This is pretty doggone cool! For some reason this reminds me of something out of Transformers!
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| Posted by Andrew on February 11, 2012 | |
That is a great photograph. A lot more about how the photgraph was actually taken would be very interesting. The way the lit up engine jumps out at you, magic!
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Really creative. Quite an attention getter.
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Here is the site that started it all- http://adcuz.co.uk/2009/02/28/night-photography-tutorial-make-a-car-bonnet-appear-transparent/ Some of the information is misleading but most of it was relevant. They did a little more than I was able to simply due to the scale of the project. As far as needing to be in a dark area, this shot was taken right next to a feed mill. As long as you avoid direct light you should be okay. What saved me in this shot was that it was backlit. The shadow allowed me more time to work and prevented the car body doors from appearing in the open position. I look forward to tweaking the technique. Thanks for the comments!
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I'm not buying it, you can't even see the doors on the locomotive.
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...the doors are standing straight out at the camera, perpendicular to the long hood.
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| Posted by on February 11, 2012 | |
Anthony, I must say, this is certainly something 'new'. Very well done, I really enjoy seeing something out of the box and I'm glad you shared this image with us. Very effective, a great idea, and I hope to see plenty more to follow!
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Jacob - I never said it was for sale... haha If you look close the first (left side) door can be seen up in the grill. The whole point was to make the doors invisible. Thats why the rear door was not opened. If I did it would have cast a ghost over the lighter area. A problem covered in the article I posted. Furthermore, the light grey in the very center is a patch over a CN/Alsthom logo. The lines are straight but with the doors open the lighter grey caught just enough light to distort the area. In closing, if it was fake I would have done a better job. I recommend getting with a local shortline or museum and see if they will let you try it. Heck, try it on your car. Lots of fun with really cool results. No photoshop needed! Thank you all for the comments!
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I would think that to make the doors appear to be gone, all doors have to point straight at the camera lens. Back in the day before there were modern cameras, we would use tripods, and hold the lens open on(Bulb Setting). One person would place his hands in front of the two cameras lenses to block light entry. The second person would carry a remote flash unit and place himself where light was needed, then he would call out the word OPEN,(hands clear of lenses) and fire the flash, of course he had to be out of camera range. Then he would shout CLOSE and the person at the cameras would put his hands in front of the lenses again. The Flash man would then move to a new location and the above procedure would be done again. Some of these "night shots" would take four or five B-2 flash bulbs. After the last flash the cameras lenses would be closed using a cable release. Some of these Night Photos would take five to ten minutes to create and the person shielding the lenses would get very tired from standing in one place so long, and if there were bugs about or if you had an itch then that was just too bad. I do have two photos of a freshly painted Southern SW-1 that was sitting out side of a paint shop, and was opened up as in your photo. I shot it as found and then pushed the doors almost closed and shot again, then I opened the doors to the as found position, and walked away a happy man ! The paint on that SW-1 was still tacky but the unit was fully lettered.
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| Posted by on February 11, 2012 | |
Wow! Anthony, this site sees few truly new ideas. This is one. I really like the idea and can't wait to see your further attempts. Perhaps expose it a bit longer to make the doors somewhat visible and potentially do the same treatment for the cab? I don't know, but definitely a fabulous image. PCA from me.
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| Posted by on February 11, 2012 | |
John Ryan and I did something similar, although I like your results more than what we ended up with:
http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=289943
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Great job Anthony! Always nice to see someone try something new.
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| Posted by Waxyice on February 11, 2012 | |
I love this. Nice to see something fresh on here. I am curious how many attempts it took to get one this good. I hope to see more like this.
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Anthony, great idea and nicely done!
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Nice looking shot, Anthony. I just read the tutorial in the link you posted, and his procedure for achieving the "see through" hood seems kind of unnecessary. All you'd have to do on location is make two exposures; one with the hood open, one with it closed. Next, open both images in photoshop in the same file on two different layers, and then simply erase the area of the hood you want to show the exposed engine with. Much less of a hassle than what he's doing with opening and closing the hood and making sure you're not in the image.
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Jim- Thats true but the method I used creates a different effect, in my opinion. Like the way he used a few different lights to "paint" the image with soft light, harsh light, and light trails. I did not have enough hands/ladders/lights to complete the same effect in the large scale but I did more than "flash" the areas. Using the flashlight to paint and highlight different areas. So, yes, I agree, to a point. In the end it was an interesting idea, that went from planning to execution beautifully and is much more rewarding to have done with my own two hands rather than a mouse. You can take the time to paint an image by hand or you can take a digital file into photoshop and have a program do it. Those programs are getting very good. Creating the exact same effect, but I would hope you would agree that the painter creates a better product. There is a thousand different ways to accomplish the same goal. I'll do it the right way and y'all can do it however you want! haha! Thanks again for all the comments!
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Anthony, I like the way you pulled this photo off, actually painting the interior rather than taking the easy way and Photoshopping two images as others suggested could be done. This shows talent.
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Very impressive, very innovative, very well executed....you should be proud of this one.
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Next time, try different colors of light. Awesome shot.
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| Posted by on February 14, 2012 | |
Really, really, really cool shot! Wonderful imagination. Thanks for sharing!
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Inside the warp core of the SD40!
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| Posted by FSWood on February 18, 2012 | |
That's pretty cool. I like what Ken said.
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Anthony this is very nice shot. Congratulations !
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| Posted by mishu88 on March 25, 2012 | |
Like a Protoss locomotive! Ha-ha, awesome shot!!
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