RMweb Premium John Besley Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 06/09/2020 at 21:30, Right Away said: “Come on old girl, get a grip now!” Is there a layout topic on this excellent SR line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Quintus Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 A standard gauge Peckett prepares to go off shed whilst a narrow gauge Bagnall passes an abandoned Austin Ruby with a train of v skips 36 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium John Besley Posted December 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Quintus said: A standard gauge Peckett prepares to go off shed whilst a narrow gauge Bagnall passes an abandoned Austin Ruby with a train of v skips One day someone will wish they'd kept that Ruby in dry storage... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted December 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) This was retrieved from the vaults for another site earlier. It might bear peer review here. Edited December 19, 2020 by Gwiwer 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) "Time flies by when you're the driver of a train" Edited December 21, 2020 by brylonscamel 24 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheEngineShed Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Brush Type 4 Locomotives May 1967 Brush Type 4 Locomotives Ardley Bridge MPD May 1967 by Pete Piszczek, on Flickr 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 08, No 08173 Crosses Yard Lane Light Engine and you can just see 33012 waiting in the Sidings beyond the Trees. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 10:42, 9C85 said: When I first saw this I thought Waverley West had missed the point of this thread and had put up a photo of a real train at a real location. This is superb and really evocative. I had to look really closely to find anything that would confirm it is in fact a model. Excellent work. Images like this really do set this thread apart - But we have to be subtle how to put it to avoid potential upset 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 On 18/12/2020 at 07:48, Ben B said: I'm sure what sells this for me -beyond the excellent attention to detail and high standard of model making- is the backscene. It looks like it goes on for miles! Yes - a great example of a backscene doing the work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Work stained Jinty sitting outside the crew mess at Dewchurch loco shed 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D9016 Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Shades of the WC&PR 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Raise your skirts! I'll have another crack at this with a close-up of the Aberdeen Gasworks Barclay Edited December 20, 2020 by brylonscamel 18 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Layering and editing images Some of the images here suggest that the modellers are 'handy with a camera' and have done some post-production fiddling to get the best realism from the image. A technique I've tried to achieve is 'layering' the image. This involves taking at least a couple of photos with different points of focus and then blending them into one image. I don't claim any expertise in this area but it works to blend an in-focus foreground with an in-focus background so you don't get the tell-tale 'toy train' depth of field issue. My amateur jab-at-buttons-until-it works photography and a bit of fiddling about in Photoshop has left me with this picture. It has a few weird bits of blurring in the middle plane of the image which suggests maybe a third point of focus would be handy. Some tips from contributors would be appreciated. 26 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, brylonscamel said: Layering and editing images Some of the images here suggest that the modellers are 'handy with a camera' and have done some post-production fiddling to get the best realism from the image. A technique I've tried to achieve is 'layering' the image. This involves taking at least a couple of photos with different points of focus and then blending them into one image. I don't claim any expertise in this area but it works to blend an in-focus foreground with an in-focus background so you don't get the tell-tale 'toy train' depth of field issue. My amateur jab-at-buttons-until-it works photography and a bit of fiddling about in Photoshop has left me with this picture. It has a few weird bits of blurring in the middle plane of the image which suggests maybe a third point of focus would be handy. Some tips from contributors would be appreciated. Hi, Andy Y has done a very useful tutorial on Focus Stacking and post-processing here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/84168-whats-involved-with-processing-an-image-for-the-magazine/ I have also played with it a bit. Generally you want a goodly number of shots with different focus points, say 30 or more images, and then use focus-stacking software to blend the resulting images - either using the built-in tool in Photoshop or if you don't have that, there are a number of other software packages available, for example CombineZP https://combinezp.software.informer.com/ or Helicon Focus https://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconsoft-products/helicon-focus/ Al. 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KNP Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Looking across the valley Messing around with my new iPhone 12 and its front camera. 32 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 More heavy freight passing Haymarket depot, this time an MGR service behind 56084... 38 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Waverley West said: More heavy freight passing Haymarket depot, this time an MGR service behind 56084... I'm sure what sells this scene is the undulating trackwork... very nice detail 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 14 hours ago, Alister_G said: Andy Y has done a very useful tutorial on Focus Stacking and post-processing here: I have also played with it a bit. Generally you want a goodly number of shots with different focus points, say 30 or more images, and then use focus-stacking software to blend the resulting images - either using the built-in tool in Photoshop or if you don't have that, there are a number of other software packages available, for example CombineZP . Alister that was a first rate response and thanks for putting me onto the Andy Y post. Much appreciated! Cheers, Brian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Waverley West said: More heavy freight passing Haymarket depot, this time an MGR service behind 56084... If that's a model that's incredible! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Karl Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Some more Lockdown modelling, an almost finished short station to fit in a 22L box. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post westerhamstation Posted December 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2020 Sunnier times at Westerham Station. Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas. All the best Adrian. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jack374 Posted December 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2020 A couple of festive photos from me, from a snowy Tighte End Yard... They must be expecting some heavy snow if the independent drift 'ploughs are being readied... Merry Christmas! Jack. 25 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold greatcoleswoodhalt Posted December 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) Edited as picture no longer available. Edited July 4, 2021 by jafcreasey 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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