I almost broke my jaw because of this picture! I thought it was real and then realized it was a model and my jaw bottomed out! GREAT shot and GREAT modeling! :thumbs_up::thumbs_up::thumbs_up:
I've got a full picture frame's worth of the lower ridge filled in with rock castings. Now I need to get the top half filled in and I'll have a full picture's worth of "complete" scenery. An Early Virginia & Truckee Freight on Thunder Ridge
Very nice, you guys! I love the rock-work, and of course Wolfgang is still batting 1000. Here is mine. Seneca Summit
Mark, those are really real looking rocks, nice job. You have a great fan trip going, Wolfgang. Another great scene and photo, Crandell. I1 on the 1% grade at Stoney Creek. DJ.
Hey Russell, Nice catch. That Freedom Train must have been enroute to the Southwest. All of the train would not fit on my 6' module. This module is a transition from blue line to alternate blue in both directions.
More HO landscaping and lighting... Plan to have livestock in this one next week and hide those wires in the back of the barn.
I remember as a Cub Scout, standing in line for hours in Los Angeles waiting to get aboard the Freedom Train. What a wonderful experience that was. :thumbs_up: Thanks for the great photos, guys!
Crandell, I see from your picture you use a program like Helicon or CombineZM. How many pictures do you take for one stacked picture like this? Wolfgang
Looking good everyone ! The remaining order of HORSE-power has arrived on my N scale Allegheny & Cumberland ...
Wolfgang, sorry, I have been out of the house all day. I used CombineZM until I purchased a new PC just recently, and since I had to find and load all such 'additions' once again, I just updated the programme to the ZP version. I typically try to take no fewer than 6 exposures in an HO scene less than 1 meter deep. If it extends much beyond 1.5m, I will typically use at least nine. The schematic below shows how I have come to understand what should be the optimal focus depth settings using the auto-focus half-depress of the shutter button: )--X--X---X----X------X---------X-------------X--------------X-----------XL The lens is the first element you see, and each x is the focus point. It works best if you focus several times as slight increases in depth for the first 30 cm, and then you can begin to stretch it out. Also, your Canon probably has a macro mode? My Powershot A710is does, and I use it for the first three or four exposures, typically ending no further than about 25-30cm. I then switch to normal mode and continue to set the auto focus at about 15cm intervals thereafter.
Been tinkering with lighting... I cheated, just a little, in photoshop with some "spotlight" lighting effects to amplify the backlight and glint...
SAMRA Train Show this weekend. I had layout open house yesterday. Twenty-three visitors in five hours. I was almost hoarse from talking. It was fun and a lot of interesting guests. Bought two engines at the train show. I will try to get train show pictures today.
