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10-JUL-2004 Paul Sumi

Sky Writing *

Still a work-in-progress, I'm playing around with this based on comments.

Canon PowerShot S400
1/1000s f/7.1 at 7.4mm hide exif
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Date/Time10-Jul-2004 17:15:27
MakeCanon
ModelPowerShot S400
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Focal Length7.4 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/7.1
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White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
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Paul Sumi14-Jul-2004 00:16
Sure, Pops, e-mail me, love ot see what you did.
Guest 13-Jul-2004 22:54
I realized another thing you can do to improve the illusion. Currently your text looks parallel to the picture plane or vertical. Frame the text and do an edit->transform->skew to make the top bigger than the bottom. You'll probably want to do that in another layer. Make it look like the letters are parallel to the ground with the tops of the letters much larger than the bottoms. I did it on my PC and it looks better. I can email you a copy of what I did if you like.
Guest 13-Jul-2004 18:07
Yea, it's a B2, that's what I meant. It's just very funny to think the Air Force is doing sky writing with a Stealth Bomber. - Pops
Paul Sumi13-Jul-2004 17:37
Pops, I wanted something to give some sense of scale. The B2 is probably going to be a place holder. I'm looking through my files for another aircraft, perhaps a light plane or helicopter. These would fit better with the humorous "feel" of the image.
Guest 13-Jul-2004 16:59
LOL, I just noticed the B1 bomber in the upper left! Excellent addition.
Paul Sumi13-Jul-2004 04:35
Nugar and Pops, thanks for your comments and suggestions. I tried to make the words more "cloud-like" and warped the text a little so as not to seem so machine-made. Still playing around with this.
Guest 12-Jul-2004 13:50
Great idea! I don't recall sky writers using upper and lower case. I think everything is upper case. Instead of "Your Ad Here" I'd put in some ad like "EAT AT JOE'S" and I'd leave the last letter incomplete but recognizable. And I think I'd put a letter or two slightly out of allignment. But again, I think this is a great idea!
Nugar12-Jul-2004 12:10
Nice shot! The font election is right on spot, since that's the one that's always used. Suggestions? Hmmm... I wouldn't know how, but if the letters where clouds it would be great. And if you really really had time on your hands, you may add some "craquelure" filters so it seems kind of "Sixtine-Chapelly". But the shot is quite nice as it is.