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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831 What did disturb me in the October issue was Gary Hoover's use of an inserted digtal sky in photos for a traditional layout tour article. I greatly admire Gary's work but I want to see layouts/layout rooms as they really are...not imaginary visions of what the builder would like them to be. [/quote] Mr. Hoover has been using artifical temporary backdrops, scenery and access hatches to create photos of otherwise impossible views on his layout for years. He published a recent article on his techniques. So lots of the layout and layout room photos you've seen of his layout over the years have not been "as they really are". But that's OK as long as he doesn't use a computer to make the artificial scenes? I fail to see the difference. As long as the author makes clear what's real and what's enhanced, why should it matter? For the record, some of the photos Mr. Hoover has published in the past with the temporary scenery and backdrops showing impossible (from the aisle) viewpoints have not been so identified. So what? Photographing layout scenes as the builder would like them to be and not "as they really are" goes back at least as far as John Allen (who used a lot of photographic and temporary scenery tricks) and probably farther. Jon
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