Popular Post Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) A few more last decade shots................... Addison Road. So good it deserves two shots. Allanbridge Alloa, one of the best I've pointed my camera at. What's the first thing your eye goes to on this shot of Annan Road? Far better? Vintage tinplate. Aviemore. More to come............ Edited January 4, 2021 by Tony Wright to add something 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) A few more.................... Blackgill Bridgefield Quarry. Burnfoot. Burntisland. Caroline Concrete. Chedworth. Dalby Wood. Dolgelley. More to come.................. Edited January 4, 2021 by Tony Wright typo error 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 And still more................. Elmfield. Fairhaven Road. Farkham. Feniton. Forth Bridge. Geoff Haynes garden line. Gifford Street. Guildford. Still more to come. I have to split the posts otherwise there are too many shots in each one and the limit is exceeded.................... 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, dibateg said: Oh yes - and on the subject of workbenches - far too much going on... At night I drift off to sleep dreaming of a workshop/library like this..... 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 Still more.................. Heanor South. Under construction; Jesse Sim's Brighton Junction out in Oz. I think taking out the background clutter has focused the eye on what's important. And another down under. John Nuttall's under construction slice of the West Country. Given the 'chaos' in some of the recent shots, this is a blueprint for organisation and tidiness. Even Mo was impressed! Law Junction. Little Salkeld. London Road. Melangoose. Peterborough North. Purgatory Peak. Scarlington. And another from the antipodes; Uley Junction. There are loads more layouts, but that's enough for now........................... 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2021 I see from my post count, I've passed a milestone. Just think how much more modelling I'd have got done without all this. My thanks to all who've shown an interest and responded to my ramblings............................. 13 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: I see from my post count, I've passed a milestone. Just think how much more modelling I'd have got done without all this. My thanks to all who've shown an interest and responded to my ramblings............................. Wow Tony - amazing that you have had time to fit in any modelling at all, or photography, or writing, or etc, etc..... Well done indeed! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2021 57 minutes ago, Manxcat said: Mine. A place for everything and (almost) everything in its place. Most recent item completed, a small wiring loom lying on the cutting mat. This obviously can't be right - I suspect it has been photshopped and the mat cloned, to hide the normal detritus! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Tony Wright said: Hi Tony, What happened to your white table lamp? It looks about ready to catch fire - or has that already happened....... Cheers, Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tony Wright said: What's the first thing your eye goes to on this shot of Annan Road? Far better? Actually, the "roof space detail" was the second thing I noticed, after the wonky tension lock on the tender to the left. I won't deny using the things out of convenience, but being wonky does draw attention... Edited January 4, 2021 by 3rd Rail Exile Additional comment... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, polybear said: Hi Tony, What happened to your white table lamp? It looks about ready to catch fire - or has that already happened....... Cheers, Brian No Brian, It's where I hold it when I switch it on. It's just muck! Regards, Tony. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 In view of the work spaces illustrated here of late may I add my own...? Modellers will note hand-made track. This took me a long time to build and even than I gave up threading chairs onto the code 75 rails. Lovely models though. I did weather the engine with a brush, turn it around , and add this and that.... Yes I know it's not modelling, as such. Cheers 10 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wright Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, 3rd Rail Exile said: Actually, the "roof space detail" was the second thing I noticed, after the wonky tension lock on the tender to the left. I won't deny using the things out of convenience, but being wonky does draw attention... Don't tension-locks ruin any picture, whatever angle they're at? Regards, Tony. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Tony Wright said: What's the first thing your eye goes to on this shot of Annan Road? The loco on the right. 2 hours ago, Tony Wright said: Far better? Technically, probably - but it seems a bit sterile with all the life sucked out of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Tony Wright said: And another down under. John Nuttall's under construction slice of the West Country. Given the 'chaos' in some of the recent shots, this is a blueprint for organisation and tidiness. Even Mo was impressed! Thanks Tony. Unlike some here, it seems, if I don't keep things reasonably organised (not always the same as tidy) I can't get anything done. As followers of the layout will know, we haven't had a proper running session for a year now because of the lurgy. I have managed to get a lot more done on the layout though in the (just over) two years since you were here. I've lost a bit of weight too! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Tony Wright said: Don't tension-locks ruin any picture, whatever angle they're at? Regards, Tony. I usually regard them as a necessary evil, but that one just screams "wonky", and is impossible for the brain to subconsciously edit out... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headstock Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 8 hours ago, LNER4479 said: I was just about to go and tidy up my workbench. I don't think I'll bother now ... It must be fascinating to see your workbench in action, dose it run to a sequence or a timetable? 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: The loco on the right. Technically, probably - but it seems a bit sterile with all the life sucked out of it. I couldn't agree more !! I come here to discuss and view model railways - I know they're model railways; I want them to be model railways; I don't want them to be an attempt to convert an image of a model railway into a pastiche the real thing; (I believe that there is a thread for that called someing like 'When the model looks like the real thing). Seeing the context in which the model has been created and operated carries at least as much interest for me as the subject of the photos. It seems to be a trend in certain quarters to delete any and all context that might suggest that the subject of the photo is the result of sustained modelling effort. Is this something that arises from the 'joint undertaking' and / or 'barter' system of layout development, whereby the nominal owner does not have the full sense of 'ownership' of the resulting model? I have to say that, in general, modellers who 'plough their own furrow' seem far less concerned to hide evidence of the model's surroundings. Tony, this is just me musing - please do not read anything critical in my mulling over these matters. Regards, John Isherwood. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, cctransuk said: I couldn't agree more !! I come here to discuss and view model railways - I know they're model railways; I want them to be model railways; I don't want them to be an attempt to convert an image of a model railway into a pastiche the real thing; (I believe that there is a thread for that called someing like 'When the model looks like the real thing). Seeing the context in which the model has been created and operated carries at least as much interest for me as the subject of the photos. It seems to be a trend in certain quarters to delete any and all context that might suggest that the subject of the photo is the result of sustained modelling effort. Is this something that arises from the 'joint undertaking' and / or 'barter' system of layout development, whereby the nominal owner does not have the full sense of 'ownership' of the resulting model? I have to say that, in general, modellers who 'plough their own furrow' seem far less concerned to hide evidence of the model's surroundings. Tony, this is just me musing - please do not read anything critical in my mulling over these matters. Regards, John Isherwood. I agree John, As one of those modellers, who likes to ‘plough my own furrow’, I need all my modelling time for.....modelling! I couldn't justify spending an hour photoshopping before putting a photo on here. People seem to appreciate what I put on even though it shows the full scene ‘warts and all’. If I ever get Gresley Jn to a state where photos of it could be published, then hopefully a professional would be sent round to do justice to the layout. I appreciate that the equation is very different for a pro or for a keen photographer. Andy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Tony Wright said: What's the first thing your eye goes to on this shot of Annan Road? I was initially confused by the light blue daylight sky and the dark night sky in the same shot, but I guess the thing my eye was drawn to was the formation of three alien UFOs about to land on the layout. :-) 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post t-b-g Posted January 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2021 Half the issue with me is the rise of the digital camera. I have said before that I think it has made many photographers lazy. Take the shot and sort any problems out on the computer is the way now. I spent a short while this afternoon looking at a few pre digital magazines. It just confirmed my view that the technology is now so good that a huge, totally pin sharp image from a camera at eye level to a model person is easily done. It is usually the view with the camera placed within the layout that needs the backscene digitally manipulated. That is because the layouts are just not designed to be viewed from there. When cameras couldn't take those shots and the photographer usually had a tripod standing alongside the layout giving the same view that a person looking at the layout got, then such trickery wasn;'t needed. I actually prefer many of the older images, which are not 100% focussed over a 30ft long layout, which have a clear focal point and a surround that is not quite as sharp to frame it. My eyes work like that too, which is why I prefer them. I don't see everything pin sharp across my whole field of view. I will never be a great photographer and I don't have anything better than a point and shoot camera but this shot illustrates what I mean. Other than setting the camera at "black and white" this has had no digital manipulation. It was framed to miss the top of the backscene and the baseboard edge. The background goes out of focus but I actually prefer that as it is how my eyes work! 28 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2021 8 hours ago, t-b-g said: Half the issue with me is the rise of the digital camera. The other half may be that with mobile phones able to take pictures, suddenly everyone is a photographer! To my mind there is a world of difference between someone who takes "holiday snaps" and some one who is a photographer; not every railway modeller is also a photographer, and as Andy / 'thegreenthingies' has observed, once his layout reaches a suitable point, he would choose to call ina pro photographer. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2021 Not really a workbench photo, but along the same lines - shared hobby space with the bikes, the garden railway stock (some of it!) and the O gauge layout. Oh and the kayak addles just sneaking in. The workbench is out of shot to the left, and equally untidy. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted January 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: The other half may be that with mobile phones able to take pictures, suddenly everyone is a photographer! To my mind there is a world of difference between someone who takes "holiday snaps" and some one who is a photographer; not every railway modeller is also a photographer, and as Andy / 'thegreenthingies' has observed, once his layout reaches a suitable point, he would choose to call ina pro photographer. I agree entirely but there is a further change that digital photography has brought on. When my very first encounter with a proper photographer took place, with a certain Tony Wright, he was taking pictures of a layout of mine for Railway Modeller. He spent ages setting up each shot. The lighting, the framing, all the preparation was done before the shutter was pressed. Anything that didn't look right was dealt with before the photo was taken and the photo was a true record of what the scene was. It took several hours, most of a day just to take around a dozen photos. Now, the photos are taken by the hundred and the best ones are chosen and any problems are sorted out on the computer but it means that what you see in the magazine or on the internet may or may not be a true reflection on what the layout looks like. Light balance wrong, sort it digitally. Gap under a building, soon sort that. Gap in a backscene, gone. I am not saying that one approach is better or worse than the other, just that it is different now and in my personal view, something was lost along the way, as other things have been gained. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted January 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 minutes ago, t-b-g said: I agree entirely but there is a further change that digital photography has brought on. When my very first encounter with a proper photographer took place, with a certain Tony Wright, he was taking pictures of a layout of mine for Railway Modeller. He spent ages setting up each shot. The lighting, the framing, all the preparation was done before the shutter was pressed. Anything that didn't look right was dealt with before the photo was taken and the photo was a true record of what the scene was. It took several hours, most of a day just to take around a dozen photos. Now, the photos are taken by the hundred and the best ones are chosen and any problems are sorted out on the computer but it means that what you see in the magazine or on the internet may or may not be a true reflection on what the layout looks like. Light balance wrong, sort it digitally. Gap under a building, soon sort that. Gap in a backscene, gone. I am not saying that one approach is better or worse than the other, just that it is different now and in my personal view, something was lost along the way, as other things have been gained. Yes I get that - and whether this "progress" is positive or negative in terms of the images produced will be very much in the eye of the beholder. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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