How realistic are your models? Photo challenge.

[Captain Kernow]

12 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

A pristine Peckett picks up a pesky previously private owner wagon

Perfectly punctual.

 

[Andrew P]

37183 basking in the  early morning sunshine on the Fuel Pumps at Seven Mills this morning.

[KNP]

Another old picture found....!

This time of a rather busy Little Muddle harbour

 

[Locksley]

 

 

[Andrew P]

I made it up to Mills Road Bridge yesterday to catch a newly transferred to Seven Mills Sidings Class 37 in BR Blue, No 37206, it arrived dirty and almost empty so immediately needed some Fuel,

[Right Away]

Dismal day at the loco. 

Seriously, all this bad weather, a bit of "spotting" was still in order!

[Andrew P]

Viewed from Mills Lane Bridge we see, 37206 Trundling down the Yard at Seven Mills yesterday.

[westerner]

Not posted one of the new layout on here before. A touch of the Ben Ashworth's.

 

[Tricky]

Nothing else in sight - just sky. 

 

[43110andyb]

An ‘old timer’ in the yard today. Fruit ‘D’ saved and in departmental use NQV DB 975340.

[Neil]

 

I've bunged this one in here, not because it's spectacularly realistic in content but to illustrate my thoughts on posting monochrome images. I find that just using the camera settings (cheap point and click) I can get a good colour balance and realistic tones. However turning it into a black and white image by desaturating or using an automatic program feature gives an image which lacks definition and is dark or muddy. Fortunately there's a simple solution if you use Irfanview or similar. Dial in 'gamma correction' which  lightens up and pulls detail out of the shadows then whack in a whole fistful of 'contrast'. The difference these two simple actions have on bringing life to a photo is pretty amazing. Give it a go. Here's the above photo before tweaking.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 7, 2020 by Neil

[298]

3 hours ago, Neil said:

I find that just using the camera settings (cheap point and click) I can get a good colour balance and realistic tones. However turning it into a black and white image by desaturating or using an automatic program feature gives an image which lacks definition and is dark or muddy. 

 

Just Colour Pop the c**p out of it...

 

 

[Andrew P]

On a gloriously sunny Sunday at Seven Mills Sidings, we see 37206 creeping out from under the Mills Lane Bridge to enter the Yard.

 

[Stubby47]

In some low winter sunshine, a well used loco waits to depart Tinner's Forge sidings with a short train.

 

[DLT]

Here's a couple of photos of the goods-shed at Bridport:

 

 

[Erixtar1992]

[DLT]

Here's a couple of odd corners of Bridport:

 

 

[Erixtar1992]

Couple randoms 

[DLT]

A couple more odd corners, from quite old photos.

 

 

[KNP]

4825 waiting for clearance for return journey..

 

 

[KNP]

Overbrook Viaduct.

 

 

Slight mist I see hanging around the brook.

Edited March 10, 2020 by KNP

[rob D2]

Quality of modelling on this thread is outstanding !

 

well done everyone !

[NHY 581]

An 'in progress' shot of the trackwork at Sheep Dip......

 

Rob 

Edited March 10, 2020 by NHY 581
Sausage hooves

[chuffinghell]

 

 

 

Link to the waiting room build

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2020 by chuffinghell
Link to the build added

[Crisis Rail]

All very well this thread (and it's been around for quite sometime) there are some excellent subject images but I feel it needs filtering out somewhat.

 

Ian