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An iconoclast opinion follows. Bryan, I would not compliment the modeling, nor the photography. What I like is the atmosphere that pops out of your pictures. This demonstrates that minimal modeling pictured in an appropriate setting can be enough to convey a nice impression. As for the modeling, the idea of brushing one's hands on a diorama is the best way to learn, and to make mistakes without too much expense nor too much deception. Be sure, I never had the patience to do that, as said the colleague above I too want to run trains ASAP! What I don't like are the interferences between the model and what sems a natural background. The "pollution" of the blurred latter is quite uncomfortable. As for the photography, what you have to learn is depth of field, i.e. the distance in which the picture is sharp. The best (and only) equipment ever to take model pictures is a 24 mm lens with a 2x converter. That makes a standard lens (48 mm instead of 50), but with the extended depth of field of the 24 mm. With the smallest stop (usually f:22, an f:32 would be ideal but rare to find), the depth of field goes from about 6" to 25" (4" to 30" perhaps at f:32). Stopping at f:22 necessitates both a strong light, and very slow speed. These settings usually allow even to place the camera right on the level of the layout, this gives an almost human view of it. Bracket and select the best picture. And please vary your angles, most of your pictures look the same. Use a versatile and stable tripod that expands and rotate in all directions, so as to select many different angles of view and at the same time always keep the camera steady. Hope this helps, and bravo for choosing SP darling.
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