I put Tamiya’s P-51 into a shot of the sky that I took today. I know, the flaps probably shouldn’t be down, but if you think its tough on some kits, try to do it digitally. I wanted to have a natural metal plane in the sky, and since this is the only one that didn’t get damaged when I moved, its the one that I used. I have over 100 planes that got damaged 2 years ago. Its hard to look at them, but I tell myself, " I’ll fix them some day . . ."
Pix.
Hey, looking good Pix. There’s no reason that the flaps shouldn’t be down really, the Mustang has high speed flaps and could drop one notch at pretty high speeds. I like it actually, because the flaps being down makes it seem like it’s maneuvering, like maybe recovering after a fight that got slow and he had to do some turning to get his kill. Good stuff.
madda
Thanks, maddafinga. I just couldn’t resist a NMF in that sky ! I got some other shots today of mown grass fields. Should be good for European fighter scenes, but it will be a lot of work. To properly expose the ground, the sky is overexposed. Oh, well. Maybe I’ll just put another sky in the pic. Thanks again, Pix.
Pretty sharp, it looks like a painting…
That is cool looking, Pix!
I need to learn how to do that stuff.
Great shot, I wish I had a digital camera to do stuff like that with my models. Where you inspired by the recent FSM article about using the computer to place a/c models in the sky?
You’ve been inspiring me. I’ve had to fly a couple of times this month, so I’ve been taking digital photos of clouds out the window from high altitude. I just have to get around to compositing some pics now. 
MTOLLENS
Where’d you take the scooter pic?
Only place I have seen them was lines and lines of them at Al-Jabar, Kuwait. All hangered going to waste…
Thanks for the compliments, all ! I am a media arts student, and one of my classes, about 1 1/2 years ago, was intro to Photoshop. I got a copy of the program, and I use it for about 4-5 hours a day (its summer vacation time !).
John P - You have to use care when taking photos out a window. Use the manual focus, set to infinity (if you have one) Don’t use the flash (reflections from the glass). The auto-focus will usually set itself to the distance of the glass. Put the camera as close to the window as possible. I just point my camera up at interesting-looking cloud formations.
The 3 semesters of photo I took were the biggest source of info I could have had.
I’m glad that you like them, as I am compelled to do them at every oppourtunity I get. I’ll try to post another today (I’m working on it now _ its my birthday today, so I don’t want to do too much “work” !) Thanks, Pix.