TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME ........ Playing with the backdrops is a lot of fun. It can help you to surprise the observer........ ..... and one of my favourites !! Your comments please! Who would be your favourite? Best, Sven
FWIW Niles Canyon is just a few miles from my home. A local Club runs a steam train there with open carriage rides. Check out the Niles Canyon Railway. Great fun.
Sven, that last one is definitely my favorite. I've lived in a place with just these type of arid hills. Can you share a bit of where these backdrops are from, your own photos or commercially available backdrops? Matt
Yes, indeed these are photos from the original place - kindly sent to us by Mark (Thank you!!!). Best, Sven
Feb 1, 2022 15:16:52 GMT 1 markm said: Great looking image. Since the Lark was a night train, not very many locations this image could come from: LA, SF, or Oakland, as twilight was the departure times in June. My reckoning suggests this is not San Francisco because there are hills to the west that would block the sunset. Probably not LA because of the hill in the upper right. But it does seem to fit the Oakland Lark, which that time of year could be as far south as our old friend Niles. What clenches it for me are the gulls in the sky. There were major garbage dumps west of the tracks in south Oakland and Niles. Like all your Niles images, it brings back memories. As for the Oakland Lark, it typically ran with the Lark observation car and 1 or 2 4-4-2 sleepers, to be united/separated with the Lark in San Jose. Interestingly, despite the Lark being dieselized, the Oakland Lark ran GS locomotives until 1957. One thought for the image: it would be nice to have the Lark insignia visible. Mark
Let's continue our journey........ Feb 1, 2022 15:16:52 GMT 1 markm said: Great looking image. Since the Lark was a night train, not very many locations this image could come from: LA, SF, or Oakland, as twilight was the departure times in June. My reckoning suggests this is not San Francisco because there are hills to the west that would block the sunset. Probably not LA because of the hill in the upper right. But it does seem to fit the Oakland Lark, which that time of year could be as far south as our old friend Niles. What clenches it for me are the gulls in the sky. There were major garbage dumps west of the tracks in south Oakland and Niles. Like all your Niles images, it brings back memories. As for the Oakland Lark, it typically ran with the Lark observation car and 1 or 2 4-4-2 sleepers, to be united/separated with the Lark in San Jose. Interestingly, despite the Lark being dieselized, the Oakland Lark ran GS locomotives until 1957. One thought for the image: it would be nice to have the Lark insignia visible. Mark Ok, Mark, but not at night.......... Something happened, the train is waiting....... But where are we now? - to be continued -
Well, we are missing Mark's analytical, detective mind here, but I would no say "a helper station in the middle of nowhere" !! .... and time has no meaning here...... ... and, believe me, there is really nothing else there, except a lot of open land! To the left: And to the right: Enjoy a lazy Sunday! Dirk & Sven
These pictures are very good! I particularly like that siding picture and the overhead angle of the steamer. Very nice!
Ok, folks, we arrived somewhere...... Beautiful, there live Eagles,......, but where are we? Does this help?
[mention]Svein-Martin Holt [/mention] how did you achieve this amazing orange color? Truly represents the Grand Canyon area and would like to achieve myself... Any recommendations you could share on how to achieve this color would be awesome! -Tiest
Love your question, Tiest, This shot was done in the late afternoon using real sun light. It was the last light of the day and therefore containing a lot of reddish color. If you use straight midday sun light, the color is more on the yellow, blue side. E.g. here: Best, Sven PS: There is an orange- light red base color in the rocks, too. But key is the light you are using, here about 3pm. PPS: If you later work with a specific backdrop such as Dirk was using in this example with the same diorama, you need to adjust the light color so that the original picture perfectly blends in with the color of the background (which you usually cannot change);
