well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Brinkly]

Lovely photos Rob. The B4 is a lovely little loco. I really should build the kit I bought a few years ago!

 

Best wishes,

 

Nick.

[Captain Kernow]

A cute little 0-4-0 and a windswept set of sidings.

 

You are a very, very naughty person.

 

[NHY 581]

8 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

A cute little 0-4-0 and a windswept set of sidings.

 

You are a very, very naughty person.

 

 

[NHY 581]

13 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

A cute little 0-4-0 and a windswept set of sidings.

 

You are a very, very naughty person.

 

And again.......this time on Sheep Lane.....

[Brinkly]

Pure filth! 

 

Almost as bad as this...

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Nick.

[NHY 581]

Love it!!

[Ashley Bridge]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Love it!!

The position of the wagons and buildings mask the joint to the back scene allowing you to take the shot downwards slightly. The previous picture was lower and the grass in the foreground masked it.

 

Two terrific shots

 

Rich.

[NHY 581]

Once again Norman popped into Bleat Wharf. 

 

It struck Norman that whilst quietly returning to nature, Bleat has the feel of something that was a bit unfinished. 

 

He decided to make regular visits there to see if this feeling changed. 

Edited April 14, 2019 by NHY 581
Mmmmmmm. ..must tweak that brake gear.

[bgman]

Superb modelling and photograph Rob.

 

G

[NHY 581]

Thanks Grahame. 

 

Most kind of ewe to say so. 

 

Another Norman Lockhart view of proceedings. 

 

{I really must weather that there B4}

Edited April 14, 2019 by NHY 581
Really must sort out that brake gear....

[Oldddudders]

I used to see 30089 at Guildford, where it was shed pilot.

[brushman47544]

The backscene is quite effective, in a minimalist sort of way. Other than the fact that I now always think it's an extract from The Fighting Temeraire, it means your eyes are drawn the more colourful ground, track and rolling stock, which is what i presume you are after.

[chuffinghell]

1 minute ago, brushman47544 said:

The backscene is quite effective...............

 

I agree, it looks great

[Ashley Bridge]

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

The backscene is quite effective, in a minimalist sort of way. Other than the fact that I now always think it's an extract from The Fighting Temeraire, it means your eyes are drawn the more colourful ground, track and rolling stock, which is what i presume you are after.

Definitely a case of less is more

[NHY 581]

Evening all. 

 

Thank you for your 'likes' etc. 

 

With regard to the back scene,  the normal state of play is that off a plain lilac backdrop. 

 

The cloud effects are as a result of some photo editing.

 

However this had the effect of getting me thinking about such matters and a 'Turner' effect 

[westerner]

                    Sorry Rob, I couldn't resist having a play with a low background, I hope you don't mind. I just cloned some of your foreground colours.

 

Edited April 15, 2019 by westerner

[Alister_G]

2 hours ago, westerner said:

                    Sorry Rob, I couldn't resist having a play with a low background, I hope you don't mind. I just cloned some of your foreground colours.

 

 

I like that, but I think to achieve it practically, Rob would need to add some physical depth to the board, otherwise I don't think it would work.

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Evening all. 

 

Thank you for your 'likes' etc. 

 

With regard to the back scene,  the normal state of play is that off a plain lilac backdrop. 

 

The cloud effects are as a result of some photo editing.

 

However this had the effect of getting me thinking about such matters and a 'Turner' effect

 

 

Hi Rob, I hope you'll accept my thoughts on this.

 

With your plain background, it leaves it ambiguous as to whether what you see beyond the foreground is distant sky or land, and the eye can fool itself into interpreting it in a way that feels comfortable.

 

My feeling is that when you add the Turneresque clouds, you rather force the issue, and having clouds right down to board level, to me anyway, doesn't feel right for the longer, higher-level shots, and in that case I agree with Stubby that you need something to demarcate the horizon. For the low-level, close-up shots it works fine.

 

So, for instance, the first shot on this page works well, but the second one doesn't, so much.

 

I like Alan's edit above, of a rising ground level stretching back away from the camera, but I don't think you could successfully achieve that without adding some physical depth to the board.

 

Cheers,

 

Al.

[NHY 581]

I agree, Al.  

 

The reality is that I am adding the background through necessity. All of the shots on Bleat are taken in the garage where Bleat is being built.

 

Bleat currently has no physical back scene  so what we would see is the inside of the garage. 

 

In a couple of days I should be adding the usual plain lilac back scene, once I have finished chucking the static grass about the place  

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

Edited April 16, 2019 by NHY 581

[Siberian Snooper]

Is there space to add a vertical element to the scenery like a hedge or a wall? It needs to be about 3/4 inch in from the edge of the board to be effective.

 

 

[Mikkel]

7 hours ago, Alister_G said:

With your plain background, it leaves it ambiguous as to whether what you see beyond the foreground is distant sky or land, and the eye can fool itself into interpreting it in a way that feels comfortable.

 

Well put Alister. For me the plain backscene is a key part of the minimalistic approach of your layouts, Rob.

 

But of course, we muzt let ze genious experiment.

 

 

[Stubby47]

Or just add a line of sheep...

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, Stubby47 said:

Or just add a line of sheep...

Or a low relief narrow gauge line with a Manning Wardle 2-6-2T.

 

[woodenhead]

17 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Or a low relief narrow gauge line with a Manning Wardle 2-6-2T.

 

A single rail and half a loco?

 

Where's Stubby and his Indian monorail

 

[Alister_G]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

The reality is that I am adding the background through necessity. All of the shots on Bleat are taken in the garage where Bleat is being built.

 

Bleat currently has no physical back scene  so what we would see is the inside of the garage.

 

Ah, good point well made...

 

I have the same problem with long shots of Ladmanlow at the moment, the kitchen cupboards rather destroy the illusion.

 

Al.