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Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:34:34 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kurt Baty wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Hi Kurt,
Great work on making a small working Shay. Very impressive engineering
achievment. The models themselves pack in a lot of details too making them
look as good as they work.
One suggestion to invite people to look/comment on your model is to take
better photos. Your current photos make it very difficult to actually see
the train and thus difficult/unappealling to comment on. There’s various
threads out there discussing it and a search on ‘photographing lego’ should
yield a wealth of information.
Tim
PS. I’m writing this on Lugnet to be retro. There’s still a lot of
discussion on LEGO trains but Flickr has a lot of experienced train builders
(and inexperienced) and Eurobricks has a lot of people in their trains
forum.
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Thanks for the feedback Tim!
I am glad you liked the MOC!
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<< SNIP >>
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I should have posted pics like these here?
I have only linked to “thumbnails” for posts here,
I got flack years ago for too large pics, maybe those days are over.
Also I have found that shooting black LEGO is hard (for me at least)
and I run photos through picture-it to touch-up their contrast.
I should make a better photo shooting setup... sometime.
Anyway food for thought!
thanks
kurt
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I more mean that your ‘invitation’ shot (like you posted) needs to be a lot
clearer. The modern internet user is a lazy beast and easily distracted so
giving a nice clear picture for them to immediately grasp is one way of ensuring
that their attention is held.
Shooting black is hard. If you invest in a large piece of white cardboard (a
light grey could be even better) you will end up with significantly clearer
pictures.
That is taken with a cheap camera in sub-tropical daylight with no props other
than the piece of card. You also need to make sure that you have your camera
settings right.
Sorry for the lecture but I feel it’s a shame when good models are presented in
a way that makes them less inviting. An extra half hour or so at the end if the
build can make a huge difference to the attention, and this model deserves
attention.
Tim
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| (...) Just to add to the discussion, I find that if your camera supports it, long exposures can really make taking pictures of a primarily black MOC much easier. (URL) Regardless, the more light the better. Not only do white backdrops help clean up (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the feedback Tim! I am glad you liked the MOC! (3 URLs) I should have posted pics like these here? I have only linked to "thumbnails" for posts here, I got flack years ago for too large pics, maybe those days are over. Also I have (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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