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Brookside

Barry Ten

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Again nothing particularly new here, other than the odd weed or two, but I thought I'd have a go at doing a deep depth of field shot on the brook scene, with Combine ZM image stacking software. I quite like lineside pictures without trains in them - it's something about the anticipation of the train yet to come, or the quiet that comes when a train has passed. Borrowing a trick from my mate Marc Smith, I'd like to get some birdsong going on quietly in the background here, appropriate both to the season and the location - perhaps some willow warblers, maybe the odd skylark or lapwing. Similarly on the winter scene I quite like the idea of the occasional wintery "caw" of a flock of crows or rooks.

 

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Andy Y

I love the mistiness in the backscene there; those reeds are rather good too!

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Captain Kernow
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How did you do those reeds then, Al? Would I be right in that there's a whiff of dyed make-up brush about them?! They're excellent, anyway, like Andy says.

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Barry Ten
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There's a few different reedy sort of things in there. The main clumps are Woodland Scenics long grass, clumped into small bushels, trimmed to length with scissors, dabbed into PVA then glued down. There are also Anita Decor cactuses, Busch plastic ferns, and as Tim says, some Mini-Natur laser cut nettles and things. (Edit - they're actually Noch "minis" laser-cut products).

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Captain Kernow
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Thanks, the whole ensemble looks excellent. I do like the laser cut plants, will be trying some myself in due course.

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Excellent work Al.Those minis laser cut products are well fiddley as I found when using some.I agree with Andy on your backscene too.

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Barry Ten
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Thanks all.

 

By the way, my local Ian Allan has a selection of the laser minis at quite heavy discounts which makes me wonder if they have not been selling. (If so, snap 'em up now!). The water lillies are good, I ought to get some more in for the main station module.

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