The Making Of - The Incident at Base 42

[Tiermann]

And here is the final image.



So thats it for the How To. This is pretty much the way I do all my diorama photos these days. It's relatively fast to delete out the white walls once I got the process down. It looks so much better with a real sky pasted in. I've tried using blue background paper but it ends up looking like blue background paper instead of a sky. If I had really bright even lighting I  might be able to do it, but with the variable lighting I have in the room it's a better result to use the method I've shown.
Thanks for reading the story and the How To. I hope you find it interesting and useful.

[PlaymoMan]

Thanks Tim for sharing that! The finished shot looks great!

[Wolf Knight]

Thanks for this step-by-step work in progress, Tim! This is really great!!! 

[conniefrere]

Thanks for showing this Tim! I have the same experience with the blue background paper. It just does not work.

[tonguello]

WOW! Thanks a lot Tim!
I'll read it carefully in the morning... my process is different and so much more complex  I'll adopt yours if I can 

[Georgeag1972]

Thanks for the pictures, Tim.
You did a great work, well done.

George.

[Lynx]

Thanks a lot for this, Tim... I still have much to learn. Have to practice, your explanation will be a good guideline!