Model Airplane macro

Red Bull · August 23, 2006

I've had this little model for quite some time now just sitting in my room. I just thought of photographing it tonight! It's a 1:400 scale chrome model.

Skippy · August 23, 2006

Red Bull wrote:

I've had this little model for quite some time now just sitting in my room. I just thought of photographing it tonight! It's a 1:400 scale chrome model.

Nice one Red Bull........ would have liked to have seen the full wing in the shot, but gosh it sure does stand out the way you've captured it

What did you use for your back ground ??? Skippy (Australia)

wxwax · August 23, 2006

Very striking, nice job. Personally, I like the shallow depth of field, but would like to also see the nose in focus, then have the focus tail off towards the end of the plane.

Awais Yaqub · August 23, 2006

Nice plane will love to see full right wing and also a nose in focus

i had similer type of model when i was kid i threw it from top storey of my house with a view it will fly but...........

Red Bull · August 23, 2006

Thanks everyone. Skippy, I set the plane down on a sheet of paper, then I covered up the rest of the floor with white paper so I would get a nice white background.

This was the best one of the bunch. I'll probably try and take more. I got some with the nose in focus but this was the best of the bunch.

ChrisJ · August 23, 2006

Red Bull wrote:

Thanks everyone. Skippy, I set the plane down on a sheet of paper, then I covered up the rest of the floor with white paper so I would get a nice white background.

This was the best one of the bunch. I'll probably try and take more. I got some with the nose in focus but this was the best of the bunch.

You could always try focus stacking... I think Lord V. wrote up a tutorial on that at some point...

I agree, nice shot. But I also want the nose to be in focus.

Red Bull · August 23, 2006

Ah, I'll definately have to try stacking. I completely forgot about it. Thanks for the tip, I'll try to find the tutorial.

davidryan · August 23, 2006

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Nice plane will love to see full right wing and also a nose in focus

i had similer type of model when i was kid i threw it from top storey of my house with a view it will fly but...........

Man! I thought my plane was the only one that didn't fly. :uhoh

I had a 747 model and a Blackbird....I think my blackbird is in the farm's pond. The 747 is somewhere on highway 83 as I lost it while hanging my arm out he window trying to give it flight!

Thankfully none of my planes have these same problems now.

Neat photo=-- try a larger f-stop? Maybe the nose would come into focus.

Awais Yaqub · August 24, 2006

davidryan wrote:

Man! I thought my plane was the only one that didn't fly. :uhoh

I had a 747 model and a Blackbird....I think my blackbird is in the farm's pond. The 747 is somewhere on highway 83 as I lost it while hanging my arm out he window trying to give it flight!

Thankfully none of my planes have these same problems now.

Neat photo=-- try a larger f-stop? Maybe the nose would come into focus.

I still have it's parts young kids when visit our home they love to fly it :uhoh

I want to see nose in focus but i still love focus at "American" and wing giving sense of motion

firedancing4life · August 25, 2006

don't forget this tut on white backgrounds....you can make it even more striking...however...i do love what you've done.

http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077012

Model Airplane macro

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