Vintage Post
Are these models?
From time to time I like to dig up an old post from my former Port Kelsey Railway site. Usually when I have nothing better to post.
Real or models? You decide.
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Sorry, no models…..
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
These are a series of fake “tilt-shift” images. A simple photoshop technique that mimics the look of a low depth of field photograph. The result is a very convincing model like shot. Since posting these a couple years ago this technique sort of became a fad around the internet and some very good examples can be found, like this one below…
What is interesting about these types of images is that they all start with the real thing, yet when processed end up looking like a very amateurish model. Take a look at the example above, that track has ties that are far to far apart, no “real” railroad would ever put up with that. And that ballast, its all the same colour and far to white. Too much has been left on the ties too…
I’d wager that if we could magically blow up our models to full size, it’d be the train sets that would be the most realistic….
The images above and a few more examples can be found in my photo galleries.
-T.
About the Author:
I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!
Posted by: Tim | 11-18-2008 | 10:11 AM
Posted in: Picture of the Day
