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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 14:56:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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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.
Regardless, the more light the better. Not only do white backdrops help clean
up the background of the image, they also reflect light onto the subject and
help create more ambient light. Shooting outside but in the shade can also help
reduce glare and excessive contrast.
--Tony
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| (...) << SNIP >> (...) 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 (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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