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By Steve_Crook
July 11, 2011
07:48 PM

> John DeCarli > > So, for that last photo, they must have had a matte painting below to get the > famous vertiginous shot, right? Yes John, a matte painted by Peter Ellenshaw. They used all the tricks available, mattes, hanging miniatures, B&W photos of the Himalayas touched up with pastels and tilted to catch the English sun acting as backdrops - and lots of other tricks that they made up on the spot. They were an amazing team of artists and technicians at the top of their game Steve
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By minxfilms
July 19, 2011
02:41 PM

yay!!!! - thank you
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