Ahh... Let the fun begin! I always enjoy this thread because I get to see some good photography and great layout work and other new stuff. The idea behind the picture below was that I wanted to try to create an early morning scene, just as the sun came up somewhere in the Appalachian mountains of the eastern U.S., maybe in the 1940s. Steam effects added with software because I've heard so much about what the real stuff can do to your layout.
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For the photo buffs, lighting provided by a large-ish strobe with a soft box attached to simulate the lighting that you see. A white card was place off camera left to bounce fill light into shadows. Sigma 15-30mm lens @ 30mm, f/29 @ 1/160th sec. Nikon D100. Auto wb, raw format.
'nough of that!
Jarrell
Jarrell,
You have just raised the bar on WPF photography. I may have to go find a different sandbox to play in.....
Outstanding photography!
Don Z.
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Wow Jarrell What a great photo of some beautiful steam in the early morning
I'd be putting a bumper on the end of those tracks to keep that beauty out of the ditch .
Nice Work !
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Don Z wrote: Jarrell,You have just raised the bar on WPF photography. I may have to go find a different sandbox to play in.....Outstanding photography!Don Z.
I don't know about you Don but i'm gonna wait for page 2 before i post any photos
that's just too tuff an act to follow for me !
Don't you dare go to another sandbox, you're too valuable around here!
Thanks Don.
Don Z wrote:Jarrell,You have just raised the bar on WPF photography. I may have to go find a different sandbox to play in.....Outstanding photography!Don Z.
Hi Jarrell: That is an outstanding scene and great photography. Not much from me this week. Just the shop guys doing some cutting and welding and a shark in the shop.
Jarrell and Grampy kicking off WPF? the bar is set way too high.
J/K great pictures and modeling guys..
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Ditto that, great work by Jarrell and Grampy. Jarrell's might be one of those prints people pay big bucks for.
This week I completed some pickup trucks for my Boothbay RR club layout. They are the LL Scenemaster 50s pickups.
The first pair were repainted for MEC, and probably will be around the roundhouse and serviceing facility
The second are for the Dragon Cement plant and quarry. The more dirty one is a lube truck for quarry equipment.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I guess it's time to lower the bar...
Scenes of demolition on my layout:
I'm starting a major makeover project. All the scenery is being redone and a new (larger) yard put in. I hope to utilize several new scenery techniques I've learned over the years since I first built this layout.
I go not so far, demolition. But I replaced a throw bar.
Must be weird a working PC board throw bar to replace. But I like PROTO:87 look.
You see, the switch stand is working, of course. :
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Here's a shot of my own layout deconstruction. I finished my tear-down this past week. It's time to move on to bigger and better things.
I also made a video of my deconstruction. I took one photo everytime I removed something from the layout and put them together as a movie. I thought it would be something different and I think it turned out pretty cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOVZeOR870
Looshi wrote: SnipI also made a video of my deconstruction. I took one photo everytime I removed something from the layout and put them together as a movie. I thought it would be something different and I think it turned out pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOVZeOR870
Snip
Cool video
but you should run it in reverse
and it would look like it was under construction
GREAT work guys. Each week gets better.
NOW, I know Aggro last week wants to see me do a rust bucket................Well Aggro hows this?????????
Its a Ex BN and now its a BS "Birmingham Southern Railroad." I also added kadees, air hoses, and cut levers. Its a GEM!!! Well sorta.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
I don't belong on the first page, but I have things to do and want to get my image posted early.
SW8 setting serviced by night, but some track work at the front entrance needs to be completed first.
Jarrell: OHMYGAW, what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL shot to start the weekend off. It looks so damp and chilly that I can SEE the residue on the boiler of that big loco. Really FINE work!
And Grampys: Beautiful. Just beautiful as always. Your modeling skills are a real inspiration for me.
Well, nothing new from me--ended up having surgery to re-build my knee about a week ago, and I'm not allowed into the garage yet. So I dug into the file and thought I'd show you the 'before' and 'after' shots of my favorite Basket Case loco--the newer Yellowstone. Can't wait to get out of the brace and get out there and give her some more running in. Maybe next week if I'm a good little boy---
The basic black is Floquil's Grimy Black and I applied it with a--GASP!--spray can.
Tom
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Looshi wrote: Here's a shot of my own layout deconstruction. I finished my tear-down this past week. It's time to move on to bigger and better things. I also made a video of my deconstruction. I took one photo everytime I removed something from the layout and put them together as a movie. I thought it would be something different and I think it turned out pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOVZeOR870
Wow, you made it look so easy. Nice video. I also liked the music (Coldplay).
Are you planning to build a new layout from the ground up, or leaving the hobby for something else?
Jarrell and DJ, exquisite images from both of you. You keep me trying.
Tom, what a great series of photos, and I live your steamer. Robby, you do very good work.
-Crandell
My eyes are going crossed from studying your handiwork. Can I sue you for that?
Grampys Trains wrote:Hi Jarrell: That is an outstanding scene and great photography. Not much from me this week. Just the shop guys doing some cutting and welding and a shark in the shop.
Well i finally got working on my BENCHWORK and i hope i will be running some trains in a few weeks. Heres a pic of what i have done so far!
Here's a few simple snow pix of WRS 1701 racing northwards.
Alex
Guilford Guy wrote: Here's a few simple snow pix of WRS 1701 racing northwards.
Out of those four, that one has to be my favorite. BTW, great pictures everyone, I'll some for ya'll later.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
A glimpse of the season that's just around the corner.
CNJ831
lvanhen wrote:Hey Guilford Guy!! You can't post pics like that without a description of what you did to take them!!!! Outstanding!!
Haha... it was really quite simple...
Here's a couple pix from before with a blue tint.
great pics everyone, Here are a few of mine. I present the hobo hotel which is an abandoned caboose turned into a stopping point for hobos on the move. it is based off of the woodland scenics possom hollow kit.
and here is one just for fun.
Adam Thompson Model Railroading is fun!
Lol... you've proved what I keep saying, it doesn't matter what's just out of sight of the camera, it only matters what the camera sees.
good job!
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Thanks, fellas.
Guilford Guy-- raw special effects!
Robby- you are ever improving!
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