Picture of the day! by you!

[Landonsrt]

It is a model....

[mikepmcs]

It is a model....

The ultimate compliment.  That is a real picture I took of downtown Augusta Maine a couple months back. I guess I don't have to wonder if I pulled that off.
That is my first attempt at said effect.

[Musicman]

No special effects... just a shot looking up the road as you start to enter the White Mountain region of NH.

[tan top]

No special effects... just a shot looking up the road as you start to enter the White Mountain region of NH.

thats a good shot 

[chargergirl]

That is BEATIFUL!

[SeattleCharger]

It is a model....

The ultimate compliment.  That is a real picture I took of downtown Augusta Maine a couple months back. I guess I don't have to wonder if I pulled that off.
That is my first attempt at said effect.

Its a model I say!!!   where are all the cars and people? 

[73chgrSE]

It is a model....

The ultimate compliment.  That is a real picture I took of downtown Augusta Maine a couple months back. I guess I don't have to wonder if I pulled that off.
That is my first attempt at said effect.

Its a model I say!!!   where are all the cars and people?  

I see at least 3 cars...and 1 black minivan.

[squeakfinder]

How come the bridge and down the street don't appear to be all that blurry but the building's in the immediate background look real blurry? Allthough the water sky and far off background do look real.
What I'm trying to say is the bridge looks like it might be farther away than those out of focus building's.

[Long Island RT]

Empire State building with Williamsburg Bridge this past Saturday

[SeattleCharger]

It is a model....

Its a model I say!!!   where are all the cars and people?  

I see at least 3 cars...and 1 black minivan.

oh ya, I see the black minivan now, and the cars under carports kind of.  that is really trippy, really looks like a model.  

[mauve66]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

[Khyron]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

or Jay Leno picking his nose while 3 bears ride on unicycles as a clown pops a ballon and a child is running crying..


there, he needs to photoshop that!

[mikepmcs]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

or Jay Leno picking his nose while 3 bears ride on unicycles as a clown pops a ballon and a child is running crying..


there, he needs to photoshop that!

I'll work on the Leno deal.

Hey, Mauve, it's me, Mike, the guy that took the picture, it's a real picture of downtown augusta maine, I got no reason to lie about it.
I obviously nailed the effect I was trying to achieve so thanks everybody for the comments, this is too funny.
I'll take another picture today of something else and post another one up. Hopefully it will be as good as this one.
I love this place.

[oldrock]

re the pic that looks like a model... one easy way to show it is real is to take a pic when there is some wind. That is one thing the model builders can't really replicate. Wind makes waves on the water and bows the trees in a specific way. Very hard to make a model that would reflect all that. BTW, if that is a model the trees are fantastic! They are not your average very uniform looking overly green things most models use.

[73chgrSE]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

Check this out. Similar angle of the same town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta,_Maine_2.jpg

[36 Dodge Brothers]

San Francisco, Picture taken from Treasure Island.

[CB]

That's a pretty cool picture! Hope to catch the same view when I will travel the west coast
Thanks!
CB

[SeattleCharger]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

Check this out. Similar angle of the same town.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta,_Maine_2.jpg

ok, 

[Mr.Woolery]

It is a model....

Its a model I say!!!   where are all the cars and people?  

I see at least 3 cars...and 1 black minivan.

oh ya, I see the black minivan now, and the cars under carports kind of.  that is really trippy, really looks like a model.  

There's a real technique to getting that "toylike" feel in the pics.  There's a guy who's mastered the technique to create some really intriguing time lapse movies on Youtube...here's an example.  Really cool stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrtYRxGyuo&feature=channel

[Dans 68]

That's a pretty cool picture! Hope to catch the same view when I will travel the west coast
Thanks!
CB

I'll make sure it happens. I'll get Brock to take ya....

Actually, I'll try to get that shot when we are on Treasure Island this coming Sunday morning on our cruise to Santa Cruz down Coast Highway 1. There will probably be a bit of fog so the ambiance will be different.

Dan

[71superbee]

I can vouch for Mikepmcs. As soon as I noticed the picture, I knew that it was Augusta Maine looking from the Memorial bridge down onto Water St. BTW I live 5 minutes from Augusta and go over the bridge all the time.

Mike does take amazing pictures and by the looks of his pics he definately is very talented.

[mikepmcs]

I can vouch for Mikepmcs. As soon as I noticed the picture, I knew that it was Augusta Maine looking from the Memorial bridge down onto Water St. BTW I live 5 minutes from Augusta and go over the bridge all the time.

Mike does take amazing pictures and by the looks of his pics he definately is very talented.

Hey Rick  
Hope all is well.  
Thanks for the nice words BTW. I would like to turn this in to a full time hobby/income.  Don't know how to do it though. Researching every day....  
I work at the VA now, errr for now. :-)

36DB, That shot of my home town is awesome!!! 

[mauve66]

cars are easy to put in a model and people are also if they are far enough away, the pic is cool but i'm a skeptic, i'll believe it if i see another pic without the effects and different traffic pedestrian patterns, maybe even a ship in the water or a dolphin jumping around.....................................

or Jay Leno picking his nose while 3 bears ride on unicycles as a clown pops a ballon and a child is running crying..


there, he needs to photoshop that!

I'll work on the Leno deal.

Hey, Mauve, it's me, Mike, the guy that took the picture, it's a real picture of downtown augusta maine, I got no reason to lie about it.
I obviously nailed the effect I was trying to achieve so thanks everybody for the comments, this is too funny.
I'll take another picture today of something else and post another one up. Hopefully it will be as good as this one.
I love this place.

i'm just skeptical about photos nowadays with the things that photoshop can do, others have proven your ability already, you really have talent there

[mikepmcs]

There's a real technique to getting that "toylike" feel in the pics.  There's a guy who's mastered the technique to create some really intriguing time lapse movies on Youtube...here's an example.  Really cool stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrtYRxGyuo&feature=channel

Holy moly, that is incredible.  I'm torn between his ability to make this time lapse or the power he must have to stage a fake search and rescue when that guy fell in to the ocean.  

On another note, no time to stop and take a picture today but I'll gen one up from a previous photo, gimme a few minutes.

[FLG]

Cool pics!

LI R/T, you come by my neck of the woods and dont even give me a heads up 

BTW, next time your around i live in Williamsburg Brooklyn...shoot me a PM!

Looked at pic more closely. I say you took that not far or right off of kent ave in Brooklyn....literally maybe 5 min from where i live.