I think about it, being photographed at eye level isnt an "odd angle", when looking at a real aircraft, this is pretty close to the angle you will see so its more of a "natural angle". The surrounding trees and bushes along with the concrete just add more realism to the "effect" of the angle of the 'shoot".
As for this thing looking bigger than it is, again, thats part of the illusion, the model is only 10 inches long, maybe 14 inches if you include the area of the main rotor extending past the front of the model.
The Verlinden "tarmac" also gives the helicopter an impression of it being larger than it is because the individual concrete sqaures are in scale in relation to the scale of the model. Of course using my driveway with no visible lines in the concrete also creates this effect, especially with the grass, trees and shrubbery in the background.
I have also stated before that everyone should atleast try photographing one of their models in this fashion, I believe that once you do it, it will be the only way you photograph them again.
And I dont see why you couldnt do boats and ships in the same manner......well except you might get wet lol, but armour looks just as good photographed in this manner.
Anyway, I have gone on enough, thanks again for the comments.
Have a good day,
Greg
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