How real do your photo's look?

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:18 pm

08871 and 20076 parked nose to nose:

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Mark Tatlow » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:21 pm

I like that John.

There is a trick that some of the magazine photographers use that will help with views like this too to give a better depth of field. Many digital cameras have a setting that takes a series of photographs with slightly different focuses. Photoshop then has a setting that takes the "in focus" sections from each of the shots and blend this into the single image that all looks to be in focus.

I am not quite sure how it is done, and obviously the camera needs to be on a tripod, but if any of the viewers know, can they share it here as it would be a useful trick!
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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:28 pm

Cheers Mark,

It was taken using an iPhone 4 with the phone positioned so the lens was as close to the base so not much in way of adjustment available :D

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Philip Hall » Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:43 pm

John, that is a wonderful photograph, and the fact that it was taken on a phone is quite remarkable. The slight graininess only adds to the effect.

I believe there are a number of software packages available that will do what Mark speaks of; I think Helicon is one. But I am going to take friendly issue here with him, in that I think that the fashion of combining images to produce truly staggering depth of field actually sometimes has the effect of making our models look less lifelike. Likewise the fantastic sharpness of the images in many of our magazines. Some of my favourite photographs taken over the years for MRJ were not in fact very sharp, but had a misty atmosphere which seemed to fool the eye in suggesting reality. Limitations of depth of field, even with a 28mm lens stopped down, meant that foregrounds were out of focus, which led the eye into the picture in exactly the way that John's picture does. I came upon this by accident, not design, and exploited it thereafter. Barry Norman did the same, and we both still do!

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Will L » Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:29 am

Philip Hall wrote:...I believe there are a number of software packages available that will do what Mark speaks of; I think Helicon is one. But I am going to take friendly issue here with him, in that I think that the fashion of combining images to produce truly staggering depth of field actually sometimes has the effect of making our models look less lifelike. ...


Full circle, see the very first post on this thread which is just such a photo so you can judge for your selves.

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:50 pm

Philip Hall wrote:John, that is a wonderful photograph, and the fact that it was taken on a phone is quite remarkable. The slight graininess only adds to the effect.


Thanks Philip, much appreciated.

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:08 pm

Hi All

Not posted anything on this thread for a while

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:45 pm

quite like this one

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:57 pm

Hi all

What's wrong with this picture?

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Quite a bit actually. For a few thoughts on model photography and finishing please see my workbench

http://www.p4newstreet.com/category/workbench

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:22 pm

It's getting busy at the works...

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby DougN » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:13 am

John that photo is great... there is nothing there that I can see that screams model very well done. :)
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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:41 pm

Thanks Doug, much appreciated.

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:49 am

Good stuff John ;)

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:51 pm

Here you go

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby DougN » Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:32 am

Jim that is quite brilliant .Her boyfriend is obviously holding her up late on a Friday night. :shock:
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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Trevor Grout » Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:26 pm

It might not even be his girlfriend !,
just some lush he's picked up for the night :shock:

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:15 pm

20076 passing 56009 which is looking like it is in desperate need of a repaint...

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Tor Giffard » Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:33 am

jim s-w wrote:Hi All

Not posted anything on this thread for a while

Cheers

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....splendid images Jim....BNS wasn't a haunt for me back in the 80s....but from the memories that I have, you've done a great job in capturing the feel of the place.

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:23 pm

26006 on a short train:

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby JFS » Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:53 pm

Nice pictures there John - and very nice looking trackwork! Are you ready for The Big One now?

Best wishes,

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:09 pm

JFS wrote:Nice pictures there John - and very nice looking trackwork! Are you ready for The Big One now?

Best wishes,


Thanks Howard. Going to concentrate on getting this one finished as I appear to talked myself into exhibiting at S4N next year :)

In the meantime I will keep reading your track construction threads as I'm going to have a lot of point work to build...

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby JFS » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:11 pm

John Donnelly wrote:
Thanks Howard. Going to concentrate on getting this one finished as I appear to talked myself into exhibiting at S4N next year :)



Splendid John - looking forward to seeing you / it there!

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby John Donnelly » Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:13 pm

08671 & 24073

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby Simon Glidewell » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:57 pm

Tim Horn wrote:Just finished for Phil's "Calcutta Sidings", the P4 version :thumb

Burton Upon Trent Bridge TJH06 7th September 2012 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg


Burton Upon Trent Bridge TJH12 7th September 2012 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg


Burton Upon Trent Bridge TJH10 7th September 2012 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg


Burton Upon Trent Bridge TJH01 7th September 2012 Copyright Tim Horn.jpg


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Absolutely stunning Tim! The road in particular looks very convincing.

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Re: How real do your photo's look?

Postby jim s-w » Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:49 pm

As I was tidying up I left a pack of LED's lying on the layout and purely by chance it illuminated the signal. Thinking it looked quite nice I took the image below - I'd like to claim it was carefully planned but nope - this was just lucky!
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