12-31-2008, 12:42 PM
Nachoman makes a good point. There's a fine line between "scale", and "realistic". In most all "detail", it should be as close to scale as possible, while still being visible.
Think of it this way, in almost all cases, (in HO) you are viewing the scene from over three hundred feet away (four actual feet), so, unless you are going to be taking macro photographs of the scene, the details will have to be slightly larger than scale to be perceived by the eye, in a way that agrees with what the brain is expecting, which is a view somewhat closer than three hundred feet.
If you ever have a chance to see a matte painting, used in motion pictures to change the background, you will see that "detail" is a case of overstated/understated, and almost never exact. Impressionistic. your eye is on the foreground, so it's not focussed on the background. You only sense the presence of background. Still photography, however, does not perceive, it records. in this case, scale accuracy is required, because the eye can look at all the detail.
Think of it this way, in almost all cases, (in HO) you are viewing the scene from over three hundred feet away (four actual feet), so, unless you are going to be taking macro photographs of the scene, the details will have to be slightly larger than scale to be perceived by the eye, in a way that agrees with what the brain is expecting, which is a view somewhat closer than three hundred feet.
If you ever have a chance to see a matte painting, used in motion pictures to change the background, you will see that "detail" is a case of overstated/understated, and almost never exact. Impressionistic. your eye is on the foreground, so it's not focussed on the background. You only sense the presence of background. Still photography, however, does not perceive, it records. in this case, scale accuracy is required, because the eye can look at all the detail.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!