Fake real model photography
Posted by David on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 7:33 AM.
Remember the super cool aerial photography I linked to a couple of weeks ago?
One of my co-workers found a great article talking about how to do the same thing in post: Fake Model Photography.
And since we're all enjoying the Bird's Eye imagery in Windows Live Local, it seemed a natural step to use that imagery to experiment on.
My first attempt, with this set of little boxes, worked pretty well:
But my second attempt, using this tasteful little place, worked a lot better:
Greg is doing some fun ones, too: Lady Liberty and a super awesome Doughnut.
Update: Here's a nice image I did of Columbia University.
How about some neat smokestacks? (NYC folks -- any idea what they are?)
Meredith, on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 9:00 AM:
Wow...these are surreal and lovely images. Great!
Rob, on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 7:03 AM:
If you can take these supposed "real" satellite images and manipulate them into “fake” model photos, we believe that in fact the process you describe here is actually not possible unless the photos were of models to begin with.
Given the FACT that these satellite images are NOT actually real, it a logical extrapolation to believe that the rest of the world is in fact an elaborate hoax and the world is being modeled in great detail in huge “aircraft hangers” and “warehouses” throughout the industrial areas of this small “region” of what we’ve been led to believe is the “globe.”
Finally, definitive proof that the world is in fact flat and small enough to fit on the back of a giant turtle.
David Adam Edelstein, on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 7:34 AM:
Sometimes it's easy to tell you're from Texas.
maffy, on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 10:36 AM:
Maybe he should run for president... :)
rebecca, on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 5:21 PM:
it's turtles all the way down.