I believe these pictures are actually shot before the opening of the rides - before they even have the rides up and running - before the rides have been built. They must be composite pictures, shot in a studio and cut and pasted together. Can anyone confirm that they are actual photos? They often look like realistic paintings rather than photographs.
Quote from: History Buff on October 31, 2015, 10:31:00 AMI believe these pictures are actually shot before the opening of the rides - before they even have the rides up and running - before the rides have been built. They must be composite pictures, shot in a studio and cut and pasted together. Can anyone confirm that they are actual photos? They often look like realistic paintings rather than photographs.Could be but the wardrobes do not look like 1972 era to me. I think they probably stopped the train in the area of the photo, set up all the lighting and cameras then shot all the publicity photos, then photo shopped them to reflect what was wanted.
Quote from: Runner1960 on October 31, 2015, 12:22:16 PMQuote from: History Buff on October 31, 2015, 10:31:00 AMI believe these pictures are actually shot before the opening of the rides - before they even have the rides up and running - before the rides have been built. They must be composite pictures, shot in a studio and cut and pasted together. Can anyone confirm that they are actual photos? They often look like realistic paintings rather than photographs.Could be but the wardrobes do not look like 1972 era to me. I think they probably stopped the train in the area of the photo, set up all the lighting and cameras then shot all the publicity photos, then photo shopped them to reflect what was wanted. You have to remember similar graphics of things like the Waterboggan, OR, etc. The graphics are released prior to the ride even being able to be photographed like this. I don't know about '72, but you also have to remember the limitations of '72 technology, don't you?