First Sno
Its here. The fluffy white stuff. We got a couple inches overnight.
Hard to believe I was just mowing the lawn…
A bit of determined colour in the fluff.
I don’t think the dog was too impressed. Covered up all the good sniffing ground.
With a bit of sunshine the dog completely dissapeared against the white snow!
Looking out my office window. Those orange survey stakes are really starting to bother me.
-T.
Balding man modeling
Me in my office working on a kit. I forgot how enjoyable this can be…
Me, moments later after being startled…
What I built…
-T.
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
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Click on the picture for a large version…
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.
