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Various Diecast Buses
* Matchbox, Husky & Corgy Buses
* School Buses, Greyhound Buses
* Double Decker Buses
As I always say: "Nothing fancy going on here."
The most challenging aspect for me is getting the composition right: it has to
look natural, even if it's a glamor shot.
So with just 3 vehicles and some sifted dirt on a painted styrene base, how
does one go about making it look real?
I think about how people drive and park cars. What is enough distance between vehicles in order to open a door and get out? If people are meeting in a field, does everyone just park side by side or is there a randomness to it? Even if this is just a miniature set, I feel there are certain natural laws that
must be taken into account.
I apologize for blathering on here, but I wanted to give some insight into the process.
Here's the finished shot:
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Although its highly metallic black finish is very un 1930's the rest of the Matchbox 1932 Ford Pick-Up appears pretty stock. Not usually my era of interest but wonderfully cast with crisp neat front detailing and riding on chrome disc wheels. Being part of the latest Moving Parts series ensures its front doors open. Mint and boxed.
Escultura de la Mano del desierto, ubicada a 75 kilómetros de la ciudad de Antofagasta, en el norte de Chile. / Sculpture of the Hand of the desert, located 75 kilometers from the city of Antofagasta, in northern Chile.
www.monumentos.gob.cl/monumentos/monumentos-publicos/mano...
With the price of basic Mainline Hot Wheels now reaching 2.40 at some UK retailers, thats a crazy equivalent of nearly THREE DOLLARS, then surely there is now a gap to be filled by the likes of Maisto.
Once a staple of the budget diecast market here up until about five years ago, the Fresh Metal range deserves a triumphant return to fight against rising costs and the dominance of HTI generics.
Their new 2021 Ford Bronco is perfectly acceptable, its obvious cost cutting plays its part in its construction but the detailing and accuracy is every bit as good as a Mattel equivalent.
Mint and boxed.
Back in the glory days, long before it became what it is now, I was very active on eBay. Early on, eBay was actually called the online garage sale, and was in its infancy. In fact, in those early days, long before membership reached its first million, Pierre was running eBay out of a garage in the Bay area.
During my time as an eBay seller...which ended quite a few years ago...I ran close to 2000 auctions, and made just over 1500 sales. I actually have a framed 'Power Seller' certificate hanging on my library wall. (o;
In those early days, eBay offered no photography function, and many / most auctions were listed without photos. That was a bad idea; people want to see what they are buying from strangers. I did all of my own photography, plus the HTML coding to write the listings and include the photos. (Incidentally, and as proof of obsession, I still have most all of the listing files I wrote back then.)
This photo was one of about a hundred different diecast colllectible cars I sold at auction. At that time I was shooting with the D100, hand held using room lighting. Everything is relative, and even average photos will trump auctions with none.
I continue to do quite a bit of tabletop photography...much higher quality now than this photo...but that type of photography is NOT popular on Flickr. That may be because the subject matter is generally uninteresting, or it may be that folks have found that tabletop photography, lighting, perspective, gear, etc., is far more difficult than pointing the camera at a sunset and snapping the picture. I wanted to share this old shot as a memory for me of both those times with eBay and an earlier time in photography.
Various Vintage Diecast Buses
Double Decker:
* Matchbox - Red BP Visco-Static Routemaster Bus (1967)
* Matchbox - Cream Esso Extra Petrol Daimler Bus (1966)
* Matchbox - Green Esso Extra Petrol Daimler Bus (1968)
* Matchbox - Superfast Berger Paints "The Londoner" (1974)
Single Deck:
* Hot Wheels - School Bus (1988)
* Matchbox - Greyhound Coach (1966)
* Husky - Duple Vista 25 Coach (1968)
* Matchbox - Setra Coach (1972)
* Matchbox - Mercedes Coach (1967)