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NER Z1 Atlantic and Bleriot monoplane photo?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:19 am
by Rlangham
Stumbled across this this morning - the caption states c1915 but more likely to be 1910-1914. Has anyone seen it before, and is there a story behind it? I'd have thought it's most likely to be staged given the coincedence of a perfect shot of an express as a monoplane just happens to be in the background;
http://www.railphotolibrary.com/Details ... only=False
Re: NER Z1 Atlantic and Bleriot monoplane photo?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:32 am
by 60800
looks fake to me
Re: NER Z1 Atlantic and Bleriot monoplane photo?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:49 pm
by Blink Bonny
Ay up!
I suspect the Bleriot was added in the darkroom. Difficult but not impossible. And a lot of fun!
Re: NER Z1 Atlantic and Bleriot monoplane photo?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:00 pm
by Rlangham
It's a very, very common trick seen in period photographs/photo postcards - often using photographs of aircraft on the ground, then modified to show them in the air flying over a certain location, in a very odd looking position