Just got all the lights working at Camp #8, so my little people can work 24 hours a day in three shifts. Got to make the Badge Creek pay for itself some how.
I figured it out!!...Paul must have model railroading elves working for him....I can see it now...all of them in a sweat shop-like environment...working their fingers to the bone...while Paul sits back in his easy chair...cracking his whip..."MORE TREES...MORE BALLAST...MORE STYRENE!!!"...
Paul, You finally got the crew to help you work in the wee hours. Day or night, your work is remarkable. Thanks for sharing, Jim
Paul, if you stop posting pics, TB will crash faster than the stock market. I think Roma meant that as a compliment! I also think you should donate your DNA to willing modelers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not exactly in the Ted Williams fashion though. ). As for the scene........whoa. How do you do that?
Stunning! Paul, is your train room able to be dark during daylight hours (if you see what I mean) as I would love to see the effect of the night time scenes when I come up to have a look, without having to wait until it gets dark
Hiya Alan, There are no windows in the train room, always dark when you walk in to it. The reason for the "NO WINDOWS" the Sun (When we get it) tends to make the scenery look dirty and bleached. When are you coming over? Paul
Paul, have you ever tried using a blue filter to make moon light? My room is like yours, but I can not find any way to get a moon light effect with my cheap old Brownie camera. Your composition and the "star" effect on the lights is fascinating! Don't quit!
Hi Watash and thanks for the kind comment, I haven't tried a blue filter to make moon light, I tend to use the computer to add effects, although this photo wasn't done using a computer, it was straight out of the camera, only changed brightness/contrast. You can get a night effect if your railroad has it's own tiny light bulbs(Grain of wheat, and plenty of them) put them on and turn the room lights out, place an 80B filter on the camera lens - place the camera on a tripod and leave the shutter open for 1 and a half minuets. You should get a great photo. Here's one just taken like that, with no effects added. Paul
Thanks for including some of the tech how-to stuff. I have been photography a long time and I am still learning new tricks. In this last picture, the blue filter gives the lights a more modern look, in my opinion. They look more like the color of some of today's hi-tech street lights. To get the moonlight effect, I suggest filtering your area lighting (spotlights or floods or whatever). Keep the yellow tone to the mini lights in the scene. In stage lighting, we often use what I call warmside-coldside lighting. That is, the tone of the light coming from one side is cooler or warmer than the other side. This gives more depth to a scene. The difference does not have to be large. You can use two tones of blue or blue-green, for example. For a realy dark scene you could use something in the dark lavendar range on one side and a blue-green from the other.
Hi Peirce, Thanks for the comments my friend, I like doing all that in the computer sometimes, so I have altered the photo slightly. Hope you like it. Paul
You must sneak up to that lumber camp at all hours to take those pictures. Really Paul. You are doing a fantastic job on your layout and photos. keep them coming.
Paul, Excellent work Paul, i gather from you time you are spending on these pics that the layout is completed? What are your next plans for the layout? I'm interested to know what are your plans for the future. Once again great pictures and we look forward to seeing more
Thanks once again : Paul, The layout is far from finished, but a relaxing mood came over me to get some photo's done for publication. Every time I pick up the camera, I get this urge to find that something special to photograph. One day I might find it. Paul T.
Still to you Mr. High Templar. You got a wonderfull eye for catching the moment with your camera on your own layout.... GREAT WORK!!!!!! I envy your talent being its not just limited to modeling but scenery and photography
