This way it can span a little futher.
This is one of my reefers done using somthing similar the “Jim Six technique”.
Heres an over shot of part of the old layout.
This is the tender of my crappy Bachmann Niagra. The loco itself was still in the “weathering shop” at the time of the photo.
Very Nice
Bryant01,
It seems as though you edited your photo: the smoke (understandable) and something about the ballast in the lower right corner of the photo. Why did you edit the latter? Just a tip, if you can manual focus, try focusing a little closer. I’m sorry, but since I am not at my father’s house this weekend, I won’t be able to get any photos.
Reed
Below is another with the same problem. I didn’t use this one because I decided that the dirt and grime isn’t quite right. But you can see the same focus problem on the close-up ballast. I am using a Fuji 5000 with 10x telescopic lense. i don’t know diddly about photography. I just point and shoot. The times I have tried manual focus has not resulted in any better results than auto-focus. I have decided instead of a telescopic lense, I need a microscopic lense. Maybe I have the wrong camera for this application?
Bryant
Here is yet another fuzzy closeup. I was experimenting with a material I bought at Walmart in an attempt to create realistic grass. I lightly sprayed it with a water-based green paint then spread static floc around. The floc stood straight up, ultimately giving me a better result than shown in the picture.
I had not plan to show this picture but it again shows the problem I have with close-ups. I have found that I can solve the problem by setting the camera to “macro”, but then the background goes fuzzy.
Note the unballasted foam roadbed.
I’m not a photography whiz but I can tell you you’re having problems with your focus because of your lenses. Their depth of field is too narrow. There are different lenses for different applications (and different camera settings) and your lenses can’t bring both the foreground and the background into focus. Your best bet is to get some inexpensive basic photography books and learn the differences in lenses, and learn what settings on the camera do what. Learn your particular camera well. These things are the key to good railroad photography.
I finally got handrails installed on the GP50B! WHOO HOO!
The handrails on the UP patch was also a pain in the butt. It’s a Bachman Spectrum 40CW.
Thanks,
Jeremy
Nice photos everyone!
I repainted an Walthers Amfleet Car into the already obsoleted Acela Capstone Scheme:
All of you have done some very nice work. When I get my computer fixed and up and running, I will begin sharing my work with every Body.
James
A basket case Lionel engine I picked up on Saturday:
After a few minutes of cleaning and freeing a sticky motor brush, the motor and drive train run like they are new. The smoke unit works, and the whistle blows(though not that well).
I cleaned the engine and tender shell off, but may end up re-painting, as they still don’t look that good(better, but not good).
You’ve got to love the old Lionels. A 50 year old piece obviously abused and without having had power applied to it for 20 years at least runs great with just a little bit of work,
Trick to depth of field, you need a small aperture (ie. big number with f/stop such as f/16, f/32. To be able to get exposure with small aperture, you need either
a.lots of light
b.fast film
c. long time exposure
d. or all of the above.
Ben that looks like a 681 or 682 Pennsy steam turbine. When I was a kid, that was the only Lionel steam loco that I could get to run as well as diesels.
Aggro - Very impressive work!
I cannot figure out how to post my pics so if anyone is intristed in them I could E-mail them to you. they are of the Great Smokey mountins Railroad.
I also can not figure out how to post pics, but if anybody is interested of pics of my layout just drop me a email.
You could go to http://www.railimages.com/ and request an album. I received an email the next day and was able to upload pics to the album right away. Oh and it’s free too.
Jeremy
That looks like a good site, Juby. Where do you go to request an album?
Go to this page and scroll to the bottom. Click on “Request Account”. Follow the instructions. I can’t remember exactly what to to after but I figured it out so it wasn’t too hard.[:D]
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/albums.php
This is how the album comes out when you upload your pics.
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/jeremywallace
Hope this helps.
Jeremy