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How realistic are your models? Photo challenge.


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3 hours ago, Porkscratching said:

Thats great!... The first one has a sort of effect that makes it look very realistic compared to the original.. (Which is also excellent btw !)

 

2 hours ago, DLT said:

 

Perfect! looks like its taken with a cheap 1970s camera, and processed at Boots

 

1 hour ago, DavidMcKenzie said:

Looks great (both the modelling and the photo editing). My first impression was that the top picture looks like the prototype and the bottom picture looks like a very accurate model of a real life scene. 

 

Thanks for the comments. 

 

I do like the effect of the filter applied which does give the impression of a 1970's camera!

 

I'll do some more when I get chance. 

 

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On 11/03/2020 at 11:54, Crisis Rail said:

 

Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.

 

 

As beholders we all have our own views. I hold the view that everybody should be able to show their work in any category they consider appropriate, but they should be prepared to receive observations of any sort. It's a public forum.

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On 11/03/2020 at 15:13, Andrew P said:

I know most of mine do not really stand up to close scrutiny, so I'll just stick to Seven Mills Sidings now, unless a miracle occurs within my camera.

 

Seems odd you think this way Andrew as the Peters conveyor belt really does put some excellent inspirational stuff out - I (now possibly a bit wrongly) thought the thread title was diluted too much in what could and is covered in blogs - layout topics  - workbenches  and needed filtering out somehow  - but looking back doing this would open up the doors for far too much elitism of whats good and not good and generally upsetting a few contributors. Quite rightly the decision to judge is best left to solely to the individuals.

 

Ian

 

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I hope NOBODY has been put off submission by recent comments.  There are a number of reasons why models can look more or less realistic but they can be summarised as a combination of the quality of the model(s) and the quality of the photography.

 

I have seen some submissions on this thread where I'm perhaps not seeing what the poster is seeing, but it is usually the photography - often limited depth of field or unnatural camera angles (was the photographer 30' up a tree?) - that give it away as a model.  There are very, very few images where I wonder why they bothered and I would never, ever tell them not to.  I'm sure the originator of the thread intended for us to inspire each other, not for it to be a competition. 

 

Personally, I reserve clicking "Craftsmanship/Clever" for the best entries, but it's just a good thing there's no limit to the number of times I can do that.

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On 12/03/2020 at 13:37, Erixtar1992 said:

Can we stop with the moaning and just get on with posting cool photos of our models? This is one of my fave threads on here, modelling is a compromise. Nothings usually perfect so just enjoy the content.

cheers :)

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Going by the original concept of this thread ( realistic photos) then i would suggest that this one takes some beating.

its a great example of that double take, look again as mentioned in the OP.

I thought this was real on first sight.

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On 15/03/2020 at 10:26, KNP said:

Just to keep the ball rolling here is a picture of some trees, old house and if you look between the trees on the right, just beyond the sheep is a Collett Goods lurking....

 

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What grabbed my attention to a sense of realism was the fineness of of the footbridge handrails, then I started looking around the rest of the photo. That's nice, in my opinion. Well done KNP. 

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On 15/03/2020 at 19:36, LBRJ said:

 

Going by the original concept of this thread ( realistic photos) then i would suggest that this one takes some beating.

its a great example of that double take, look again as mentioned in the OP.

I thought this was real on first sight.

Thankyou mate, the comments make it all worth it!

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2 hours ago, DLT said:

The Bridport Harbour Tramway's loco Victoria, outside the engine shed at Bridport Town on a bright sunny day.

 

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Stunning modelling as always Dave, and YES, it was a case of having to look twice, and then a third and forth time to take in all the detail.

Simply superb.:good:

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5 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Stunning modelling as always Dave, and YES, it was a case of having to look twice, and then a third and forth time to take in all the detail.

Simply superb.:good:

I am still not sure if he hasn't cheated here and posted a photo of a real railway :P. Amazing modeling.

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On 12/03/2020 at 02:47, SteelAndSoot said:

I just wanted to add an image of my cakebox challenge layout Narrow Gauge Newt found here 

 

its the most realistic railway diorama I have made (thats not saying much)1794387121_NarrowGaugeNewt.PNG.6294e4848e5427539be8235fc1304ecc.PNG

 

 

Women looking at trains... that's not realistic :-)

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