Saturday, August 16, 2025

Spacescape? Not Quite!

Interesting, isn’t it? The deep blue at top left is evocative of space, at least the upper atmosphere, while the cloudscapes to lower right represent the turning planet. The eye tries to see a space perspective—but of course it’s not. I simply tipped the camera relative to the horizon, looking for potential background images for miniature photography. Match the lighting angle on a model aircraft or spacecraft, then use digital techniques to cut the craft from its background and composite it over this real sky photograph, and the result should be quiet convincing! I grabbed this frame on April 22nd, 2014, on my way to London for a convention at the Park Royal, and was back in Australia a few days later—a wonderful memory! (Sadly, my last overseas trip, and the last time I flew.) This is exactly as the frame came from the camera, no adjustments were made at all; Fuji FinePix S5600. Image by Mike. Mm

 

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