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05/02/2024 12:45 am
Forced perspective can be when one places items in a picture that makes it look like they are all the correct size for one another, even though they really are not. One way is to place something much closer to the camera and another object further away to fool the eye into thinking they are of the same appropriate scale.
It can also be done in the computer by having the model and the background sized separately to make it look like they are each the correct size for one another. From many years ago, here, the old factory is an H.O. scale kit and the Tucker car is a 1/18 scale Yat Ming diecast model, combined in the computer to make it look more like they are actually the appropriate size for one another.
05/02/2024 3:31 am
fantastic Mike, I'd "never have known if you hadn't told me"!
05/02/2024 12:27 pm
Mike, you are the master with a camera! You definitely know how to work the shutter! Your photos are just amazing.
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05/02/2024 4:19 pm
Lol, thanks. The cars are the real stars and we are happy and lucky to have such enjoyable miniature automobiles and items to work with.
As "Seinfeld" would say, "We are masters of our own domains !" 
06/02/2024 10:11 am
Geoff and Marty summed it up nicely. Thanks Mike.
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19/02/2024 5:09 pm
That's just SO cool, Mike. It has a painterly quality. Great work!!
This post was modified 2 years ago by Mark Sweeney
Steve Jacobs reacted
19/02/2024 8:11 pm
Mike,
I believe that you've been gracing us with your fantastic photos for at least 20yrs now..! Am I even close ?
Steve
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19/02/2024 11:38 pm
Lol, thanks ! It seems like maybe 85-90 years, I think ! 
As far as 1/18 diecast cars go, I think I picked one up in about 2000 or so when I was on a business trip out in Las Vegas, but I had some Hubley kits and others long before that.
One thing we all have in common is we all tend to like real and scale automobiles and other transportation vehicles like trucks, trains, ships and aircraft. And we tend to appreciate them in many scales, price/detail levels, and from collectors with a variety of ages and areas of concentration. (both for the replicas and the collectors !)