Wednesday, September 19, 2012

From Buckles #2



4 comments:

John Herriott said...

Mr. Beatty sure did some great PR stuff with the cats.Very impressive.He was that bextra that makes for greatness. johnny

Eric said...

Do you think this is an actual photo or an example of some press agent's ingenuity at combining photos to create a dramatic result?

Buckles said...

Looks like several pictures have been cobbled together.

Harry Kingston said...

Now fans I got to admit this one has me stumped.
It might be an actual photo???
Now to start with it would have to be shot on a 4 by 5 or larger format camera.
Now lets say to insert the lion only as the lion is not a sharp image and not to show the bars of the cage. You would have to hand paint out everything but the lion.
Then what do you do on the hoop as putting the lion in would cover up the front part of the hoop???
There was no digital like now as you can add anything and make it look real.
I am with Eric as I bet it is real deal.
Any other ideas or input is greatly welcomed.
RKO Radio pictures made an 18 inch gorilla look real on the screen in 1932.
Harry in Texas