How to make things appear to be flying

[tonguello]

Trying to figure it out from the pic... could the stick for the vulture be tucked under your wristwatch, maybe?

mm nope... I use my watch on my left hand and that day I wasn't using it.  . I must have been holding the vulture with my camera hand.

[Wolf Knight]

Well, no matter how t was done, its magic ....  stop killing the magic

[Bill Blackhurst]

When I display my planes & helicopters like in the my past photo stories I have used transparent 8 lb. fishing line, & it works well for the larger jet liners.

[bonniebeth]

Do you still have a bunch of planes and helicopters hanging from your ceiling, BB? I recall you did in a pic you've shown in the past.

[tonguello]

When I display my planes & helicopters like in the my past photo stories I have used transparent 8 lb. fishing line, & it works well for the larger jet liners.

  hi BIll!

yeah fishing line is what I ment by transparent string.  
It works fine under certain conditions.
This reminds me that I tried to use it to make a fairy fly over a display and it didn't work because the clicky is TOO light and the hanging posture looked awefull...with hevier objects like a plane it is probably the best choice though.  

[Luis]

i've used the transparent thread with the magic carpet and then just erase with photo shop

yours is very well done because you have natural lighting and i see no sequels of earsing at all

[Tiermann]

Great job on the photoshopping. I love  the clone tool. Finding ways to hide the support works nicely in video too, like we did with the jousting knights. Much easier than stop motion.

[tonguello]

Finding ways to hide the support works nicely in video too, like we did with the jousting knights. Much easier than stop motion.

oh right, yes! works great for video!

[tahra]

The problem with those plane pics, is that the helix/motor of the plane is still.. maybe some motion blur, but at least for me it might be a bit over my paintshop skills.

[bonniebeth]

I never even thought about that.