A couple of things which pertain to recent
posts, or maybe not so recent in the case of the second item, but which can go
together for an eclectic post!
I was very impressed by Brian's pictures
of the Charles W. Morgan (I nearly wrote Henry!) the other day and he sent
a couple of uncropped/cheat shots to show how they are done. This one shows how
he got the horizon shots, and it was simpler than I'd imagined, he just held
them up to the sky!
While here Brian's using natural light to
get those atmospheric shadows. I can't get these results outside with my little
Nikon's, I have to find shade, use a tripod and then employ flash, yet still
get quite smoky or flat shots (as the recent and forthcoming board-game pictures
attest), if I tried this kind of shot (without flash) they'd be blurry.
I used to get better outdoor results with
the old Fuji Finepix's, but they were
also the least robust and shortest-lived of the five cameras I've had now, and six I've
used since 2007, so it's a 'swings and roundabouts' thing with these digital cameras and you
just have to try and see!
Meanwhile I managed to score these from
Mike Harding, who always seems to find interesting things. Three FFL from
somewhere, when I got the other one (below) a while back (Plastic Warrior Show 2019) someone suggested
Argentina I think, but I'm now wondering if they might not be JSP or their Portuguese suppliers (Injectaplatic) as they are that same
stiff 'Macau' PVC?
And there's clearly at least two
colourways, I wonder if there mightn't be blue ones turn-up at some point, If
they are Injecta'/JSP the three poses would make sense, as that is how they sold
the slightly smaller Romans, one mounted and two foot per card?
I have no evidence either way, but will put
both names in the tags for now. Taken from Timpo, obviously, but probably from hollow-casts, the binocular guy wasn't produced in plastic by Toy Importers?
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