Little Muddle

[teaky]

On 04/04/2020 at 07:50, KNP said:

Latest on the Thornycroft lorry build.

 

Picture shows the lorry out on a test run prior to heading over to Bridgewater for final DCC works.

 

What,

no, no not that DCC but the workshop for.....

 

Department for Cameo Conversion 

 

See that one, I'm not having a chip added though I did notice a scratch on side the other day but that has now been fixed...?

 

 

No more will be posted on the lorry cameo until it is finished and set up....

I can say work is proceeding at a leisurely pace! 

 

Whatever you do, don't load the lorry with a crate!

[Mick Bonwick]

55 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

A few ideas already but saying that, if anyone has any areas they would like to see again that let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Call it a Request Shoot....

 

 

Greenery.

 

There is a goodly amount of the green stuff in your model, so I think we would all benefit from seeing fresh green (request) shoots.

[dougidle]

10 hours ago, KNP said:

Good morning on this bright and sunny Sunday morning.

To honest I would have preferred a cold, wet and windy day so the temptation to go out would have been dramatically reduced.....

 

I have a few favourite places for taking pictures, the viaduct, the goods yard from low down and bay platform at Encombe Town but there is one that for some reason I don't do enough of and that's the curving branch leading off the main line towards the viaduct.

Used to take many a picture from there but for some reason not recently so to rectify that I set the camera up sitting on the top off the track, used remote access via my iPhone as I can't see the rear screen to compose the picture and took this sequence of snaps of 4825 with the autocoach sweeping around the bend towards the bay platform.

 

Enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

Regardless of the history of this model this was a superb rendition of a lovely little train which is still my all time favorite GWR loco

 

I will be setting up the layout for a photo shoot this afternoon as I have run out of stored pictures so I'm starting to think what to set up and what stock I need to get out of storage. 

A few ideas already but saying that, if anyone has any areas they would like to see again that let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Call it a Request Shoot....

 

Keep Smiling,

Keep Safe,

Keep Indoors.

 

 

 

I'd love to see more pictures of 4825 please.

[Dbr1295]

20 hours ago, KNP said:

 

 

 

 

 

This would be my favorite view of Little Muddle. The impression of a little used branch line curving away from the mainline and disappearing into the trees, wondering where it goes.

 

Regards, Les

[KNP]

For a change I thought I would concentrate this week on monochrome.

Normally, I take a colour picture and tweak in Affinity to change to monochrome but this time I have set the camera and I have to say I think the result is sharper and crisper.

See what you think.

 

Two pictures today of the same view but at different heights

 

 

 

 

Edited March 24 by KNP

[Siberian Snooper]

The first one does it for me, it's closer to normal eye level.

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

After decades of 'helicopter' views (apologies to Sopwith pilots) it is refreshing to see photographs taken from realistic heights. Since photographic technology has permitted such shots to be achieved (relatively) easily, the realism portrayed has increased dramatically. My choice, therefore is the first of your latest two, Kevin, and thank you for continuing to entertain us.

[Tallpaul69]

The other view we could do with more of in layout pics in general, but which is not always practica,l is the "up the embankment" view!

 

Hope you are all staying sane,

Stay at home as much as you can

Cheers

Paul

[KNP]

Especially for dougidle

 

I have been upstairs a few moments ago and set up a  scene of not one but two Class 4800 0-4-2 T loco's

4825 and friend 4820

 

 

 

 

Edited March 24 by KNP

[KNP]

And the day 4825 arrived at Little Muddle....fresh out of the delivery box on the 16/02/2017

 

 

and then of course you mustn't forget the 48xx I have in the garden!!!

 

[dougidle]

38 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

 

Just beautiful Kevin! Your brace of 48s are perfect and inspiring.

 

I'm in the process of building a chassis for a body that I bought from eBay - my first EM gauge loco for my model of West Bay.

 

Thanks again,

Doug

 

[88D]

7 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said:

The first one does it for me, it's closer to normal eye level.

 

 

Agree, and it shows up the King boiler. Pretty big, isn’t it?

[KNP]

Hmm doesn't quite work does it....

 

 

 

But these two do!

back to our old friends, still discussing.....

 

 

 

 

 

Must do a comparison between the camera set on monochrome and Affinity turning colour into monochrome to see if there is a difference and I feel there is.

More anon.

Edited March 24 by KNP

[Mick Bonwick]

39 minutes ago, KNP said:

Hmm doesn't quite work does it....

 

 

 

 

Please excuse my photographic ignorance, but what is wrong with that? All I can see that could be improved is the repositioning of the coach so that the driver's windows can be seen.

[Bogie]

At least the grates guys appear to be keeping 1.5 metres apart.

[KNP]

51 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

Please excuse my photographic ignorance, but what is wrong with that? All I can see that could be improved is the repositioning of the coach so that the driver's windows can be seen.

Well.

To my eyes the balance is wrong as I cut the lower foreground off thereby spoiling the composure of the picture.

plus - monochrome seems to highlight that many sea moss sprigs have disappeared from the treetops, manly by the sleeve on my jumper, making it look to stumpy!

Then, and this was my fault when taking the picture, what was I actually focusing on. I always try to take a picture with something as the main subject whether that be a loco, building, person, vehicle etc and balance the picture around that even if it appears off centre.

Many seem picky but every picture gets the same treatment, some work, some don’t and I hate to think of the number that never see the light of day and get scrapped.

 

 

[Mick Bonwick]

Your first two resaons would only be apparent to you and my eyes were drawn to the ruined shed. That, for me, was the main focus of the scene and so it worked fine.

 

I completely understand the concept of scrapping photographs in this digital age, although mine still seem to hang around for ages years. A sort of, "might be able to do something with it one day", approach.

[Harlequin]

29 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Your first two resaons would only be apparent to you and my eyes were drawn to the ruined shed. That, for me, was the main focus of the scene and so it worked fine.

 

I completely understand the concept of scrapping photographs in this digital age, although mine still seem to hang around for ages years. A sort of, "might be able to do something with it one day", approach.

 

Everybody sees different things and it's fascinating that you focused on that part of the picture, Mick. I didn't see that until you mentioned it.

The original image is really two photos in one and we can see what you saw by cropping out the left side, which is then a nicer composition:

 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Harlequin

[KNP]

8 minutes ago, Harlequin said:

 

Everybody sees different things and it's fascinating that you focused on that part of the picture, Mick. I didn't see that until you mentioned it.

The original image is really two photos in one and we can see what you saw by cropping out the left side, which then becomes more nicely composed:

 

Agree.

I needed to have gone back to the editing suite before posting and crop the picture more than  I did.

I think this has been mentioned before but the cropping tool is a very powerful and usual tool when finalising a picture.

Edited April 7, 2020 by KNP

[KNP]

Following on from that barn picture I went back to the drawing board and revisited it.

 

This shows what can be done using the cropping tool so long as your picture has the pixels to play with, the barn one for example started as 18.8mb (being mp.4 post focus mode) which gives me the number of pixels to play with when enlarging a picture.

 

This was the original, much better balanced except for the board edge of course - which was why I cropped it in the first place!!!!

 

 

So messing about I can crop it to give me

 

 

My favourite

 

 

and I can even push it, just about, before the quality starts to go is

 

 

 

[Bogie]

I go with your favourite - it gets the name on the gate and has less sky.

 

Of course I am looking at this through a computer screen half way across the world with reading glasses on!

[Mick Bonwick]

39 minutes ago, KNP said:

So messing about I can crop it to give me

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's good enough for me.

 

[The Johnster]

(John Laurie as Sargeant Fraser in 'Dad's Army') 'Did ye ever hear the story of the ould, empty, barrrrun'?  Wonderful sequence and I believe entirely ad libbed.

[KNP]

Still on the monochrome theme

 

The power

 

 

 

Closer still...

 

 

Edited March 24 by KNP

[88D]

21 hours ago, Bogie said:

I go with your favourite - it gets the name on the gate and has less sky.

 

Of course I am looking at this through a computer screen half way across the world with reading glasses on!

And upside down!