I've not found the time to photograph my own layouts recently, but a little earlier on found a few spare minutes to pop the camera on a tripod and grab a few of Buckminster Ironstone my little quarry layout.
The shots have not been messed about with in post production; a high backscene as here being vital for good photography - unless you want to start messing about with *CGI to hide those flying ducks or lawnmower hanging off the garage wall. We're still a bit behind Europe and the USA when it comes to backscenes, most still being happy with a bit of 6 inch high tatty blue painted MDF with fingerprints and damaged edges. It's changing slowly though, as people start to record their layout build progress with small digicam or mobile phone camera and realise the limitations of such a low backscene for decent CGI free photography.
Click the photos below for a full screen view...
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| The summer of 1969, a Class 25 still in two tone green is seen shunting
at Buckminster Ironstone. The class one head code is interesting, and
one that no doubt flummoxed the number crunchers. The crew probably did
it on purpose just for gags (cue serious comments...) |
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| Radstock captured
positioning wagons under the loading hopper at Buckminster Ironstone.
Note the ancient internal user contractor's wagons in the foreground. |
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| Radstock simmers at Buckminster Ironstone Quarry |
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| Radstock simmers at Buckminster Ironstone Quarry |
*computer generated imagery
I really like the grass effects.
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