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Jon, I really need to add a "technical focus" section to the website. Yes, two loks can be run simultaneously although I havn't done this yet (with Lego that is. In Z scale it is routine). The overhead caternary does work but I don't advertise it (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Brian I'm impressed, Echoing all the other comments, I would also add that this is the first example I have seen of a LEGO railway that looks like a proper model railway (and to cap it all, it's not huge either!). I particularly like the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Stephen, Thanks again for the compliments. I don't look at Lego models as an end unto themselves, but rather as props for building scenes. Many of the buildings are false fronts or partial builds. Here's a photograph of the Downtown Winterthur scene (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Brian, Can you shed any light (no pun intended) on the process you used to generate your INCREDIBLY photo-realistic images? I've read most of the posts and your website, and it appears to comprise PhotoShop, stickers, detailed design, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Here is a pic of somethign I;m working on, in my NeW Digital Camera. It renders in 640/480 resolution!!! (URL) Gimme some tips on what the cockpit should be, I am having trouble with its design. Rick (25 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks for your help. I'll probably experiment with several lights and mirrors tonight and then do a complete photo shoot tomorrow. Try well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) (URL) of good pointers. I have some photo exp.'s here (URL) a demo of three point lighting done with mirrors. I use lots of mirrors and a couple of fill lights (one 500Watt-Halogen L-Bracket work light, one 100Watt-Halogen Mini-version of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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I'm planning on finally taking some decent pictures of my newly remodeled city and could use some help. Every once in a while people mention their 3-point lighting setup. Can anyone give any pointers in terms of optimal placement of lights, wattage, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thanks! I think brown can be really cool for space creations. I really like to use the log pieces to represent exposed layers of metal. (...) I'm using a Sony Cybershot DSC 50. (story time: I bought my parents a Mavica FD95 online for $750 for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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I need some help. I have a Coolpix 880 and would like to try making a movie of my trains, but I have no experience, just stills. If anyone tried it using the 880 could you give me some do's and don'ts. Oh, I'm using a 32MB card if that's any help? (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.animation, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Here's a little picture that I edited in Photoshop: (URL) my Biology teacher. My friend and I tease her about being the Queen of Darkness, and evil things like that. She takes it well and goes along with it, so it's pretty fun. Right now, this (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Paintshop Pro is pretty good, and older versions have appeared on magazine cover CDs - where most of my software comes from. v4.15SE is what you want - a working version, not a demo. This won't do .GIF images, but you can save as bitmaps and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I use Paintshop Pro. Depending on the image, I either reduce it's size by a factor of 2 in each dimension, or I crop the picture to a reasonable size. FUT: lugnet.publish.photography Frank (25 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G6Jw1x.Gns@lugnet.com... (...) Eehhh! that hurts to think about thinking about attempting! Anyways...scratch building Z is pretty impressive, Brian. I couldn't scratchbuild an HO much less (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Good Heavens! That's like those guys who sculpt animals out of grains of rice! Unless you're three inches tall, that's an astonishingly small medium to choose. Bravo! Dave! (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Chris, The dark green on the "Kathryn" locomotive is nothing more than carefully trimmed contact paper used to line kitchen drawers. Because she was decorated five years ago, the gold pinstriping and lettering was cut and applied by hand under (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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* Brian Williams (brian_williams@ameritech.net) [010101 11:54]: (...) Would you do me the favor and explain how you did the coloring of the engine? I have never seen that color. I would *love* to see some tutorials for how you have done stuff. Or (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) and (...) Not sure if I was clear on what I meant by plastic. That little diagram with the Ps were suppose to look like a sheet of plastic. It would stretch all the way across the scene so the ends are not seen by the camera. I need to go buy (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Huh, interesting. The closest I've come to that is using the clear plastic SW cannon that came in the Naboo Swamp sets. It works well for low-flying things and isn't very obvious even in the original photographs. J (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) The Studio set says to do this by using some kind of clear plastic. You set the plastic up so you can stick the object to it with tape or something sticky. I have not tried using the tip yet but the only time I needed it was in my ninja movie (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.publish.photography)
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